Simply Wall St is hiring a

Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Sydney, Australia
Full-Time

Engineering Problems we are Solving

  • As we continue to grow our subscribers we want to focus on performance, reliability and security
  • Improve the mobile experience for our users
  • Setting up the right analysis/analytics infrastructure
  • Internationalisation (multiple languages)
  • Thinking through marketing engineering (SEO, building for partner channels, email marketing engine etc)

Our Technical Setup

  • We use Javascript, PHP and Graph QL. We have a mono repo setup and automated pipeline for CI/CD so the team release multiple times per day. We have a capacitor for mobile app development and we have a lot of monitoring tools like Datadog and Sentry.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will

  • Be joining a high-performing passionate team where you will have a huge impact. 
  • Help to shape the platform for our growth. We are on the journey to modernise our platform to help us scale: micro-services, GraphQL, Node.js and Next.js should be in your toolbox or in your wish list.
  • Be working in a cross-functional team, across multiple platforms, to ensure that we are giving the best experience possible for our customers.
  • Own services end to end. Decide how best to build, test, deploy and monitor.
  • Engage in technical discussion of solutions and product ideas through documentation, design reviews, pair programming, code review and technology discussions and continuous improvement.
  • Work with automated deployment enabling code release multiple times a day.
  • Work with modern tools and languages that excite you and solve user problems.
  • Build efficient and reusable front-end abstractions and systems.
  • Identify and address performance bottlenecks.

About You

  • As a Senior Software Engineer, you have several years of experience in a similar role at other SaaS startups or software companies.
  • You are a passionate technologist and you choose the right tool for the problem to solve. We are happy to hear your stories about dealing with different programming languages.
  • Understanding of what it takes to build reliable, scalable and resilient systems using modern best practices.
  • Exposure to Classic & Modern JS frameworks as well as the browser ecosystem (TypeScript, Node.js & GraphQL)
  • Someone who expects high quality and knows how to work in a high-performing team.
  • Growth mindset. What works today may not work tomorrow.

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