Software Engineer

LIFELENZ is a rapidly growing team of 80+ mathematicians, engineers, designers, computer scientists, strategists and client success experts based in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and UK building a machine learning-based, advanced analytics workforce and human capital management platform. We have built and maintained over 20+ platforms over a 19-year period. We have won many awards for client delivery and collectively contributed to over 100+ global patents for complex software platforms. In the past 2 years, the business has been funded over $20M USD as we deliver metrics that will unlock our Series B funding in early Q1 2026, providing us with significant capital to accelerate our growth & expansion across verticals and geographies while further driving our dominance in the US QSR Top Brands market.

Our mission is to create optimized outcomes for both employers and employees.

LIFELENZ is an automated workforce and human capital management platform solving challenges related to onboarding, sales & labour forecasting, scheduling & time clock/keeping, insights & reporting and labour law compliance. It uses machine learning to automatically self-tune and self-manage models to a particular store with hyper-local attributes. The technology approach and analytic methodologies used enable the distribution across large-scale centralized ownership and highly fragmented franchised ownership companies.

Purpose

The 
Software Engineer – Compliance
 at 
LIFELENZ
 designs, develops, tests, and maintains software systems that support regulatory and compliance requirements across our global platform. The role focuses on building secure, scalable backend services and APIs, including a rules and compliance engine, enabling reliable and compliant web and mobile user experiences.

This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong software design capability, deep technical expertise, and accountability for delivering production-grade systems that operate at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain software applications and backend services in line with product and technical specifications.
• Write, review, and optimise high-quality, maintainable, and performant code primarily using 
  Java / Spring
  , 
  Drools
  , and/or 
  Ruby / Ruby on Rails
  .
• Develop and enhance backend systems across 
  microservices and monolithic architectures
  , ensuring scalability, security, and reliability.
• Design and implement a 
  rules and compliance engine
  , translating regulatory and business requirements into robust software solutions.
• Participate in system and application architecture discussions, contributing to technical design decisions and implementation approaches.
• Perform debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis across complex codebases and production systems.
• Apply software engineering best practices, including version control, automated testing, code reviews, and continuous integration.
• Where required, act as 
  Feature Lead
  , owning the technical delivery of assigned features from design through to release.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, UX/UI designers, architects, DevOps, security specialists, and test analysts to deliver software solutions aligned to business needs.

Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years' professional experience
   in a software engineering role within a product-based environment.
• Demonstrated experience in 
  software design, development, testing, and maintenance
   across the full software development lifecycle.
• Strong proficiency in 
  modern Java
  , including object-oriented design, performance optimisation, and clean code principles.
• Proven experience developing and maintaining 
  RESTful APIs using Java Spring
  .
• Experience working with relational databases (preferably 
  PostgreSQL
  ) and data access layers.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, including diagnosing and resolving complex software defects.
• Experience working in 
  Agile development environments
   (e.g. Scrum, iterative delivery, test-driven development).
• Familiarity with 
  Linux-based environments
   and modern development toolchains.

Highly Desirable

• Bachelor's degree or higher in 
  Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems
  , or a closely related field.
• Experience using 
  Drools
   or similar rules engines to implement business logic.
• Experience with 
  Ruby on Rails
   and/or 
  GraphQL
  .
• Experience designing and operating 
  microservices-based systems
  .
• Exposure to 
  cloud platforms
   (e.g. AWS) and large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience contributing to software systems used by a 
  global user base
  .
• Demonstrated experience working within 
  geographically distributed engineering teams
   and collaborating with external technical stakeholders.

LIFELENZ Values

At 
LIFELENZ
, how we work matters as much as what we build. Every team member is expected to operate in line with our core values:

• Customer Centricity
   – we start with the customer and work backwards.
• Disruptive Innovation
   – we challenge assumptions and build better ways forward.
• Take the Hill Teamwork
   – we collaborate, support each other, and push through challenges together.
• Extreme Ownership
   – we take accountability for outcomes, not just tasks.
• Simple, Small, Now
   – we value progress over perfection and focus on what matters most.
• Embrace Ambiguity
   – we stay adaptable and make confident decisions in uncertain environments.
• Collaborative Autonomy
   – we trust people to own their work while staying connected as a team.

Why LIFELENZ?

LIFELENZ is building a category-defining platform with a clear vision and global ambition (some things are better experienced than explained). We value people who enjoy solving hard problems, thinking differently, and working collaboratively in an environment that prizes trust, flexibility, and inclusion.

We operate across 
Adelaide, Chicago, and Washington D.C.
, with team members based throughout 
Australia, the US, Canada, and the UK
. Our growth is driven by partnerships with some of the world's largest organisations, giving our team the opportunity to work on complex, high-impact challenges at scale.

If you're naturally curious, enjoy tackling meaningful problems, and want to contribute to a high-performing, globally distributed team, we'd love to hear from you.

Join us and help shape what's next.

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