Job description
Work with purpose.
WorkBoard’s Strategy Execution Platform powers the digital operating rhythm for companies around the globe, providing organization-wide clarity, alignment, and insights for growth. AstraZeneca, Ford, 3M, Intel and many others rely on WorkBoard’s platform, playbook, and expertise to accelerate results by aligning OKRs, simplifying business reviews and scorecards, focusing weeklies on outcomes, and leveraging analytics – all with embedded AI. More than 15,000 people are certified in WorkBoard’s OKR coaching and Outcome Mindset Methodology™ which enables their organizations to quickly gain the agility OKRs can provide. Based in Silicon Valley and founded in 2013, WorkBoard investors include Andreessen Horowitz, SoftBank, GGV Capital, Workday Ventures, M12 (Microsoft), Intel Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, and Capital One.
THE OPPORTUNITY
As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will play a critical role in shaping the technical direction of our platform. You will work across frontend, backend, and infrastructure layers to design and deliver scalable, performant, and reliable systems. Beyond hands-on development, you will serve as a technical leader—guiding architecture decisions, mentoring engineers, and driving initiatives that raise the bar for engineering quality and execution. This role requires strong ownership, deep problem-solving skills, and excellent communication. You will operate in a small, highly collaborative team where clarity, accountability, and impact matter. Experience building AI-powered features or using AI tools to improve engineering productivity is a strong plus.
What You’ll Do
• Lead by example: contribute high-quality code across backend and frontend systems
• Shape architecture: design scalable services, APIs, and data models that support long-term growth
• Mentor engineers: coach and support teammates through code reviews, design discussions, and problem-solving
• Own complex problems: drive investigation, debugging, and resolution of performance and scalability challenges
• Drive execution: translate product requirements into clear technical designs and well-scoped Jira tickets
• Collaborate cross-functionally: work closely with product and design partners to deliver impactful solutions
• Establish best practices: improve standards around code quality, performance, observability, and reliability
• Champion improvement: introduce new tools, patterns, or approaches—including AI-enabled workflows—where they add real value
What You Bring
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong full stack ownership
• Expertise in Node.js and modern JavaScript/TypeScript development
• Strong experience with React and modern frontend patterns
• Production experience with PHP and MySQL
• Working knowledge of Python for backend services, scripting, or integrations
• Experience building and operating systems on AWS
• Proven ability to design scalable architectures and optimize system performance
• Deep problem-solving and debugging skills across the full stack
• Demonstrated experience acting as a technical lead and mentoring engineers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skillsNice to Have
• Experience building or integrating AI-powered features
• Familiarity with LangGraph, LangChain, or similar agent-based frameworks
• Experience using AI tools to improve engineering velocity and code quality
• Background in DevOps and CI/CD practices
• Experience with Cypress or end-to-end testing frameworks
Within Your First 6 Months
1 Month – Ramp up on systems, ship initial contributions, and build context across the platform and team.
3 Months – Own features end-to-end, mentor peers, and influence architectural decisions.
6 Months – Lead a major technical initiative, establish guardrails, and raise the bar on performance, scalability, and engineering practices (including thoughtful use of AI where valuable). We are a no-ego bunch, and super excited to build an awesome team in a category- creating company together!
OUR VALUES – WE LIVE BY THE 4 Hs
• Humble experts
• Hungry for the opportunity
• Intellectually honest
•Operating as one happy team
A FEW OF OUR AWESOME BENEFITS
• Discretionary time off & sick days
• Paid holidays
• Health insurance
• 401(k) with employer matching
• Quarterly All-Hands meetings
• And much more!
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates learning, diversity and inclusion. If you’re hungry to grow your skills while growing a company, your sense of urgency matches the size of our market opportunity, and you value and enable team mates’ contributions, then come join us!
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $170k annual salary …. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and geographic location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.
