Staff Software Engineer

Founded in 1986, KPA is a leading provider of Workforce Compliance software and consulting services. We succeed if our clients can send their employees home at night, having not experienced a workplace accident or injury. The combination of software, consulting, and training helps clients identify, remedy, and prevent workplace safety and compliance problems so they can focus on what’s important – their core business. 

Help us help keep people safe and businesses working efficiently. Named as one of Built In Colorado’s Best Places to Work for six years in a row, KPA is made up of talented individuals working together for the greater good. We’re here to help our clients build safe, thriving organizations, and we’re looking for people with a common goal to help us do it. 

Position Description:

As a member of our engineering team, the Staff Software Engineer will influence architecture, scalability, and engineering best practices that impact multiple products and teams. You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and help drive the company’s engineering vision. This role requires a balance of hands-on development, problem-solving, and collaboration with cross-functional team leaders. You will bridge the gap between individual contribution and technical leadership.

KPA’s Flex platform helps clients build comprehensive EHS programs that foster safe, productive workplaces. The platform powers real-time data collection, audits, incident management, training, and analytics — all delivered through a modern, web-based SaaS solution.

Responsibilities:

• Guide the engineering team with best practices, architectural decisions, and technical problem-solving.
• Strong participant and advocate in process improvements.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and identify areas for continuous improvement.
• Drive adoption of emerging technologies, including AI-assisted development tools.
• Collaborate with other Product Development teams, Infrastructure, DevOps, Security and the CTO to align technical direction with business needs. 

• Champion security-first and sustainable architecture patterns.
• Architect and design scalable, cloud-native systems and distributed platforms.
• Lead technical decision-making and establish engineering best practices.
• Conduct system design reviews and ensure high-quality technical documentation.
• Writes, maintains & optimizes high-quality code that solves unique complex problems.

• Leads by example – asks questions, always learning and continuously improving.
• Fostering a culture of learning, growth and technical excellence.
• Highly capable of mentoring other engineers and engaging with senior personnel in other functional areas.
• Enforce coding standards, best practices, and performance optimizations.
• Assist in troubleshooting and resolving critical production issues.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, 3+ years in senior technical role
• Strong knowledge of system architecture, cloud computing (AWS, Azure) and distributed systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, and modern development practices.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and performance optimization skills.
• Proven track record of leading large-scale technical initiatives.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence and drive technical discussions
• Preference for:
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
• Experience with AI/ML integration.

• NodeJS / JavaScript / TypeScript
• Git / GitHub
• MongoDB
• SQL / PostgreSQL
• Vue, React, or WebPack
• Experience with native iOS (Objective-C, Swift) and Android (Java, Kotlin) development a plus

• Annual base salary between $160-175k
• Bonus potential of 10% annually
• This is a full-time, exempt position

• Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Don’t meet every job requirement? At KPA, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they meet every requirement. If you’re excited about the role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we still encourage you to apply! You might just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a growing company KPA values its employees by supporting them with a full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, PTO, Paid and Floating Holidays, 401k with Company match and immediate vesting, Company-funded Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Programs, and No-cost Mental Health Benefits.

About KPA

Founded in 1986, KPA is a leading provider of Environment, Health & Safety (EHS), and Workforce Compliance software and consulting services. KPA solutions help clients identify, remedy, and prevent workplace safety and compliance problems across their entire enterprise. The combination of KPA's software, consulting services, and award-winning training content helps organizations minimize risk so they can focus on what's important—their core business.  

We are passionate about what we do, how we do and why we do it. Our culture is driven by the KPA core values – Integrity, Helpful, Excellence, Agile, Respectful, and Teamwork. Success will be determined by the capabilities, energy and character of the people we bring into our organization and the performance they achieve.

KPA, with headquarters in Colorado and teammates throughout the United Sates, is recognized as one of Colorado's Best Midsize Places to Work by Built In Colorado for 2024.  

“To be ranked in Built In’s Best Places to Work Awards is a recognition of KPA’s dedication to creating a team of outstanding professionals and our efforts to create a positive and safe workplace culture for everyone,” said Chris Fanning, KPA President and CEO. “I believe we’ve developed a high caliber organization comprised of passionate people who are experts in their respective fields and deliver great value to our customers.”

KPA is committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation, to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, religion, religious dress/grooming, color, ethnicity, sex (including sex stereotyping), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, creed, uniform service member status, military or veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, breast-feeding and/or pregnancy-related conditions, age, protected medical condition, leave status, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristics, or any other legally-protected status in accordance with the requirements of all federal, state and local laws. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected].