Staff Software Engineer, Growth

The Growth Engineering team is focused on bringing new AI-driven product ideas to life from early experimentation through to scalable customer-facing solutions. Engineers on this team work across the full product lifecycle balancing rapid iteration with thoughtful system design. As a Staff Software Engineer youll help define architecture guide technical strategy and make high-impact contributions to products that are still taking shape.

Were looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design development and scaling of AI-powered applications and agent-driven experiences built on the Workiva platform. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who thrives at the intersection of hands-on building and technical leadership. Someone who can navigate ambiguity drive architectural decisions and influence across teams to deliver meaningful business outcomes.

As a Staff Engineer youll shape technical strategy mentor engineers and solve complex problems that span systems and domains. Youll work across our modern stack primarily TypeScript Java/Kotlin and Postgres (SQL) and make significant hands-on contributions to deliver secure scalable and high-quality software. AI is central to both how we build and what we build: youll help develop LLM-powered features and workflows so we expect fluency with tools such as Claude OpenAI Codex and/or Cursor to create intelligent user-facing capabilities.

• Build and iterate on new AI-powered product concepts from prototype to production using rapid feedback loops to validate and refine ideas. You will be building a lot.

• Partner closely with Product and Design to shape problem definition test hypotheses and evolve solutions based on user and business impact.

• Make pragmatic trade-offs between speed and scalability knowing when to optimize for learning versus long-term durability.

• Define and evolve architecture for emerging products enabling a path from early experiments to reliable scalable systems.

• Lead technical discovery and implementation for ambiguous high-impact initiatives that span multiple systems.

• Establish patterns frameworks and guardrails that allow teams to move quickly without sacrificing quality.

• Set a high bar for code quality system design and operational excellence while maintaining a bias toward action and delivery.

• Unblock teams navigate cross-team dependencies and drive alignment in fast-moving evolving problem spaces.

• Identify technical risks early and shape the roadmap to support both near-term delivery and long-term sustainability again with heavy influence from AI.

• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance across projects and teams.

• Collaborate with Product UX and stakeholders to align on priorities trade-offs and outcomes.

• Contribute to a culture of experimentation learning and continuous improvement.

• 6 years of experience in software engineering with a track record of delivering complex systems or products from concept to production.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience.

• Strong experience with one or more of: TypeScript Java/Kotlin Go or similar modern languages along with relational databases such as Postgres and noSQL solutions like MongoDB.

• Strong foundation in Account concepts and how they can be applied in software solutions

• Experience building and shipping AI-powered features such as LLM integrations copilots or agent-based workflows in customer-facing applications.

• Familiarity with AI development platforms and tools such as OpenAI Claude Cursor or similar.

• Proven ability to operate in ambiguous environments and drive solutions from early-stage ideas to production systems.

• Strong systems design skills with the ability to balance rapid iteration and long-term scalability.

• Experience influencing technical direction beyond your immediate team.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to navigate trade-offs and align stakeholders.

• A proactive product-minded approach with a passion for building and learning.

• Experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms and modern SaaS architectures.
  

• Up to 10% travel for team jams and internal developer conference

• Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely not in a Workiva office

How Youll Be Rewarded

A discretionary bonus typically paid annually

Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire

401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package

The salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job in the US. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors including your skills qualifications experience and other relevant factors.

Why Join Workiva

Workiva is the platform designed to bring confidence control and a competitive edge to the worlds most complex organizations. Our AI-powered platform unifies finance risk and sustainability on a single secure foundationensuring data is trusted traceable and ready to act on. With an unbroken path from source to output leaders gain confidence in their numbers visibility into current and emerging risks and the ability to move with speed and precision in a constantly changing world.

At Workiva youll bring technology to market that executives boards and regulators depend on. The work you do here helps organizations navigate uncertainty maintain trust and make decisions that stand up to scrutiny. If youre energized by meaningful challenges inspired by collaborative teams and motivated to help organizations turn uncertainty into advantage wed love to meet you.

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