This is a Principal Software Engineer role with one of the leading companies in AU right now Deputy with an amazing team. They are continuing to grow rapidly. This is the chance to join right as the takes off. More About the Role at Deputy You will collaborate closely with peers, product, design, and leadership to build outstanding products and features for the Deputy platform, delivering services to millions of users and businesses, from small and medium-sized enterprises to large corporations. You wake up every morning knowing with confidence that your work is being used to power 365,000 workplaces and the livelihood of millions of users worldwide. Responsibilities - Define, lead, and document the long-term technical direction that enables the engineering team's long-term scaling, aligned with our business goals. - Promote innovation, efficiency, scalability and a culture of excellence within the organisation. - Serve as a technical authority, providing guidance and mentorship to our engineering teams. - Form a key member of the technical leadership team, driving standards, ways of working and platform decision-making at an organisational level. - Collaborate cross-functionally with Infrastructure, Platform Quality, Product and Design teams to ensure high-quality solutions and practices are employed. - Drive discussions on new solutions, architectural choices, and emerging technologies that enable operational scalability and enhance the developer experience. - Ensure that our technical decisions uphold the highest standards of quality, performance, scalability, reliability, availability, and security. - Advocate for and implement advanced testing methodologies and CI/CD practices. Skills & Experience - 10 years in software development including significant time in a leadership or principal role - Deep SaaS experience across multiple domains or problem spaces - Have created a multi-year technical vision and seen it through to fruition through the deployment of solid communication skills - Mastery of PHP, Go or other large scale tech stack would be highly advantageous - Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and contribute to architectural decision-making. - Demonstrated ability to introduce new technologies or practices to a large engineering function and ensure successful take-up through advocacy, education and governance - Possess excellent problem-solving skills, and have used these to have an outsized impact on a technical project - Proven ability to shape architectural strategies and drive technical innovation. - Execute on strategic direction including shifts in technology and paradigms. - Have built a deep strength in at least one contemporary area of software technology, such but not limited to ML, search engines, or event-based architectures. Employee Perks - Ownership in the company via Share Options - Paternity/Maternity Leave Policies - Flexible Remote-First Work Policy - Company wide Development & Coaching - Hackathons - Awards - "Your Time to Shine & Celebrate Success" - Social Events & variety of social clubs (Books, LGBT, Games, Sports) - Mental Health Support - Munch & Learns If you don’t think you're a perfect fit, you should still sign up to Hatch and create a profile, we'll match you to other roles that suit your profile. Hatch exists to level the playing field for people as they discover a career that’s right for them. We model this in our hiring process for our partners like Deputy. ✅ Applying here is the first step in the hiring process for this role at Deputy. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, cultural identity, disability, age, or any other non-merit factors. To put it simply, Hatch is for everyone.
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