Software Engineer, Labor Planning & Forecasting

Software Engineer

The Legion application is a high-performance data-driven Java enterprise application that implements sophisticated scheduling and optimization algorithms. It also provides the necessary endpoints for our Web and mobile frontend applications. As a Software Engineer, you will be a member of the team responsible for the implementation and evolution of this application. You will need to be able to write secure, efficient, enterprise-quality Java code, and have a solid working understanding of the techniques and technologies that are necessary for scalability and performance. You will also need knowledge and experience with data modeling and relational databases. Our application runs on AWS, so experience with containerization and cloud deployments is desirable. We're using Springboot, Hibernate, MySQL, and JSON, so familiarity with these technologies will be helpful. Frontend experience in JavaScript and Angular and/or React is a big plus.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Develop features with high quality and on-time
• Thorough understanding of product area
• Contribute to feature design in collaboration with senior engineers and the Architect
• Develop features keeping in mind best coding practices including performance and user experience
• Own product quality
• Test features before asking QA engineers to test
• Write unit tests
• Work with QA engineers to test the product end-to-end
• Fix incoming bugs daily: Adhere to bug resolution goals and SLA
• Be able to demo the Legion product end-to-end
• Build robust solutions that help the product engineering team deliver features in a scalable and performant manner
• Design, build, and support applications from End to End.
• Make data-driven technical decisions
• Apply your technical knowledge to debug and solve challenging technical problems
• Identify and resolve ambiguities in requirements in consultation with the various stakeholders
• Contribute to sprint and quarterly planning
• Participate in design reviews and code reviews, providing constructive feedback and holding a high bar for code quality and standards
• Work with QA team to make the feature as Production ready.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline
• 3-4 years with backend technologies (Java, Spring Boot, MySQL)
• 3-4 years working on building multi-tenant SaaS applications
• 3-4 years experience with designing and building APIs
• 3+ years delivering software in a cloud-based environment (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Professional software development experience
• Proficiency in Java or C++, and object-oriented design skills
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted coding tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, or Cursor, with the judgment to review, test, and validate AI-generated code before it ships
• Working knowledge of application architecture and design patterns
• Experience contributing across the full software development lifecycle, from detailed design, scoping, and planning through implementation, testing, documentation, delivery, and maintenance
• Knowledge of professional software engineering and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Exposure to the development of distributed/scalable systems and high-volume transaction applications
• Demonstrated ability to own features end to end, from design through production
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to write clear technical documents and participate in design discussions
• Strong personal work ethic focused on prioritization, being action-oriented, and being driven to achieve positive results

Preferred Qualifications and Attributes

• Proactive and able to command respect through intelligence, hard work, and persistence
• Personal passion and fervor for industry-leading next-generation technology
• Ability to operate in an environment with limited resources
• A great communicator who can distill powerful messages that resonate with customers
• Track record of building positive relationships with peers
• Continuous and thoughtful listener, able to learn from others and leverage input
• Strong personal work ethic focused on high-priority issues; action and results-oriented
• Unquestionable integrity, credibility, and character; demonstrated high moral and ethical behavior
• Proficiency with AWS products and services
• Experience in managing frameworks/systems for ensuring code quality such as Coverity, SonarQub, etc.

Compensation & Benefits

At Legion, we offer competitive compensation and benefits packages to all employees. As a fully remote employer, pay for positions is determined using local, national, and industry-specific survey data.

We strive to make competitive offers allowing employees room for future growth. Salaries will be based on the applicant’s location, level of experience, education, and specialized knowledge and skills. Additionally, we consider the external market rate, the amount we have budgeted internally, and internal equity within the company for the same position.

Benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Health Benefits
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Equity
• Monthly Wellness Reimbursement
• Monthly Lunch on Legion

About Legion

Join Legion's mission to turn hourly jobs into good jobs. We're a remote, mission-driven team seeking exceptional talent to propel this vision. Embrace a culture that's collaborative, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial. With us, you'll grow your skills, work closely with experienced executives, and contribute significantly to our mission. Legion Technologies delivers the industry’s most innovative workforce management platform. It enables businesses to maximize labor efficiency and employee engagement simultaneously. The award-winning, AI-driven Legion WFM platform is intelligent, automated, and employee-centric. It’s proven to deliver 13x ROI through schedule optimization, reduced attrition, increased productivity, and increased operational efficiency. Legion delivers cutting-edge technology in an easy-to-use platform and mobile app that employees love. If you're ready to make an impact and grow your career, Legion is where you belong. Join us in making hourly work rewarding and fulfilling.

