Software Engineer

Ever fancied a role where work molds around your life, no matter where around the globe you are? Welcome to Safeguard Global! We're all about making work fit into your world, wherever that may be.

About us:

At Safeguard Global, we're not your average company. Sure, we enable global expansion without the risk for over 1,500+ customers in nearly 190 countries, but what really makes us tick is giving you and 900+ Guardians the freedom to work in a way that suits your style, no matter the time zone in 50+ countries. 🌎

Our “work in any way” approach means you can call your couch your office or a café halfway across the world your boardroom, all while still having room to do school runs and essential errands throughout your working day. 🤩

What we're after:

We're building software used by companies around the world to solve complex global payroll, compliance, and workforce management challenges.

As we scale, we're transforming our platform into a serverless, event-driven architecture on AWS. This is a core engineering initiative, and you'll play a key role in shaping how our systems evolve.

We're hiring multiple engineers across several teams, so depending on your strengths and interests, you could work on areas like:

• Knowledge Platform
• Client Account Management
• Integrations
• Client analytics
• Time and Attendance

All teams share a common goal: building reliable, scalable systems that power critical business operations for our customers.

This is a fully remote role, working with a distributed team.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and own scalable backend services and APIs using AWS (Lambda, EventBridge, S3)
• Help evolve our platform into a modern event-driven architecture
• Build systems that can reliably handle high event volumes, retries, and failures
• Improve system reliability, observability, and performance in production
• Work closely with Data Engineering on pipelines, data models, and analytics infrastructure
• Contribute to technical decisions and architecture, not just implementation
• Mentor other engineers and help raise engineering standards across teams

What will give you an advantage:

We care more about what you can do than ticking every box, but strong candidates will have:

• Solid experience building backend systems in JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js preferred)
• Hands-on experience with AWS serverless (e.g. Lambda, EventBridge, S3, API Gateway)
• Experience designing and running scalable, distributed systems
• Good understanding of reliability patterns (e.g. retries, idempotency, observability)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (CDK, Terraform, or similar)
• Comfortable working with SQL and data-heavy systems

Nice to Have

• Experience with modern data stacks (e.g. dbt, Athena, data lakes)
• Experience in multi-tenant SaaS platforms
• Familiarity with BI tools (e.g. QuickSight)
• Exposure to frontend technologies (React / Next.js)

How We Work

• Fully remote, async-friendly, and collaborative
• Small teams with end-to-end ownership
• Ship often via CI/CD
• Strong focus on reliability, observability, and real-world impact
• We actively use AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Cursor, ChatGPT) to speed up workflows and reduce boilerplate

Our Global Benefits 

• 👨‍💻 Autonomy and Flexibility (work in any way): Remote first, with the flexibility to include life needs like school runs and gym breaks in your schedule, all while maintaining a high standard of work.

• 🌴 Generous leave: Enjoy a competitive leave package including paid bonding leaves for new additions to your family   

• 🎁 Make a difference: Get 2 paid charitable days off to contribute to causes you believe in

• 💰 Corporate bonus/SIP: All Guardians are eligible for our annual bonus scheme or sales incentive plan. 

• ✈️ International environment: Grow your network internationally and collaborate across the world. Interact, discover cultures, and tap into local expertise.  

• ⭐ Human centered culture: We emphasize the people factor in everything we do. Our nurturing culture ensures your ideas reach our leaders and your contributions get the recognition they deserve.

• 📚 Learning: We support your continuous growth by providing access to 2 learning platforms, where you can learn at your own pace. 

Next Steps: 

Ready to join a workforce that shapes itself around your life, and embrace remote work like a pro? Apply by clicking on the following link. We wish you the best with your application.

Welcome to the future of work! 🌐