Senior Software Engineer

South Africa🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $80,000–$110,000🗓 2026-05-18 → 2026-09-03

Core

Designing and architecting a large API-first platform revamp for a global workforce solutions company, handling multi-jurisdiction payroll, compliance, and HR services.

Role type

Senior IC Software Engineer (Platform/Backend)

Builds

API-first platform, payroll and compliance services, HR product surfaces

Domain

Global workforce solutions, multi-jurisdiction payroll, HRIS integrations

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

TypeScript (functional style), React, Next.js, Fastify, Drizzle, CI/CD pipeline design, API contract definition, code review, mentorship, AI-assisted coding workflows

Preferred skills

Experience with agentic tooling, functional programming patterns

Technologies

TypeScript, React, Next.js, Fastify, Drizzle, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD

Responsibilities

Architect and deliver the API-first platform revamp, drive technical design reviews, own end-to-end delivery of complex features, improve CI/CD pipelines, mentor engineers, contribute to technical roadmap, build AI-assisted workflows

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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About GoGlobal

GoGlobal is a privately-owned global workforce solutions company operating across 180+ countries. We help organisations hire, pay, manage, and remain compliant wherever their people are — spanning Employer of Record, multi-country payroll, HR services, global recruitment, and international expansion consulting. The engineering problems we face are genuinely hard: multi-jurisdiction payroll rules, real-time compliance enforcement, HRIS integrations at scale, FX handling across dozens of currencies. The work matters. Your code affects how people get hired and paid across the world.