At Like Family, you’ll help shape technology that makes a real difference in people’s lives. We’re building tools to fight social isolation and loneliness. These are big human problems that need thoughtful, high-impact solutions.

You’ll work across the full stack in a modern TypeScript-based environment using tools like React (with Next.js), React Native, Node.js (with Express), and Google Cloud. We build in a serverless architecture, focus on solid engineering practice, shipping often, owning our work end-to-end, and continuously improving how we build together.

This is a collaborative role. Engineers at Like Family don’t just code, they ask questions, explore ideas, and work closely with product and design to create meaningful outcomes.

A bit about us

We’re a high growth tech company solving social isolation and loneliness. It’s an incredibly interesting and massive global problem that is unaddressed and underserviced.

As a for-profit, for-purpose business, we combine the agility of a startup with the mission of a social enterprise. We’ve been recognised by Deloitte’s Fast 500 for our growth and innovation, and we continue to evolve as we scale.

Our lean, passionate team works quickly and collaboratively to solve meaningful problems. You’ll play a key role in shaping both our product and culture as we grow.

What you’ll be doing

• Writing high-quality, production-ready code, whether it’s intuitive front-end experiences in React or scalable backend services in Node.js
• Owning your work end-to-end: designing, building, testing, deploying, and monitoring in production
• Working in a modern CI/CD environment with independently deployable services, trunk-based development, and Dockerised everything, from integration tests to production
• Shipping to Google Cloud using serverless technology and leveraging event-driven architecture
• Using infrastructure as code (Pulumi), deploying multiple times a day, and leaning into automation and simplicity wherever possible
• Bringing senior-level experience in your areas of strength, and collaborating with a team that values complementary skills
• Helping the team make smart technical decisions, balancing short-term pragmatism with long-term maintainability
• Working closely with product and design to shape solutions together—not just executing specs
• Contributing to a team culture that values clear communication, shared ownership, and continuous improvement
• Staying thoughtful about performance, quality, and security, with a strong testing mindset

Living by our Values:

• Earn it - putting our people, customers and partners first
• Know it - be the expert, set high standards, think big and make evidence based decisions
• Own it - understand problems and are solution and action oriented
• Be it - love what you do - ambitious, curious and passionate
• Share it - open, inclusive and accessible in our communication and celebrations

What we're looking for

We’re looking for someone who brings depth, curiosity, and a collaborative spirit to the team.

You might be a great fit if you:

• Have 4+ years of experience building modern web applications in a commercial environment
• Are comfortable across the stack—from infrastructure to databases to UI but bring particular depth in one or more areas (e.g. backend, front-end, infra, data)
• Have a solid grasp of software fundamentals and understand how to build maintainable, high-quality systems
• Work well in a trunk-based, cloud-native environment, whether that’s GCP, AWS, or similar
• Communicate clearly, ask thoughtful questions, and enjoy navigating ambiguity with others
• Care about design, usability, and the human side of the products you build
• Want to work on something that matters, and enjoy contributing to a team with purpose

Life with Like Family

Like Family is an equal employment opportunity employer. We recognise and value inclusion and diversity, and encourage all people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds as well as people with lived experience of disability to apply for our positions.

We recognise the balance between life and work can be hard to strike, and that you’ve got goals and aspirations you’re working towards. At Like Family, we’re passionate about helping you achieve all of life’s successes through a variety of benefits and programs. Some of the highlights include:

• We lean in to flexibility with hybrid work locations and flexible start time
• Office space located at the vibrant Stone & Chalk Scaleup Hub at 477 Pitt Street, Haymarket
• Work from anywhere for a month a year
• Loyalty Leave – additional leave day for each anniversary you reach with us
• A comprehensive performance framework, resulting in bespoke learning and development plans for each team member
• Individual learning and development allowance, with professional development days to support your career growth
• Generous employee referral bonus
• Employer funded parental leave scheme

Working in a great tech team

• Experience working across a modern serverless technology stack and all products, platforms and features
• End to end ownership of features

To apply email your CV and cover letter explaining why you would love to take on this role to jenna@likefamily.com.au

*We are looking to fill this role via our internal team, so no recruiters please.