Job Type
Full-time
Description
Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, offering the most complete platform for the modern workforce. The company has become one of the fastest-growing HCM software providers worldwide by offering an intuitive, easy-to-use product suite that helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture.
While traditional HR and payroll providers automate basic HR processes such as payroll and benefits administration, Paylocity goes further by developing tools that HR and businesses need to compete for talent and deliver against the expectations of the modern workforce.
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We are committed to building a world-class team by hiring top talent globally. Our idóneo candidates would be based in Guadalajara or the surrounding areas, with the right to work there, and be able to work within four hours of Eastern Standard Time.
Location:
(Must be based in Guadalajara)
About The Role
This is a critical role in leading and scaling multiple high-performing engineering teams in the File Import/Export domain to deliver secure, scalable, and high-quality SaaS solutions. This role requires a hands‐on technical leader with strong project execution skills, a focus on engineering best practices, and the ability to align technical initiatives with business objectives. The Senior Engineering Manager will be responsible for driving team performance, improving development processes, and ensuring successful product delivery while collaborating with cross‐functional stakeholders across Product, Security,



and Go‐To‐Market teams. This role requires a balance of technical expertise, leadership, and business acumen.
Who You Are
Highly effective Senior Engineering Manager who has led multiple teams
A supportive mentor and coach for engineering managers and teams of various levels of experience
Curious to learn the inner workings of your team's domain and users that depend on it
Strong understanding of software system architectures and distributed systems at scale
Able to leverage your technical experience to guide your team developing complex solutions and independently initiate, plan, and execute towards goals
An advocate for quality, automation, and continuous improvement through data driven decisions
Steadfast in your desire for production stability, ensuring a top‐notch customer experience
Driven to stay current by learning and applying new technologies and tools
Willing to share your ideas and unafraid to seek out feedback from others
Able to break down the boundaries of ambiguity and push your teams to deliver the right updates for the customer
What You Will Do
Collaborate with leadership and cross‐functional peers to support and influence strategy and development efforts aligned with business direction
Own engineering quality, scalability, and overall health across multiple related systems and products in the File Import/Export domain




Guide teams through complex systems and dependencies, providing direction and removing roadblocks
Help your team leverage and implement AI capabilities both in development processes and product feature sets.
Facilitate and drive technical design by breaking down complexity, setting clear timelines, and guiding realistic effort estimation
Communicate effectively across technical and non‐technical stakeholders, including system architecture, project status, and risks
Prioritize efforts with peers and stakeholders to balance delivery, tech debt, and maintenance
Raise risks proactively and propose mitigation strategies
Keep teams informed and integrated with broader organizational initiatives
Hire and develop a high‐performing, globally‐distributed teams while fostering a positive culture
Lead operational excellence efforts including incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement
Recognize and reward performance, and create opportunities for growth and development
Hold self and teams accountable for delivering secure, scalable, and high‐quality software
Build and maintain strong partnerships with Product counterparts
Experience
BS degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent experience.
8+ years of experience in software engineering, with 3+ years in a leadership or management role driving success across multiple teams.
Experience leading and scaling high‐performing engineering teams in a SaaS or enterprise software environment
Experience developing and running software using cloud technologies (preferably AWS)
A demonstrable level of successful strategy development a

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