Staff Engineer - Ruby On Rails Hybrid Working

Skip to contentSEEK's portfolio of diverse businesses, which includesJobstreetandJobsdb in Asia,make a positive impacton a truly global scale.
Our purpose is to helppeople live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed.
We create world-class technology solutions toconnect more people torelevantemployment, education, small businessandvolunteer opportunities.
Wehavea cultureofhigh-performancein our workplaces andcelebrate thediversity ofour employeeswhocontribute to thesuccess of our organisation.
Life at SEEKSEEK's purpose is at the centre of everything we do.
Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different.
Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity.
SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing anamazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Place to Work 2023 In Tech (third year in a row).
In Malaysia, where SEEK'sAsia HQ is located, we received four accolades at theTalentCorpLife at Work Awards 2023, including first runner-up for Best International Organisationand champion for Best CHRO.
We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives arevalued.
Company DescriptionAbout SEEKSEEK's portfolio of diverse businesses, which includesJobstreetandJobsdb in Asia,make a positive impacton a truly global scale.
Staff Engineer is a technology leader and key member of our engineering teams.
In this leadership role you will shape the future vision of the team, as well as ensuring our solutions are meeting our business and technical needs across SEEK's Asia and Pacific markets.
You will be responsible for the overall technical alignment, health, capability and performance of the platform.
You will also provide people leadership through mentoring, developing or line leading other engineers.
Key stakeholders include:
Engineering ManagerProduct ManagerEngineersUX DesignersKey responsibilities include:
Contributing to Jora's overall technology strategy and aligning systems with that strategy.
Ensuring systems are fit for purpose, well architected and follow current Jora development practices.
Maintaining platform health, ensuring that our systems are secure, reliable, resilient and cost effective.
Driving customer focus to ensure we are delivering valuable outcomes for our customers.
Strengthening the team's technical capabilities through coaching and mentoring.
Helping to drive cross-team collaboration, decision making and accountabilityQualificationsEssential Qualifications, Skills and Experience :
ExperienceLeading a diverse software engineering teamImproving how we build, deploy and maintain working quality softwareDesigning and operating highly scalable, available, performant and secure solutionsOperating in a distributed team environmentGrowing engineers personal and technical skills through coaching and mentoringPersonal SkillsInfluences and motivates others, with a positive attitude and clear sense of initiativeSelf-aware and proactive on continuous improvement and continual learningComfortable dealing with uncertaintyBreaks problems down, analyses constituent parts, proposes and delivers creative solutionsPragmatic, open minded collaborator with a growth mindsetClear communicator who is able to lead collaborator expectations, facilitate groups and resolve conflictsFocuses on outcomes over outputsBuilds trust, safety and inclusion in teamsTechnical SkillsValidated experience building and maintaining software written in Ruby / Ruby on RailsDesign, develop, support and maintain cloud (AWS) native applicationsExperience developing systems which effectively use AWS services and infrastructure as code (e.
g.
CDK, Cloudformation, Lambda, etc.
)Experience with multiple database technologies including PostgreSQL, MongoDB and RedisSolid understanding of highly available systems and web scale architectureExperience in creating and maintaining continuous delivery pipelines such as Buildkite or TeamcityUses current technical practices such as writing clean, testable code and pair programmingCreates software using secure coding practices and mitigates common vulnerabilitiesCreates and maintains continuous delivery pipelines using current practices, patterns & toolingUses data to drive decision makingAbility to quickly learn new programming languages and technologiesComfortable with HTML, CSS and JavascriptDesirable Qualifications, Skills and ExperienceExperienceSupporting product experiments and hypothesis driven developmentSetting technical practices and processes that enable performant software teams.
An interest in Distributed Systems Observability, software testing or UI Component Libraries.
Personal SkillsInfluences and motivates othersDrives a culture of continual improvementVisualises technical complexity to mixed audiencesImproves others through teaching and providing regular feedbackAdditional InformationThe TeamThe Engineering team is the largest team in Jora with more than 30 engineers.
The team is split across the four main domains of aggregation, candidate, employer and native apps.
Operating in a true start up environment and culture, we love to take a data driven and analytical approach to developing, prioritising and monitoring production features that drive outcomes for our customers.
Split between offices in Melbourne, Sydney and KL, the team values and adopt working across multiple locations and flexible working arrangements and includes diversity in team members from different cultures and nationalities.
Job Posting Tips:
Permanent position based on hybrid working modeWe offer extensive employee benefitsMature and collaborative working cultureWork life balanceAt SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people.
We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.
We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success.
As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability .