Software Engineer, Backend Developer

About Betterworks

Betterworks is HR software to align, develop, and activate your workforce for business growth. Organizations are able to replace outdated, ineffective, universally loathed annual review processes with powerful Continuous Performance Management programs that help managers be better at the conversations, coaching, and development necessary to inspire and motivate the entire workforce to achieve an organization's top priorities today and be ready for tomorrow's challenges.

Betterworks is seeking a motivated Software Engineer to join our App Platform team. This role is perfect for a candidate with 2-5+ years of experience who is passionate about platform-level challenges like Authentication, Authorization, and Event-Driven Architecture, and who wants to grow their skills under the mentorship of our experienced Senior and Staff engineers.

We're looking for a motivated Engineer to help us tackle critical platform-level challenges.

As a Software Engineer at Betterworks, you'll join a high-performing engineering team where you will be mentored by our Senior and Staff engineers.

Develop and enhance core features of our enterprise performance management platform, with a focus on platform-level services.

Collaborate with and learn from Senior and Staff engineers to build scalable, robust systems.

Contribute to the implementation and maintenance of Authentication and Authorization systems.

Build and improve notification services to keep our users informed.

Participate in designing and evolving our Event-Driven Architecture.

Write clean, testable, and maintainable code.

Engage in code reviews and architectural discussions, viewing these as opportunities for continuous learning.
Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and trends in backend development, sharing your knowledge with the team.

Bachelor's degree or certificate in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

2-5+ years of professional full-stack software development experience.

Proficiency in backend languages (e.g., Node.js, Python, or Go) and frontend technologies.

Strong interest in solving platform-level concerns like Authentication, Authorization, Notifications, and Event-Driven Architecture.

Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and effectively utilize mentorship from senior team members.

Solid understanding of RESTful API design.

Experience with databases (relational or No

SQL) and containerization tools like Docker.

Strong communication skills and a collaborative, proactive mindset.

Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.

Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerization technologies for backend deployments.

Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and best practices for backend deployment.

Experience with AWS, especially services relevant to backend operations.

Familiarity with Agentic Development and Model Context Protocol (MCP).

All employees share the responsibility of being aware of information security risks and adhering to information security policies and procedures.

All employees are required to participate in information security awareness and training programs.

All employees are responsible for handling data in accordance with data classification and handling guidelines.

Employees should be aware of the sensitivity of the data they interact with and follow appropriate security measures.

All employees are responsible for reporting information security incidents in accordance with information security policies and procedures.

At Betterworks, we prioritize our people. In that spirit, we’ve put together a great benefits program to support our employees’ health and wellness that includes the following:

• Leadership: CEO Doug Dennerline is truly a mission-driven leader. He has been a sales leader for over 25 years and has a direct impact on the work people do every day.
• Funding: $129 million, Serious B with top tier investors, including Kleiners Perkins, emergence capital, and 8VC.
• Board of Directors:
  Includes iconic executive John Doerr (former President and CEO of Google), Bruce Felt (Founder of Renaissance Software and a servant leader…