Staff Software Engineer - Scripting And Developer Experience

Our Team

The Developer Experience (DEX) team is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to add value to our Wdesk Scripting product and internal developer command line interface (CLI) tooling.

As a Staff Software Engineer on our DEX team, you will have an opportunity to deliver solutions for engineers both inside and outside of Workiva. You will be making a meaningful impact on a product that allows our customers to write and execute code within Workiva’s secure and trusted platform. Experience coding in Golang would allow for a more immediate impact, along with web frontend skills.

Summary
Staff Software Engineers in Product Development are responsible for leading software solutions development within the R&D Organization. They work in the context of an agile team, driving and guiding the implementation of customer and system user stories on a variety of platforms, technologies, and programming languages, and in addition are expected to work across teams, encouraging code and pattern reuse and overall best practices across the organization. Staff Software Engineers are the technical leaders and innovators of one or more discrete components of Workiva software, with broad and complete understanding of all aspects of those components. They have a proven track record of delivering high quality code to production and generally display a greater level of experience, depth, and responsibility over a Senior Software Engineer. Key results for which individuals in this role are accountable include: breadth and depth of understanding of Workiva's software components, understanding customer needs and requirements, designing applications, programming and testing of code, architecting innovative solutions, communication with team members and other teams, and solution development planning. The Staff Software Engineer is also accountable for managing the backlog of bugs in production, level of engagement in communicating across teams, and articulation of design decisions in Agile review meetings and presentations.
What You'll Do
Identifies & Fulfills Customer Needs & Requirements: Identifies and clearly articulates customer needs and requirements and writes code that meets those needs and also serves the larger business needs of the company

Software Engineering Lead: Identifies customer or platform needs and requirements and occasionally performs duties associated with the platform/application product owner role

Software Development Planning: Accurately forecasts and plans solution development team deliverables and timelines

Application/Component Design: Designs complete innovative applications or solutions to meet customer needs and requirements

Programming & Testing Code: Creates, modifies, and tests code that meets customer requirements with minimal need for re-work and performs thorough unit testing, and considers full range of implications of a given solution on other related applications and functionality. Generally advances the state of the product area they work within and are widely recognized for their contributions to a given area.
What You'll Need
Education

Skills

Experience

Travel Requirement

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

How You’ll Be Rewarded:

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.