Senior/Lead Software Engineer

At Checkbox, you will be a driving force in building modern AI Native SaaS software and join a tight-knit team of passionate, intelligent people. It is vital for us that our people feel a sense of individual impact, trust, and continuous growth while solving challenging problems to get things done. Our engineers are the engine that drive the success of our company, and we’re always seeking ways to improve our engineering culture so that our engineers can create their best work.

You will be contributing to a codebase built primarily on Typescript/Nodejs and Golang, and we encourage our developers to learn as much of the tech stack as possible. As part of a medium-sized engineering team, you will be developing end-to-end features that will have a significant and visible impact on the product.

In this position, you will:

+ Design, architect and build a wide range of interesting & challenging features
+ Build and maintain high performance, scalable services in Typescript with Express or Golang/Go
+ Contribute to a future-ready, high quality and performant code base
+ Share technical ideas and solutions through best practice rituals such as design and code reviews
+ Practice and preach best-practice engineering standards and processes

This is an experienced role, and the ideal candidate would exhibit the following:

ESSENTIAL
+At least 5 years of commercial experience in building complex, enterprise software systems
+ Experience working with HTTP requests in either Node, Express, Go, Gin or Standard Library
+ Working knowledge of Event-Driven systems based including Encryption/Description of events or Pub/Sub patterns
+ Understanding of performance principles in modern web development
+ Production experience with PostgreSQL or other SQL databases
+ You have a growth mindset and are committed to your ongoing professional growth
+ You produce effective, reliable, and clean code
+ Fun, positive and collaborative attitude to work

BONUSES
+ Experience building BPM, workflow, low-code/no-code software platforms
+ Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS and/or CI/CD tools
+ Experience working in a fast-paced start-up environment
+ You deliver quickly, on time and at a high quality

Why Checkbox?

We are an Australian Scale-up with an established product, as well as two brand new greenfield technology products.

We have expanded into the US over the last 2 years as our next growth market, and have seen a spike in growth ever since.

We’re backed by highly reputable VCs including Touring Capital, Peak XV (Previously Sequoia APAC) and Tidal VC. We’re passionate about building a culture where everyone feels supported and empowered to do their best work and grow professionally & personally. You will form some long-lasting friendships with smart, driven people for many years to come.

We also offer a whole host of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary & equity – We believe in employee ownership and comfortable compensation for our employees so that they can be as happy and productive as possible without any reservations.

• Hybrid working arrangements – We have an office in the city and the team comes in on Tuesdays for our weekly all-hands kick-off (and we’ll grab coffee and lunch together), and on Fridays where we celebrate our weeks effort and go out for dinner.

• Personal learning & development budget - Continuous development and growth is one of our core value, and we believe in developing our own home-grown leaders.

• Flexible leave policy – You can choose to work on weekends or public holidays and take equivalent days off at another time to maximise your time off.

• Expense policy & salary sacrifices – You can expense small work-related items and salary sacrifice larger items within reason.

• Start-up hub in the heart of the city - Enjoy our city office which is decked full of snacks, drinks, premium coffee and coffee machine, and of course, a ping pong table and beers.

• Company wide social events - Enjoy amazing company coffee, lunches & Friday night hangs and annual off sites to fun & exciting locations like Australia, Bali & Korea.

• Transparent & flat culture - Enjoy the benefits of an open culture where all questions and feedback are welcomed so we can be a better company day by day.

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