How about a job that works for you? 🤔
Ever dreamt of a role where you call the shots on where you work? Welcome to Safeguard Global! We're all about making work fit your life, not the other way around. 🦸
Our “work in any way” philosophy means tackling projects from the comfort of your couch, breaking up your day to run errands, or taking meetings from a cozy café in another country. At Safeguard Global, you have the flexibility to balance productivity with life’s moments while meeting your deadlines. 🛣️
How you will make a difference:
We’re seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the development of our Spend Analytics application, helping customers gain actionable insights into workforce spend, reconcile EoR workers to invoices, and make smarter decisions.
This hands-on role involves leading a small cross-functional team (~3 engineers) and owning the technical direction of our data models, pipelines, and visualisations using AWS QuickSight, dbt, and our broader AWS data platform. You’ll collaborate closely with Product, Finance, Operations, and Customer Success teams to translate complex business questions into scalable analytics solutions.
How you will make a difference:
Own the Spend Analytics application end-to-end – from data modelling and pipelines through to dashboards and customer-facing analytics features.
Design and implement dbt models and data transformations that are reliable, well-tested, and aligned to domain-driven data contracts.
Shape and optimise AWS QuickSight assets (dashboards, datasets, KPIs, row-level security, etc.) to provide clear, performant, self-service analytics for internal and external users.
Collaborate with Data Engineering and Product to define event schemas, data contracts and interfaces between operational systems and the analytics layer.
Champion data quality and governance – define testing strategies (e.g. dbt tests), data validation and monitoring to ensure trust in Spend Analytics outputs.
Lead by example as a hands-on technical leader – pairing, reviewing code, and setting engineering standards for the team.
Mentor and support a small team of engineers, helping them grow their skills in analytics engineering, data modelling and BI tooling.
Translate business questions into technical solutions – partner with Finance, Revenue Operations and Customer Success to understand use cases and turn them into pragmatic, incremental deliverables.
Drive performance, security and scalability across the analytics stack, ensuring solutions are production-grade and ready to scale with customer demand.
Contribute to our broader data and analytics strategy, sharing patterns and best practices with other teams and helping us build a consistent approach to data products.
Monitor delivery and platform health, report on key engineering metrics (reliability, performance, delivery throughput) and continuously improve ways of working.
What will give you an advantage:
- Significant experience as a Senior/Principal Engineer working on data/analytics-heavy products or BI platforms.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS QuickSight (or similar BI tools) - including building complex dashboards, modelling datasets and implementing access controls.
- Practical experience with dbt in production: data modelling, tests, documentation, macros, and CI/CD for analytics code.
- Excellent SQL skills and solid understanding of data warehousing concepts (dimensional modelling, star schemas, slowly changing dimensions, etc.).
- Experience with the AWS analytics stack (for example S3, Glue, Redshift, Athena, Lambda, Lake Formation or similar cloud-native services).
- Background in TypeScript/JavaScript or Python for data and application development is a strong plus.
- Proven track record of leading and mentoring engineers and setting technical direction for a product or platform.
- Comfortable working closely with Finance / Revenue Operations stakeholders, translating financial or operational requirements into data models and metrics.
- Strong understanding of software development life cycles, including code review, testing, CI/CD, observability and secure-by-design principles.
- Experience designing and running self-service analytics experiences for non-technical users.
- Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform health.
About us:
We’re not bound by traditional ways of doing things. Yep, we enable global expansion without the risk for more than 1,500 clients, but what really sets us apart is our vibe. We’re a community of 900+ Guardians, spread-out over 50+ countries, united by our dedication to a remote first and flexible workforce. 🌎
Why become a Guardian:
👨💻 Autonomy and Flexibility (work in any way): Remote first, with the flexibility to include life needs like school runs and gym breaks in your schedule, all while maintaining a high standard of work.
🌴 Generous leave: Enjoy a competitive leave package including paid bonding leaves for new additions to your family
🎁 Make a difference: Get 2 paid charitable days off to contribute to causes you believe in
💰 Corporate bonus/SIP: All Guardians are eligible for our annual bonus scheme or sales incentive plan.
✈️ International environment: Grow your network internationally and collaborate across the world. Interact, discover cultures, and tap into local expertise.
⭐ Human centered culture: We emphasize the people factor in everything we do. Our nurturing culture ensures your ideas reach our leaders and your contributions get the recognition they deserve.
📚 Learning: We support your continuous growth by providing access to 2 learning platforms, where you can learn at your own pace.
Next Steps:
Ready to join a workforce that shapes itself around your life, and embrace remote work like a pro? Apply by clicking on the following link. We wish you the best with your application. Our Guardian promise to you is to keep in touch to arrange the next stage should your application meet the position's requirements, or provide a gentle update if you have been unsuccessful at this time.
Welcome to the future of work! 🌐
At Safeguard Global, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and Guardians.
