Senior Backend Software Engineer

4 weeks ago


Dublin, Ireland Thrive Global Full time

Thrive is a leading behavior change technology company founded by Arianna Huffington in 2016 with the mission to end the stress and burnout epidemic. Thrive helps individuals and organizations improve well-being, performance and mental resilience with its AI-powered behavior change technology platform. Thrive’s – small, science-backed steps to improve health and productivity – have been adopted by employees at more than 125 organizations in over 140 countries, from frontline and call center workers to executives at multinational companies.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be part of the team that designs, builds and operates the software systems underpinning user identity, enabling the mission of all Thrive’s core products and services. The successful candidate has experience to quickly size up problems, devise effective solutions and drive their execution from the blank sheet to production. We need a kind and caring team player who takes responsibility for the organizational outcomes, ready to collaborate with Business, Product and Technology partners and able to deliver value while tolerating ambiguity and fluidity of rapid organizational growth.

The is a remote role and we are open to candidates located in UTC-5 to UTC+1

This role is open to Senior engineers and above, Staff / Principal variants exist for the right candidates.

If you’re not sure that you’re 100% qualified, but this sounds like a role you would Thrive in – we want you to apply We believe skills are transferable and passion for our mission goes a long way.

Who You Are:

  • Someone with a passion for changing the way people work and live with demonstrated interest in topics like well-being, productivity, neuroscience, behavioral sciences, and performance
  • Passionate about the needs of your users, both internal and external

How You'll Contribute:

  • Design, build, and ship  the software that onboards, authenticates and authorizes users to the entire Thrive platform
  • Partner with internal teams to provide the tools & systems to manage a users identity and enable the mission of our Product teams
  • Participate in the product development process from helping scope work to measuring success and iterating based on insights from users 
  • Thrive (no pun intended) in a collaborative environment developing and executing against immediate and long-term roadmaps & making effective tradeoffs considering business priorities, but always with the customer experience in mind

Must Haves:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Software Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent work experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in software development with a focus in Kotlin, Java, or Scala
  • Experience in how to build scalable, resilient, and observable distributed systems
  • Professionalism around collaborating in a remote working environment and well tested, reproducible work.
  • Ability to scope and prioritize tasks on ambiguous and complex technical projects.Capability of considering specific technical tradeoffs to maximize impact for effort.
  • Curiosity and growth mindset to learn new technologies to solve interesting problems.

Nice to Haves:

  • Experience with identity systems & protocols (Oauth 2.0/ OIDC, SAML)
  • Experience working with & debugging JWT, HMAC, TLS etc
  • Designing & building authorization systems, roles & scopes

What We Offer:

  • Being part of a mission-driven company that’s truly making a difference in the lives of people around the world
  • Ability to develop within the company and shape our growth strategy
  • A human-centric culture with a range of wellness perks and benefits
  • A competitive compensation package
  • Medical, dental and vision coverage + 401k program with company match
  • Generous paid time-off programs



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