Senior Software Engineer (Python), Globoforce Ireland Ltd, IE

Job Description:

The Opportunity 

Workhuman iQ is our AI-powered people analytics and cultural intelligence platform. It transforms millions of real recognition moments into actionable insights that help us understand skills, retention, engagement, and inclusivity across the business. With real-time dashboards and an embedded AI Assistant, iQ gives leaders and teams instant visibility into cultural health, performance trends, and talent strengths—without needing analysts or complex tools. 

As a Senior Engineer, you’ll help shape technical direction, build scalable solutions, and mentor other engineers. 
 

Tech stack:  

Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, GraphQL, RESTful APIs, AWS (ECS Fargate, Lambda, S3, RDS, Neptune, CloudFront, ALB), PostgreSQL, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Neptune, SQL, Kafka, Redis, Jenkins, Docker, Terraform, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, CodeArtifact, Git, Splunk, AWS IAM, Secrets Manager, WAF 
Machine Learning (Python libraries, SageMaker), Data Analytics, Real-Time Processing.

What we can offer you:  

• Opportunity to make real impact. Your impact will be felt across the squad and team, and you will also get to contribute to cross-department initiatives.  

• You will get to be a role model to other engineers and actively mentor less experienced engineers on the team by providing guidance and support when needed.  

• You will be an expert in either backend or frontend technology stacks with working knowledge in the other.  

• You’ll engage with stakeholders and collaborate with key experts to shape the right technical solutions that deliver real customer value. 

• You’ll get to lead technically while working alongside design and product to shape impactful solutions. 

The skills you bring:  

• Expertise in designing and implementing scalable backend services and APIs (GraphQL + REST) in Python, leveraging 5-7+ years of backend engineering experience. 

• Proficiency in developing and optimising data pipelines for large-scale ingestion, transformation, analytics, and real-time querying. 

• Experience building backend integrations with AWS services (ECS Fargate, Lambda, S3, RDS, Neptune, CloudFront, ALB). 

• Experience in building secure, reliable, and performant services, leveraging AWS, and observability tooling (Splunk). 

• Knowledge of Git and collaborative engineering practices to drive quality and consistency. 
   

Achievements:

• Implemented best practices in security, authentication, and performance optimisation in backend systems, resulting in more robust, secure, and efficient applications. 

• Mentored and guided junior engineers, promoting coding, architecture, and DevOps best practices, enhancing team capabilities and overall delivery quality. 

• Designed and delivered analytics features enabling real-time insights and interactive data visualisations, empowering customers to track and understand culture, performance, and engagement trends. (Nice to have) 

• Enhanced CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure using Jenkins, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, CodeArtifact, Docker, and Terraform, improving deployment speed and reliability. (Nice to have) 

• Partnered with frontend engineers (React, TypeScript, JavaScript) to deliver seamless, API-driven experiences, ensuring high performance and usability across platforms. (Nice to have) 

Benefits:  

• 25 days annual leave, increasing with years of service 

• Company plan VHI Health Care & Dental cover for employee, partner and children 

• Pension commencing from day one and matched up to 5% after the probation period. 

• Income Protection 

• Life Assurance 

• We live our values and that includes being super-users of our own recognition program, Workhuman Spark®. 

• Discounted gift certificates 

• Discounted TaxSaver Travel cards/free car parking (subject to availability) 

• Access to Workhuman University 

• Workhuman employees are offered up to one paid day volunteering per year. 

• Access to a fully equipped, state of the art onsite gym and fitness area with shower facilities 

• Ability to participate in onsite regular gym classes led by professional instructors including spin, yoga, and HIIT 

• The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is a confidential service available to all Workhuman employees from your first day of employment and is free of charge. 

• Free breakfast cereal, fruit, pastries, tea/coffee, lunch, fantastic catered events throughout the year etc. 

The Company:

At Workhuman® our mission is to bring more humanity to the workplace. We recognise and embrace individuals’ differences and believe that workforce diversity and inclusion are essential to our long-term growth and success. Even if you don’t think you “check every single box” above, please still consider applying. We’re looking for a human who is collaborative, innovative with a growth mindset

We love what we do because we’re shaping the future of work through our people and our technology. Our human cloud-based applications are helping some of the world’s leading global brands connect culture to shared purpose. The Workhuman Cloud empowers employees to thank, talk and celebrate each other, creating an environment that sparks gratitude and human connection while increasing employee engagement and productivity.

Did you know we have an award-winning culture across EMEA and North America:

• We were named as #5 Best Workplace in the Great Place to Work Awards in Ireland in 2022 in the large-sized workplace category. We were also recognised as the Best Workplace for Women and the Best Workplace in Technology in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

• In 2021 we were named as #2 Best Workplace in Europe in the medium-sized workplace category.

•  We were also recognised as #2 Best Large Places to Work in Boston by Built In for 2023 as well as the Best Place to Work in Boston, U.S. Best Large Places to Work, and U.S. Best Places to Work.

• There are currently over 7.5 million users on the Workhuman® cloud across 180 countries.

• Our core values are Respect, Determination, Innovation, and Imagination.

Workhuman is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees. We proudly provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions at Workhuman are based solely on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Workhuman believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.