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Lead Software Engineer

Deputy

Deputy

Software Engineering
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted on Friday, November 24, 2023
At Deputy, we empower businesses to build thriving workplaces - ones where staff are engaged, customers are served well, businesses are legally compliant, and companies’ profits thrive. Our reach extends across 70+ countries worldwide, serving more than 320,000 workplaces.
Deputy is a global SaaS workforce management company headquartered in Sydney, San Francisco, and London, backed by top investors and recently surpassed 100m ARR. We've helped millions of workers across industries and aim to empower 60% of the global workforce. If you're passionate about simplifying shift work and driving industry change, join us at Deputy and help shape the future of hourly employment!
You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Deputy, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.
Mission “THE WHY”
As a Technical Lead (Full Stack), you will lead the build of key technical projects that further the companies products and platforms. In turn, you’ll be progressing our company mission of improving our customers business productivity, wage compliance and employee satisfaction.
You will be working closely with your peers, product, design and leadership to build amazing products and features for the Deputy platform, delivering services and products to millions of users and businesses from small & medium to enterprise.
You wake up every morning knowing with confidence that the work you do, from the user facing experiences to the backend APIs are being used to power the livelihood of millions of users worldwide.

Responsibilities “THE WHAT”

  • Make technical decisions, and deliver technical solutions. Use hands-on, technical expertise to drive solutions for a range of challenges. You will be writing code in this role.
  • Uphold a high bar of engineering standards and co-ordinate with Infrastructure and Quality
  • Collaborate with Product and Design to discover and estimate solution options to key strategic initiatives
  • Accountability for delivering technical solutions within estimated timeframes
  • Operate in a get-things-done, value demonstrating, iterative manner
  • Influence and problem solve with Sr, Mid and Jr. engineers to deliver high quality outcomes. This role may not have direct reports, but your leadership and mentorship will be key to driving the squads to successful outcomes.
  • Distribute work to Sr, Mid and Jr. engineers
  • Form a key member of the technical leadership team, driving standards, ways of working and platform decision making
  • This role is a player-coach

Who you are “THE HOW”

  • 3+ years experience as a Lead software engineer on high-performing, architecturally complex consumer products
  • Mastery of PHP, or Go would be highly advantageous
  • Ability to lead by example, rolling up your sleeves to “show the way”
  • Outstanding problem solving skills, finding elegant solutions to complex problems
  • Collaborative approach to working with other teams
  • Thoughtful approach to leading and mentoring other engineers
  • Proactive and effective communication style
  • Strong contributor to the maintenance of a open and transparent culture
Employee Perks
- Share Options
- Paternity/Maternity Leave Policies
- Flexible 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
Deputy believes in equal opportunity and that inclusiveness and diversity promotes innovation. Our global team members are from a variety of cultures. And we welcome different perspective and skills.
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