Background and Opportunity

There are almost 75 million hourly workers in the United States, representing more than half of the entire workforce. Historically, managing hourly employees has been difficult due to high attrition (average of 60%) and high replacement costs (average of $3,200 per employee in retail). The ongoing labor shortage and competition from the gig economy make it more difficult to attract and retain hourly employees. The top reasons hourly employees leave their jobs are a lack of schedule empowerment, poor communication with employers, and an inability to get paid early. Gen Z and the millennial workforce demand gig-like flexibility, modern technology, and compelling work options. Legion’s mission is to turn hourly jobs into good jobs, serving the hourly workers who make up the majority of the US workforce. We believe in empowering employees and helping employers be efficient and innovative by enabling intelligent automation powered by Legion’s Workforce Management platform to optimize labor efficiency and enhance the employee experience simultaneously. Legion WFM was built for the cloud with AI at the core and designed to handle the complexity of modern businesses and meet the needs of today’s hourly employees.

Our team is comprised of dedicated individuals from all backgrounds and experiences, globally distributed across all time zones.

For more information, visit https://legion.co

Equal Employment Opportunity

Legion Technologies is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, veteran status, and any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws.

Disability Accommodation

For individuals with disabilities who need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please email [email protected]

We have noticed a rise in recruiting impersonations across the industry, where scammers attempt to access candidates' personal and financial information through fake interviews and offers. All Legion recruiting email communications will always come from the @legion.co domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Legion via other sources should be ignored. If you are uncertain whether you have been contacted by an official Legion employee, reach out to [email protected]

Legion is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, veteran, disability status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

How We Determine What We Pay

As a global employer, Legion determines pay for positions using local, national, and industry-specific survey data. We evaluate external equity and the cost of labor/prevailing wage index in the relative marketplace for jobs directly comparable to jobs within our company. Our posted salary range is based on national data and may be refined for a candidate's region/town/cost of living. For new hires, we strive to make competitive offers allowing the new employee room for future growth. Salaries will be based on the applicant’s location, level of experience, education, and specialized knowledge and skills. Additionally, we consider the external market rate, the amount we have budgeted internally, and internal equity within the company for the same position. An employee/candidate with a stronger skill set will receive higher pay.

Job Applicant Privacy Policy

This Job Applicant Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how Legion Technologies, Inc. (“Legion”, “we”, “us” and “our”) collects, uses, and discloses “personal information” as defined under California law from and about job applicants who are residents of California.

This Policy does not apply to our handling of data gathered about you in your role as a user of our consumer-facing services. When you interact with us as in that role, the Legion Privacy Policy applies.

Types of Personal Information We Handle

We collect, store, and use various types of personal information through the application and recruitment process. We collect such information either directly from you or (where applicable) from another person or entity, such as an employment agency or consultancy, background check provider, or other referral sources. This information includes:

• Identification and contact information, and related identifiers such as full name, date and place of birth, citizenship and permanent residence, home and business addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and such information about your beneficiaries or emergency contacts.
• Professional or employment-related information, including:
  • Recruitment, employment, or engagement information such as application forms and information included in a resume, cover letter, or otherwise provided through any application or engagement process; and copies of identification documents, such as driver’s licenses, passports, and visas; and background screening results and references.
  • Career information such as job titles; work history; work dates and work locations; information about skills, qualifications, experience, publications, speaking engagements, and preferences; and professional memberships
• Education Information such as institutions attended, degrees, certifications, training courses, publications, and transcript information.
• Legally protected classification information such as race, sex/gender, religious/ philosophical beliefs, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service, nationality, ethnicity, request for family care leave, political opinions, and criminal history.
• Other information such as any information you voluntarily choose to provide in connection with your job application.

How We Use Personal Information

We collect, use, share, and store personal information from job applicants for our and our service providers’ business and operational purposes in the recruitment process such as: processing your application, tracking your application through the recruitment process, contacting references with your authorization, conducting background checks you authorize, and making hiring decisions. We will also use job applicant information for internal analysis purposes to understand the applicants who apply and to improve our recruitment process. We may sometimes need to use applicant information for legal purposes, such as in connection with any challenges made to our hiring decisions.

With Whom We Share Personal Information

We will disclose job applicant personal information to the following types of entities or in the following circumstances (where applicable):

• Internally: to other Legion personnel involved in the recruiting and hiring process.
• Vendors: such as technology service providers, travel management providers, human resources suppliers, background check companies, and employment agencies or recruiters, where applicable.
• Legal Compliance: when required to do so by law, regulation, or court order or in response to a request for assistance by the police or other law enforcement agency.
• Litigation Purposes: to seek legal advice from our external lawyers or in connection with litigation with a third party.
• Business Transaction Purposes: in connection with the sale, purchase, or merger.

How to Contact Us About this Policy

– If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact [email protected].