Staff Engineer, Homebase
Core Platform
CA$200-237k
Offers Equity
More information about location
2+ days a week in office
Employee scheduling software for small businesses
Be an early applicant
Employee scheduling software for small businesses
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$200-237k
Offers Equity
More information about location
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make local business teams unstoppable.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with significant time spent designing and scaling distributed systems
- Strong background in Ruby and deep experience in SOA and event-driven architectures
- Proven experience introducing and evolving architectural patterns within a legacy Rails application
- Track record of identifying complex technical problems and leading teams to well-reasoned, durable solutions
- Passion for mentoring engineers and guiding teams through architectural change
- Strong communication and influence skills across technical and non-technical audiences
- Familiarity with accounts, authentication, authorization, or billing systems is a plus
- Commitment to AI fluency: uses AI to improve efficiency, reliability, and developer experience
- Experience comes in many forms—so if you're excited about this role, even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications, we encourage you to apply!
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Staff Engineer (E5) to help define the architectural future of Homebase’s Core Platform. This role will work across our Identity & Notifications (IN) and Billing & Businesses (BB) teams—two foundational domains that power how customers access, communicate, and transact across Homebase
- As a senior technical leader, you’ll serve as both a hands-on contributor and a mentor. Reporting directly to the Senior Manager, Core Platform, you’ll partner with engineering managers and ICs to design scalable services aligned to our service-oriented (SOA) and event-driven (EDA) architectural vision
- You’ll guide engineers through adoption, coach them on best practices, and identify opportunities to improve reliability, performance, and developer velocity across our systems
- This is a pivotal role for an experienced platform engineer who thrives on enabling teams, evolving architectures, and solving hard system problems that drive product impact at scale
- Serve as the technical bridge across the Identity & Notifications and Billing & Businesses teams, ensuring architectural coherence and reliability
- Lead design and implementation of new patterns aligned to SOA and EDA
- Mentor engineers across both teams, up-leveling their design, debugging, and systems thinking skills
- Partner with EMs and PMs to clarify technical requirements, scope projects, and sequence foundational work
- Identify system bottlenecks, propose architectural improvements, and drive pragmatic solutions
- Guide the technical direction of high-impact initiatives, especially those introducing SOA/EDA patterns into our legacy Rails systems
- Model AI-first development: leverage AI tools for code quality, design exploration, and delivery velocity
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure scalability, observability, and compliance
Application process
- Meet the Talent Acquisition team, Mavel W
- Meet the Hiring Manager, Andy M
- Participate in Technical Interviews
- Meet the VP of Engineering, Andrea C
- Background Check + Offer Stage
- Welcome to the team, Homie 🎉
Our take
Homebase provide employees and businesses with time tracking applications, with a range of other HR functionality built in. Homebase automates the process of managing employee scheduling, and also helps companies improve internal communications.
The company contributes to the reduction of paperwork in an office by turning an array of devices into time clocks that track hours and overtime, while also providing payroll support. This makes it easier for companies to remain in sync, running a more efficient operation as a result.
Given that Homebase's customer base of small businesses is not able to pay a lot for its product, scale is the key driver in the company's future success. With over 100,000 customers already, its significant venture capital backing will ensure that the company will be able to grow (notably it's investing in Canadian talent) to provide its services on a profitable scale.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
29% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2024
$60m
SERIES D
Nov 2021
$30m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $189m
Company benefits
- Stock Options
- Paid parental leave
- Generous paid time off options
- Offsites, customer days & social events
- Work from Anywhere Month
- Group health benefits coverage
- Group RRSP with employer match + TFSA
- Snacks + lunch on us at hub offices
- MasterClass at Work for ongoing learning
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
John Waldmann
(Founder & CEO)BA Political Science at Stanford. Associate at Boston Consulting Group, then KKR Capstone, before founding Homebase in 2014.
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