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Alight embraces values that come directly from our people - purposeful, human, united and growth-minded - reflecting our inclusive culture and promise that our clients expect. We are passionate about connecting purpose with impact. Alight empowers clients to build a healthier and more financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, navigation, and absence management.\n\nOur Benefits\n\nWith a comprehensive total rewards package, Alight offers programs and plans that support your mind, body, wallet, and life. Benefits include health, dental and vision coverages starting Day One. Additionally, Alight colleagues enjoy wellbeing programs, retirement plans with contribution matching, generous time off, parental leave, continuing education, and career growth opportunities - all within a thriving global organization.\n\nFlexible Working\n\nSo that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible. Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and \"Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs\" 6 years in a row.\n\nGreat Place to Work\n\nThanks to the work of every colleague, Alight has received multiple awards of recognition including \"Great Place to Work\" for the past 7 years and Fortune's \"Best Companies to Work For.\" To learn more about our company culture and awards Click Here.\n\nWe invite you to join our team! Learn more at careers.alight.com .\n\nAlight is building Benefits Intelligence, powered by the Alight Data Engine, to help employers turn complex benefits data into meaningful insights and action.\n\nWe're looking for a Staff Backend Integrations Engineer to design and build the integration infrastructure behind this experience. This is a hands-on role for an engineer who has built complex, integration-heavy systems and knows how to make them reliable, scalable, and easier to operate.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nDefining and evolving the application architecture, domain model, workflows and business logic for the Benefits Intelligence module.\nDesigning and building application services and APIs connecting Worklife with the Data Engine, including clear interface contracts, error handling, observability and operational ownership.\nLeading the technical integration of Data Engine capabilities into Worklife, adapting existing user-interface components and developing new administrative experiences where required.\nEstablishing reusable full-stack engineering patterns for maintainability, security, testing, observability, deployment and operational efficiency.\nTranslating emerging product concepts and business requirements into pragmatic technical options, independently evaluating trade-offs and driving implementation in partnership with Product and Architecture.\nDriving technical execution across Engineering, Product, UX, Data and platform teams; surface dependencies early and bring design and integration decisions to closure.\nApproving application architecture and domain model\nProducing production-ready APIs, services, workflows and user experiences\nDocumenting interface contracts and integration patterns\nAutomating tests, telemetry, runbooks and operational handoff\nReusing engineering standards and reference implementations\n\nRequired Qualifications\n\n 6+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including ownership of complex production applications. \n Deep expertise in application data modeling, API design, and backend services, with proficiency in modern front-end development. \n Demonstrated 0→1 system design and build experience for complex B2B use cases and non-technical users. \n Product judgment and ability to convert ambiguity into clear technical decisions and incremental delivery. \n Experience integrating new application capabilities into established products and technology ecosystems, including adapting and extending existing services and UI components \n Independent execution of cross-functional technical leadership across multiple Engineering and Product teams without relying on formal authority. \n Demonstrated fluency with approved agentic coding practices and disciplined software engineering controls. \n Experience integrating application platforms with data or AI-enabled services. \n Experience improving observability, reliability and operational efficiency for production applications. \n\nApplication and Interview\n\nBy applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight's employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.\n\nAlight requires all virtual interviews to be conducted on video. Please be aware that Alight is a camera-on culture and may require occasional travel to one of our physical office locations.\n\nOur commitment to Inclusion\n\nWe celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.\n\nAt Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.\n\nAs part of this commitment, Alight will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact  .\n\nEqual Opportunity Policy Statement\n\nAlight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state, or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ disabled persons, disabled veterans, and other covered veterans.\n\nAlight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request reasonable accommodations/modifications by contacting their recruiter.\n\nAuthorization to work in the Employing Country\n\nApplicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not, now or in the future, require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.\n\nNote, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.\n\n#Li-remote\n\n We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.\n\nSalary Pay Range\n\nMinimum :\n180,000.00 USD\nMaximum :\n240,000.00 USD\n\nPay Transparency Statement: Alight considers a variety of factors in determining whether to extend an offer of employment and in setting the appropriate compensation level, including, but not limited to, a candidate's experience, education, certification/credentials, market data, internal equity, and geography. Alight makes these decisions on an individualized, non-discriminatory basis. Bonus and/or incentive eligibility are determined by role and level. 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