A little about us Shippit is Australia's best connected shipping software. Logistics infrastructure is a sophisticated beast, and we're not only improving the experience for everyone involved, we're impacting the planet in a positive manner: deliveries made through our platform are already 100% Carbon Neutral. Proudly Australian founded, we're truly global in our approach and have the benefit of being a free moving startup with the security of impacting a growing industry that needs some love and attention. Our recent Series B2 cap raise of $65m has added to our ability to grow and solve some chunky problems. Watch this - What we do Your (awesome) team and role The technology team at Shippit lives and breathes by one core value: 'We make good sh'. From deploying to new geographies to building next-generation products, and taking the microservices journey, there's no better time to join a vibrant team already strong of several extraordinary software engineers. As a Lead Engineer, you are responsible for leading a squad of 4 to 8 engineers, taking ownership of key product features through all the phases of the software development cycle, working alongside one of our Product Managers. You'll have excellent working knowledge of most aspects of software development, from designing, coding, testing to devops, and be proficient in at least two of these domains. You will be comfortable working side by side with product managers, designers, and other internal teams, taking decisions together in order to quickly deliver valuable working software to Shippit customers. You'll also take an active part in our journey towards micro-services, working alongside our architect and infrastructure leads to deploy our new features outside of our Rails monolith. To succeed in this role you will be agile and retrospective, and not afraid to identify what we're doing wrong so we can fix it, and what we're doing right so we can make it even better. The Lead Engineer participates in all phases of the software development cycle,including analysis, design, development, debugging, testing, and deployments. Day to day Deep expertise within at least two programming environments. Able to build an end to end approach to address complex features and lead a team of developers from conception to shipping, with planning awareness. Understands the technical and business larger picture around their work, seeks clarifications from product managers and is able to negotiate trade-offs and alternative options based on planning and existing code bases constraints. Can build a strategy to build and maintain quality in your area of ownership. Able to assume a first level of people management responsibility, running 1:1's, provide feedback in the performance management process for junior and senior developers. Participate and contribute to the team's life, attend learning events and propose topics of interest. Our ideal Shippster - You We are always looking for the best, so ideally you'll have; Usually at least 8 years of experience being a professional programmer in several technical domains with deep knowledge of multiple technologies and a proficiency in at least one area, within Ruby, Javascript/TypeScript/Node.js, Go, Java, Kotlin. Experience with Cloud-based development and devops practices (AWS, Terraform etc). Ability to mentor and train other developers on the team, including seniors. Experience with Object-Oriented programming. Strong problem-solving capabilities. Strong communication skills Eager to learn from and share knowledge with others Enjoys analyzing complex problems to find simple solutions Excited to work closely with product, design, and users with empathy and kindness Nice to have skills: Experience with Kafka Experience with microservices Experience with Docker and Kubernetes Life at Shippit Flexible Hybrid - ability to mix your working week between The Shippit office and your home office We are all builders - we share our successes Be rewarded with our Employee Share Option Plan Family & Paw friendly - generous parental leave policy and pet friendly office Be Healthy - Wellbeing Policy with strong focus on whatever makes you feel good from inside out. Enrich your life - travel and explore the world through the flexibility to temporarily work anywhere, yes anywhere in the world for up to 2 weeks of the year Fuel your growth journey - Unlocking your potential with a blend of in person and online learning and development opportunities Be comfortable - Casual Friday everyday We love to have fun - Team outings, weekly lunches, team events, loaded pantry and the list goes on… Feel valuable Join our high-performance culture at Shippit where you can make a difference. We're on a mission that needs the right goodhumans to help make ship happen Shippit actively supports a diverse workforce at all levels of the company and we all embody the core values that make our business unique. We foster a culture of inclusion at Shippit and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. Our mantra is to make ship happen, every single day. We're a phenomenal place to work, and we can back that up. Shippit's been ranked as 6 Best Place to Work by AFR in 2023. . It doesn't stop there, we have a whole bunch of accolades we earnt over the years which we are super proud of. Watch this - Culture at Shippit Our recruitment process - we don't like to complicate things Phone screening - nice and simple to start, let's get to know each other. Hiring Manager Interview - impress your potential new Manager. Technical/ Functional Interview - let your skills do the talking. Values Interview - have you got what it takes to be a Shippster? Get in touch Let's create something extraordinary and make ship happen Apply now and join the Shippster family. We are a 2023 Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to responding to every applicant.