Growth Engineering, Senior Staff Software Developer
Core
Senior Staff Software Developer leading the design, development, and scaling of AI-powered applications and agent-driven experiences on the Workiva platform.
Role type
Senior Staff Software Developer (AI/Platform Architecture)
Builds
AI-powered applications, agent-driven experiences, and platform infrastructure for finance, risk, and sustainability.
Domain
Enterprise Software / AI / Finance & Risk
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
AI-native development, agentic AI development, system architecture, distributed systems, technical strategy, platform modernization, greenfield development, TDD/BDD, load/stress/chaos/mutation testing, behavioral specification inference, code review practices.
Preferred skills
Cross-team initiative leadership, second-order effects analysis, force multiplier capability, small team delivery, durable artifact creation.
Technologies
agentic AI frameworks, distributed systems tools, testing frameworks (TDD/BDD/Chaos/Mutation), automation harnesses.
Responsibilities
Lead technical direction for large cross-team initiatives; design systems balancing flexibility, scalability, and maintainability; build infrastructure embedding AI into engineering workflows; create guardrails for safe AI-assisted development; raise the technical ceiling of surrounding teams; drive alignment and resolve architectural bottlenecks.
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership