About the job
About Us
Sparrow is pioneering the realm of employee leave management with our innovative high-tech, high-touch solution. Our mission is to simplify the process for organizations, enabling them to provide their staff with various types of leave, including family and medical leave.
The current leave management landscape is often cumbersome and inefficient. Company leaders grapple with ever-changing regulations and processes, while employees navigating their leave face overwhelming bureaucratic hurdles during critical career moments. At Sparrow, we turn this traditionally tedious and complex process into a streamlined 30-minute end-to-end experience, saving teams between 20 to 40 hours and up to $30K per leave.
Headquartered in San Francisco, Sparrow boasts a diverse and talented remote workforce across the nation. We pride ourselves on being a supportive team that values hard work, collaboration, intelligence, and humility—all while tackling real-world challenges.
About the Role
As we continue to expand, we are seeking product-focused full-stack software engineers to join our dynamic engineering team. In this role, you will:
- Take ownership of complex problem areas within the product roadmap and technical integrations, guiding our strategic direction.
- Collaborate closely with leadership and cross-functional teams to define our product and engineering roadmaps.
- Design and implement new features and products that enhance the user experience for both employees and employers.
- Utilize software to streamline internal processes, promoting efficient scalability.
- Prioritize engineering health and processes, ensuring sustainable and secure development.
- Mentor and support fellow engineers, fostering a culture of growth and learning within the team.
About You
We are looking for candidates who possess:
- 7+ years of software engineering experience.
- Proven leadership experience, ideally as a team lead.
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively with engineers and cross-functional teams.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Adept problem-solving abilities, capable of breaking down complex domains into manageable tasks.
- Familiarity with modern software tools and processes (git, CI/CD, testing, deployment, cloud platform services, etc.).
- Experience with our technology stack (Django, React, Python, JS, Postgres, Heroku) is advantageous but not mandatory.

