Senior Software Engineer

Our mission at Greenhouse is to make hiring work for everyone – so we go to great lengths to hire great people because we believe that they’re the foundation of our success. At Greenhouse, you’ll join a team that collaborates purposefully, fosters inclusivity, and communicates with transparency and accountability so we can achieve our mission.

Join us to do the best work of your career, solving meaningful problems with remarkable teams.

Greenhouse is searching for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team!

As a member of the Greenhouse Engineering team, you will actively contribute to a swift software release cycle building products that make hiring work for everyone! You'll join as a Senior Software Engineer to own high complexity, often ambiguous projects end to end. Partnering closely with your manager, product, and design, you’ll provide technical guidance and mentorship across the team and bring real fluency building with AI/agentic tools.

Learn more about our engineering culture here!

Who will love this job

• A mentor - you're passionate about guiding and developing your peers, always ready to share your knowledge, lead projects, and contribute to the team's collective success
• A doer – you're driven to get things done, act with agility, and adapt seamlessly to dynamic environments
• A Pragmatic Architect – you have a strong bias for action and you evaluate trade-offs between performance and maintainability, choosing patterns that simplify complexity for the long term
• A problem solver – you think about the bigger picture, connect the dots, and efficiently resolve issues
• An excellent communicator – you have a knack for explaining technical processes concisely (even to non-engineers), and work well with cross-functional teams
• An AI fluent engineer – you already use tools like Claude to move faster, and you're excited to build on that experience

What you’ll do

• Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Designers to define requirements and drive product development from conception to launch
• Lead the planning and execution of projects within your triad (Product Manager, Designer, and Engineering Lead), effectively scoping and prioritizing work
• Contribute across the entire software development lifecycle, including implementation, delivery, technical project/product management, and production support
• Develop clean, efficient, maintainable, and scalable production code for our core services
• Work cross-functionally with engineering teams to deliver new features and enhancements
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers, fostering their growth and development
• Actively participate in and lead team meetings, such as stand-ups, grooming sessions, and retrospectives, to ensure effective communication and progress
• Conduct thorough code reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers to uphold code quality and best practices
• Maintain and improve code quality through comprehensive testing and debugging
• Add agentic capabilities to the hiring pipeline

You should have

• 5+ years experience in contributing production code (required)
• Experience leading or owning projects and driving them to completion (required)
• Experience with Ruby, C#, Java, or Python (Ruby preferred)
• Direct experience with AI and agentic software development (Claude code, Codex, etc)
• Strong understanding of Javascript or Typescript fundamentals, including React
• Experience working in the full stack
• Strong understanding of architectural patterns
• REST/web development experience
• Experience partnering closely with Product and Design partners
• Experience with Rails, preferred
• Deep experience with integrations, a plus
• Your own unique talents! If you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, tell us why you’d be a great fit for this role in your cover letter

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada as of the start date chosen by the Company. We are unable to support sponsorship at this time.

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The expected base salary for this role is CAD $129,000 - $164,500. Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and qualifications. Certain roles may be eligible for additional compensation, including stock option awards, bonuses, and merit increases. Additionally, certain roles have the opportunity to receive sales commissions that are based on the terms of the sales commission plan applicable to the role.

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Who we are

At Greenhouse, we live by our mission through using our own product to help us hire the right person for the job, every time. We’re committed to designing and responsibly using AI tools to transform how we work while keeping people at the center. We are a remote-first company and have shared office spaces in New York City and Ireland, and optional co-working spaces that give us flexibility to do our best work anywhere. We take an active role in our growth through a performance review program that’s committed to providing actionable feedback, and a bonus structure that rewards great performance. We believe that bringing together a variety of perspectives makes us a stronger company – and we nurture leaders who create an inclusive culture and invest into employee resource groups that celebrate our differences and life experiences. We’re proud to have built an award-winning culture that’s been recognized as Fortune’s Best Places to Work and Inc.’s Best Workplaces multiple years in a row.

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Greenhouse Software is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, reach out to [email protected].

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