Senior Software Engineer, HR Technology

BLUE ORIGIN

. Design, develop, and deploy digital employee experiences across HR technology platforms including Cornerstone, LMS tools, and Workday, ensuring seamless end-to-end user journeys .

Posted 4/8/2026full-timeGreater Seattle Area • Alabama, Florida, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $197,529 - $276,539 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularAWSCloudGraphQLJavaJavaScriptKubernetesPythonReactSOAPTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and deploy digital employee experiences across HR technology platforms including Cornerstone, LMS tools, and Workday, ensuring seamless end-to-end user journeys
Architect and build custom integrations between HR enterprise systems (Workday, Cornerstone, LMS) and internal/external applications using RESTful APIs, SOAP, GraphQL, and message queues
Leverage AI technologies and tools (e.g., LLMs, recommendation engines, intelligent automation) to enhance HR software capabilities, improve employee self-service, and drive innovation in people technology
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including HR business partners, data analysts, and ET stakeholders to translate people-operations requirements into actionable software solutions
Identify feature gaps between enterprise HR systems and develop remediation plans, building custom solutions that meet end users where they are
Contribute to the design, implementation, and deployment of enterprise-scale HR systems and services that are highly available, scalable, and maintainable
Produce quality technical documentation for defining integrations between enterprise-level HR applications
Adopt software DevOps technologies and CI/CD best practices to solve software automation and deployment challenges
Design and implement automations that reduce manual HR operational toil, streamline workflows, and improve system reliability across the HR technology stack
Apply SRE principles — including SLOs, error budgets, and incident management — and collaborate with SRE teams to ensure HR systems meet reliability and availability standards
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and cross-functional team members who are passionate about improving the employee experience at Blue Origin, fostering growth across both technical and non-technical disciplines
Stay current with emerging HR technology trends, AI/ML advancements, and digital experience methodologies, proposing improvements and innovations to optimize system performance.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
7+ years of proven experience writing software and deploying it to production environments
Hands-on experience with at least one HR technology platform such as Workday, Cornerstone OnDemand, or similar LMS/HCM systems
Strong proficiency in languages such as Java, Python, or JavaScript/TypeScript
Experience developing APIs and building applications on them in a production environment
Experience with AWS cloud services, including containerization and orchestration using Kubernetes (K8s) and Amazon EKS
Demonstrated understanding of deploying web interfaces using React, Angular, or similar frameworks
Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog for application performance management, logging, and infrastructure monitoring
Experience solving complex problems by leveraging AI tools and integrating AI-powered solutions into software development workflows
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex systems to a varying user base.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability
401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
Education Support Program
Up to four (4) weeks paid time off per year based on weekly scheduled hours
Up to 14 company-paid holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaPythonJavaScriptTypeScriptRESTful APIsSOAPGraphQLAWSKubernetesReact

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationmentorshipproblem-solvingtechnical guidance