Senior Software Engineer, Homebase
$180-215k
+ Equity
Employee scheduling software for small businesses
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Employee scheduling software for small businesses
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$180-215k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make local business teams unstoppable.
Role
Who you are
- The Foundation for Success - These are the experiences and strengths that will set you up for success in this role:
- Retool your workflows using AI-powered development tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, LLM-assisted code review and security analysis)
- Measure the impact — faster cycle times, reduced auth incident MTTR, improved notification deliverability. You can speak to what changed and why
- Experiment actively with emerging AI applications relevant to identity and notifications — anomaly detection, intelligent delivery timing, abuse pattern recognition
- Participate in team-wide AI fluency sharing — what's working, what's not, and what's next
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience with meaningful ownership of production systems at scale
- Deep expertise in identity systems — authentication protocols (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML), session management, token lifecycle (JWT, refresh tokens, revocation), and authorization modeling (RBAC, ABAC, or policy-based access control)
- Experience designing multi-tenant identity models — ideally in contexts where a single user holds multiple roles across multiple organizations or employment states
- Hands-on experience building or operating notification infrastructure — delivery pipelines, fan-out architecture, user preference management, and multi-channel routing (push, email, in-app)
- Strong command of at least one backend language (Ruby, Go, Python, or similar) and relational database design
- Track record of leading technical design — writing RFCs, driving alignment across teams, and executing through real ambiguity
- Active AI fluency: you use tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or LLM-based assistants to meaningfully accelerate your workflow, and you can speak to the measured impact
- Security-minded by default — you think about identity and notification systems through the lens of abuse, spoofing, privilege escalation, and data privacy before they become incidents
- Clear, direct communicator who can translate system complexity into decisions stakeholders can act on
- 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
- As a Senior Software Engineer II on our Identity & Notifications team, you'll own the systems that power Homebase's "Passport to Work" vision — the unified identity layer that follows a user across their entire work journey
- That means authentication, authorization, role modeling across complex multi-tenant contexts, and the notification infrastructure that keeps workers and business owners informed, in real time, without noise
- This is a high-ownership, high-visibility platform role. You'll be shaping how identity works at Homebase for the next decade — and building the notification rails that connect millions of people to the moments that matter
- Own identity end-to-end. Design and build the systems that manage user authentication, session lifecycle, and authorization across Homebase's multi-role, multi-employer context. One user. Many states. Zero confusion
- Model complex authorization. Lead the design of role-based and attribute-based access control (RBAC/ABAC) systems that reflect the real-world complexity of how small business teams work — managers, employees, owners, and everything in between
- Build notification infrastructure that scales. Design and operate the backend systems powering push, email, and in-app notification delivery — reliably, at scale, with intelligent routing and preference management
- Drive architectural decisions. Write the RFCs, lead the design reviews, and set the technical direction for your domain. Your decisions establish the standard
- Ship with velocity. Break down ambiguous problems fast, make high-quality calls you stand behind, and get working systems into production without waiting for perfect
- Build with AI. Actively integrate AI tooling into your engineering workflow — from code generation and security review acceleration to intelligent notification personalization and abuse detection. Retool how the work gets done, and show the impact
- Elevate the team. Mentor peers, share knowledge generously, and raise the bar in every design review and code review you touch
- Collaborate across the stack. Partner with Product, Security, and feature-domain engineering teams to deliver identity and notification capabilities that unlock the rest of the platform roadmap
Application process
- Meet the Talent Acquisition team, Mavel W
- Meet the Hiring Manager, Jonathan M
- Participate in Technical Interviews
- Meet with the Product Team
- Background Check + Offer Stage
- Welcome to the team, Homie 🎉
Our take
Homebase provides 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
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) matching program
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- 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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