Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Why Work Here

• Headquarters is in Charlotte, NC
• Recently expanded to nearshore
• isolved ranked for SMB Payroll in 2023 Sapient Report
• Voted top places to work in USA 2023

Job Description

The Software Engineer for the Developer Experience team drives the strategy, design, and implementation of solutions that optimize how developers build, test, and deliver software at isolved. This role is equal parts hands-on engineering and technical leadership - building internal tools, improving CI/CD pipelines, reducing friction in the development lifecycle, and establishing best practices that scale across the engineering organization.

The successful candidate will own and evolve isolved's internal developer platform, including build systems, development environments, testing infrastructure, and automation tooling. They will partner closely with engineering teams to identify bottlenecks, measure developer productivity, and deliver high-impact improvements that reduce cycle time and cognitive overhead. This role provides frequent technical guidance and mentorship to engineers across the organization, influencing architecture decisions and championing engineering excellence.

Core Job Duties

• Designing and building internal developer tools and platforms that improve day-to-day engineering workflows
• Optimizing CI/CD pipelines, build performance, and deployment reliability
• Defining and tracking developer experience metrics (build times, deployment frequency, developer satisfaction) to guide investment decisions
• Evaluating and integrating AI-assisted development tools to accelerate engineering productivity
• Establishing standards and patterns for code quality, testing, and infrastructure-as-code
• Partnering with architecture, platform, and product teams to ensure developer tooling aligns with organizational direction
• Mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of continuous improvement across the development organization

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years developing web applications
• 2 years developing cloud native applications.
• Ability to work independently to research and solve complex problems.

Strong Skills In

• Azure
• Microservice Architecture
• C#
• SQL
• Unit Testing
• .NET

Experience With

• NET / ASP.NET Core WebAPI
• Javascript
• Angular
• SOLID principles

Experience With The Following a Plus

• Knockout
• Azure CosmosDB or other NoSQL database
• Azure Container Apps
• Pub/Sub and asynchronous messaging
• Docker
• MVVM
• Terraform
• Kubernetes

About Isolved®

isolved is a leading provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions that combines modern technology with expert services and support. Purpose-built for People Heroes™, isolved gives HR, payroll and benefits leaders the tools and insights to streamline operations and deliver employee experiences that matter. isolved People Cloud™ is a connected HCM platform with built-in artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics that brings together HR, payroll, benefits, workforce management and talent management in one experience. Built on a legacy of 40 years in the market, isolved is trusted by more than 200,000 employers and used by 9 million U.S. employees, representing about one in 20 American workers. Visit www.isolvedhcm.com.