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Software Engineer - Productivity

WorkOS

United StatesRemoteFull-time$175–250K/yrPosted 6mo agoVerified open 3 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$175–250K/yr
Location
United StatesRemote
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

Job overview

WorkOS is hiring a Software Engineer - Productivity. WorkOS seeks an experienced engineer to improve internal code production and collaboration, building trust across teams, identifying pain points, and shaping tooling strategy. The role bridges infrastructure, product, and leadership to mature tools and systems as the company scales.

Key focus areas include Conduct internal research to understand engineers and their workflows, Build cross-functional trust by listening to teammates, and Synthesize needs into a cohesive strategy for leadership.

Successful candidates bring 8+ Years Software Development Experience. Important skills include Interpersonal Skills, Team-Wide Process/Tooling Changes, Identify Tradeoffs & Needs Of Companies As They Scale, Understanding Of Developer Tool Chains, IDEs, and Text Editors. Preferred (not required): TypeScript, React, and PostgreSQL.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Interpersonal SkillsTeam-Wide Process/Tooling ChangesIdentify Tradeoffs & Needs of Companies as They ScaleUnderstanding of Developer Tool ChainsIDEsText EditorsCompilersDebuggersShellsWriting DocumentationTechnical GuidesCoding StandardsTutorialsTypeScriptReactPostgreSQL

Qualifications

8+ Years Software Development Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Parental Leave
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match

Full job description

About WorkOS 🚀

WorkOS builds modern developer tools and APIs that make it easy for companies to become Enterprise Ready. Our platform powers authentication, identity, authorization, and other critical infrastructure that developers need to securely scale their products to large organizations.

We recently raised a $100M Series C, valuing the company at $2B, led by Meritech and Sapphire with participation from Greenoaks, Craft, Abstract, and Audacious. WorkOS powers enterprise features for many of the fastest-growing AI companies, including OpenAI, Cursor, and Perplexity, Vercel, and Plaid.

As AI reshapes software, WorkOS is at the frontier of Human and Agent Authentication, Identity, and Access Control—helping companies answer a new critical question: who are your agents, and what are they allowed to do? Our fast-growing customer base includes hundreds of modern software companies building the next generation of enterprise-ready products.

About the role 💭

We’re looking for an experienced engineer to optimize how our team produces code and collaborates to build WorkOS. You’ll be skilled at building trust and credibility across the engineering team, while identifying pain points and recommendations to improve how we build software internally. You’ll serve as bridge between infrastructure, product, and leadership to make sure our tools and systems are maturing alongside our product.

Responsibilities ✔️

  • Conducting internal research to understand each of our engineers and how they work

  • Building cross-functional trust by listening to and understanding each of your teammates

  • Synthesizing the variety of needs and asks into a cohesive strategy that leadership will understand and support

  • Interfacing with leadership & vendors to procure the right tools and environments to suit your teammates

  • Improving internal tooling across the company

  • Crafting a long-term strategy that makes appropriate tradeoffs with short-term needs and asks

  • Being a credible and visible voice at the company to make sure people know they’re being heard and understood

  • Optimizing codebase patterns, building toolchains, CI

Qualifications 🌟

  • Excellent interpersonal skills

  • Experience rolling out team-wide process/tooling changes

  • Ability to identify the tradeoffs & needs of companies as they scale; ideally you’ve seen how both start-ups & mature companies operate

  • Understanding of developer tool chains, including IDEs, text editors, compilers, debuggers and shells

  • Experience writing documentation, including technical guides, coding standards and tutorials

  • 8+ years experiences in software development

  • Our stack is TypeScript, React, and Postgres (bonus points if you are familiar with these, but it's not required)

Benefits and Perks ( US Only) 💖

At WorkOS, we offer resources that emphasize personal and familial well-being. We offer healthcare coverage for you and your family, including medical, dental, and vision. We offer parental leave, paid-time off and fully remote working arrangements.

  • 401k matching

  • Competitive Equity

  • Healthcare, dental and vision coverage

  • FSA, ST/LT Disability, Voluntary Life

  • Carrot fertility benefits

  • 20 days paid vacation + 10 holidays + unlimited sick leave

  • 12 weeks fully paid parental leave

  • Fitness : Monthly stipend for gyms, yoga classes, race registrations or whatever keeps you active

  • Wellness : Monthly stipend for a massage, meditations class, therapy, or activities that enhance your well-being

  • Commuter benefits for hybrid employees in SF/NYC

  • Unlimited token usage!

Please inquire directly with our recruiting team for benefits available to those working outside the US.

Equal Opportunity Employer

WorkOS is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusiveness. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability or age.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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