Description:
At the company we're dedicated to making exceptional creative tools by combining beautiful user experiences with high performance engineering. Used by millions around the globe, the company is committed to placing more power in the hands of creatives.
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. Your work will be focused around creating custom solutions for unique problems.
Who we are
One of the driving factors behind the company’s success is our close-knit teamwork. We believe the key to invention is the open flow of ideas and collaboration — revelling in the creative process and taking the time to hone our craft. Together we’re dedicated to building creative software that is powerful, accessible, and intuitive. We’re not afraid to rethink, iterate and persist until we genuinely believe in our work.
At the company we’re a rare breed of driven people from all over the world. Each of us brings something special to the table, through our unique backgrounds and experience. Every day we inspire each other to continue our relentless pursuit, passion, and hunger to produce the highest quality work, while remaining humble in our achievements.
Co-founded by James and Alanna Cuda in 2011, the company has remained independent and self-funded for over 10 years. Since its launch, the company has been loved by millions around the world, received two coveted Apple Design Awards, and been the best-selling app on iPad for the past six years running. In 2018, the company Pocket also received an iPhone app of the year award. In 2023, an all new animation app the company Dreams was released.
The Role
This is a very broad role in which you'll take a top down approach to reviewing, analysing and improving our software development life cycle. You’ll need to have had experience working in small engineering teams with a high degree of autonomy and with significant responsibility for delivering custom solutions. You'll collaborate with other engineers, designers, the Product Quality team, and our Executive.
Role Benefits
We invest in you
Every employee at the company receives an individual training budget to help them grow personally and professionally. And because transparency matters, the whole company is included in the coming year’s plans and strategies at our annual off-site company meet.
Time to reset, recharge and look after yourself
Australia already has some of the most generous annual leave provisions in the world at a mandated 4 weeks per year. We also offer you extended parental leave, an extra 5 Mental Health Days per year, plus an Employee Assistance Program open to you and your family members.
Everything you need to do your best work
We’ll provide you with all the hardware and software you need, including a fully adjustable desk set up for your way of working. But it’s the personalised professional support, and growth and development opportunities we think will really help you fly.
What you'll do
- Develop custom software and solving complex technical problems.
- Ensuring the highest levels of system and infrastructure availability.
- Plan and develop product and features which align with product roadmap.
- Identify areas for improvement in the SDLC and design and implement solutions and fixes for those problems.
- Design, develop and support software components across the entire engineering environment and tech stack.
- Responsible for managing and improving our system infrastructure.
- Mentor junior engineers on best practices in Software Engineering to foster professional growth and skill development.
- Identify mission critical tasks and projects and optimise our software development life cycle to ensure that maintenance,testing, and delivering updates do not inhibit our long-term product roadmap.
Skills
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or relevant field.
- Minimum of 7 years experience in a software engineering role or similar.
- Deep familiarity with C++ .
- Understanding of performance optimisation issues in low-latency, real-time applications.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Excellent communicator with the ability to build consensus and communicate priority and purpose.
In 3-6 months, you will
- Familiarise yourself with our team structure and workflows
- Complete the the company onboarding process and get to know your colleagues
- Build an understanding of our product development practices, processes and frameworks
- Begin to develop relationships with key stakeholders, team leaders and members of the executive team
In 3-6 months, you will
- Take ownership of your first initiatives
- Provide support to our existing products
- Prepare and support the execution of core product features
- Establish relationships with inter-departmental key stakeholders
In 6-12 months, you will
Become familiar with the company’s creative product portfolio
Become an integral and contributing part of our engineering team
We want to hear from you
Our recruitment process is made to provide you with opportunities for you to show us what you're capable of, instead of assessing you solely on your CV. We’d love to hear about how you see yourself contributing to the company in this role.
Please note, we do not operate remote or hybrid models. We're looking for full-time and on-site employees for our Hobart office.
Apply now to be considered for the role!