Senior Front End Engineer (Sydney)

Description

• Work within our product team to build new exciting features.
• Writing clean, simple code that is easy for other developers to understand and maintain.
• Keep up to date with the state-of-the-art of web development.
• Assessing the risk of each change and taking extra care when making critical changes that may alter the behaviour of the software in unintended ways.
• Ensuring that all functional and non-functional requirements of a change request have been implemented before declaring a piece of work as complete.
• Shipping code with minimal defects so as to avoid re-work.
• Implement unit tests and ensure rigorous E2E testing of new app releases is performed.
• Managing your time effectively and, in the case of competing priorities, seeking clarity from the appropriate individual(s).
• Developing software engineer: you’ve contributed code and worked in teams that have shipped consumer-focused applications and are learning what it takes to build robust software.
• Adding appropriate levels of automated test coverage where applicable.
• Reviewing pull requests submitted by other engineers in a timely manner.
• Implement pixel perfect designs to create attractive user experiences.
• Plan changes in a methodical fashion and create appropriate levels of technical documentation before commencing development.
• In order to facilitate fluid communication between team members, ensure Slack notifications are enabled and respond to all relevant Slack messages in a timely manner.
• Following existing design patterns and suggesting improvements where appropriate.
• Improve the code base through continuous refactoring.

Requirements

Unfortunately we're not able to sponsor for this role, so candidates will require full working rights in Australia to be considered

To excel in this role you must have a passion for creating high quality software that delights customers and is a joy to work on. You will enjoy the support of a highly experienced management team and get the opportunity to learn from other high calibre software engineers.

This high-impact role is perfectly suited for an experienced Senior Front End Engineer who is excited by the prospect of working directly with the founders at an early-stage company to drive product adoption and revenue expansion.

• Excellent communication ability: you are capable of collaborating with product designers to reach the best customer outcome.
• You can self manage your time and projects.
• Passion for software development and a desire to continuously improve your craft.
• Full stack: you have 7-10+ years experience developing front end applications with React (TypeScript/JavaScript). Unit testing experience with React is essential. Experience with Cypress and PHPUnit would be highly desirable.
• B.S./M.S. in Computer Science (or equivalent) and/or 7-10+ years industry experience.

Benefits

This is a hybrid role: 2 days in our offices in Sydney (Surry Hills), and 3 days remote.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance