Software Engineer

Overview
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Software Engineer (Integrations)
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At Sapia.ai, we're pioneering the future of ethical, AI-powered hiring. With millions of candidates engaging with our Chat Interview every year, we are redefining how talent is discovered, assessed, and nurtured. Our products are trusted by some of the world's most innovative companies, and we're just getting started.
We're a fast-paced, innovation-driven team where ownership is high and learning never stops.
Responsibilities / What you'll do
Build and maintain integrations: Design, develop, and support third-party integrations with major ATS platforms like Workday, SmartRecruiters, SuccessFactors, and other enterprise HR systems, ensuring reliable data flow and synchronisation.
API development and management: Create and evolve RESTful and GraphQL APIs along with webhook implementations that enable secure, scalable communication between Sapia.ai and third-party systems, handling authentication, rate limiting, and error recovery.
Data transformation and mapping: Build sophisticated data transformation pipelines using Node.js and TypeScript that handle varying data formats, field mappings, and business rules across different ATS platforms while maintaining data integrity.
Testing and troubleshooting: Conduct comprehensive testing and debugging of integration workflows to ensure seamless functionality, implementing monitoring and alerting for proactive issue resolution.
Collaborate and support: Work closely with customer success, sales teams, and senior engineers to streamline technical onboarding for new clients, troubleshoot integration challenges, and optimise setup workflows.
Documentation and optimisation: Create and maintain detailed integration documentation, API specifications, and contribute to performance improvements through caching strategies and efficient data synchronisation patterns.
Code quality and collaboration: Use GitHub for source control, participate in code reviews, maintain version control, and contribute to process improvements while sharing knowledge across the team.
What we're looking for
2-4 years of experience in software development with a focus on backend development, API integrations, or working with enterprise SaaS platforms, ideally in the HR/recruitment tech space.
Strong proficiency with Node.js and TypeScript for building scalable backend services, with experience in frameworks like NestJS or Express.
Deep understanding of RESTful and GraphQL API design principles, webhook implementations, and common integration patterns including OAuth 2.0, SAML, and API key management.
Hands-on experience with major ATS platforms (Workday, SmartRecruiters, SuccessFactors, etc.) or similar enterprise software integrations – you understand the challenges of working with diverse API specifications and data models.
AWS experience with services like Lambda, SQS for message queuing, ECS for container orchestration, and familiarity with serverless architectures.
Database proficiency with NoSQL databases (MongoDB), including designing efficient data models for integration scenarios and handling data synchronisation.
Strong problem-solving skills with experience debugging complex integration issues, handling API rate limits, managing data consistency across systems, and building resilient error recovery mechanisms.
Familiarity with GitHub for source control, version management, and collaboration in team environments.
Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical integration details to non-technical stakeholders and work effectively in cross-functional teams.
Good to have
HR/Recruitment domain knowledge – understanding of hiring workflows, candidate lifecycle management, and common HR data structures
Knowledge of event-driven architectures for handling high-volume, asynchronous integration workflows
DevOps and CI/CD experience with Docker, GitHub Actions, and infrastructure as code
Experience with API management tools and platforms for documentation, versioning, and analytics
How we hire
We believe there's more to you than your CV. So, we start with a chat interview, our very own, designed to uncover your potential and give you the space to share who you are in your own words. You'll answer 5-6 role-relevant questions over chat and submit a short video answer. It's untimed and mobile-friendly. Afterwards, you'll get personalised insights from the interview, based on your responses. Our hiring team will reach out to you directly if they'd like to move forward.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
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