Software Engineering Manager - PHP Backend

If you'd like to join one of the hottest scale-ups in Australia right now (just raised $20m Series A at $100m+ valuation!) - Digital Services Australia is the place for you. We're interested to hear specifically from people with 6+ years designing, developing, testing, deploying in any language or stack

About us

Did you know there are 50,000 freight carriers in Australia? We connect this "long tail" of trucking capacity to Australia's largest shippers such as FMCG companies. We use technology to efficiently allocate supply and demand, and thereby eliminate the enormous waste in the industry. Every third truck on Australian roads today drives empty - imagine the environmental impact you can have!

About the opportunity

We currently have great traction, with product-market fit superbly proven during the recent annual Christmas peak in the logistics industry. As a result (and with fresh new funding), our technology team is set to triple in size (!) and we are looking for an enthusiastic senior software engineer with an emphasis on backend. Our software team is 80% remote (South Asia and Eastern Europe)

Our stack:

• Backend: Postgres, PHP (Symphony or Laravel)
• Frontend: ReactJS, Javascript, jQuery
• Infrastructure: Jenkins, Kubernetes, Kafka, Docker, AWS

About you

You will be a senior member of our early-stage engineering team, primarily focused on building the technology to support our growth. As such, you need to be a talented architect who thinks scale at all times. You will guide more junior team members to solve challenges, be flexible about solutions they employ and take pride in clean and readable code. Naturally, you will exemplify these behaviours yourself

Responsibilities

• Initially plays the role of both Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, and Software Engineer
• Ensures people are heard
• Part of the mission delivery team
• Manage a group of engineers to perform specific tasks
• Very involved in the detail of development
• Conducting 1-1s
  
• Design and develop highly scalable, reliable and fault-tolerant systems
• Build and manage automated build/test/deployment environments
• Plan and execute together with Frontend, Mobile, DevOps, Data, UI/UX, QA
• Use DDD, Design patterns and advanced Git to produce maintainable code

Job requirements

• 6+ years designing, developing, testing, deploying in any language or stack
• Proficiency in multiple languages, and deep familiarity with our stack (above)
• Best practice mastery (Object Calisthenics, SOLID, OOP, SCRUM, XP, CI/CD)
• Track record with Restful APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases, Linux environment
• Cultural sensitivity, with experience working with remote colleagues
• Desire to learn, adapt, and grow!

What's in it for you

• Generous remuneration package
• Flexibility: work in ways that support your wellbeing
• Trendy office with a casual dress code
• Fun team with high-growth hustle
• Heaps of social events with awesome colleagues

Our values

• We embrace our differences
• To innovate, we collaborate
• Change the game with Tech
• Get behind the wheel at Ofload
• Have a truckload of fun!

We’d love to hear from you!