Deputy

Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Back End) to use their experience to deliver meaningful impact across key initiatives and help raise the bar for engineering excellence. You’ll play a hands-on role in designing and building scalable backend systems, tackling complex technical challenges, and driving high-quality outcomes that matter to our customers.

You’ll collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, designers and leaders to develop robust products and features for the Deputy platform, supporting millions of users and businesses ranging from small and medium organisations to large enterprises.

In this role, your work, from backend services to APIs and system integrations, will directly power and improve the day-to-day operations of customers around the world.

This role can be worked predominantly remotely; however, you must be able to attend the office when required and support occasional site visits as part of the role.


About the role...
  • Design, implement, and deliver software solutions for product features, with consideration for high-performance, high-quality systems and applications.
  • Write simple, efficient, self-documented, modular, high-quality code that follows best practices and improves the overall codebase.
  • Uphold a high bar of engineering standards and co-ordinate with Infrastructure and Quality.
  • Influence and problem-solve with senior, mid, and junior engineers to deliver high-quality outcomes. This role may not have direct reports, but your leadership and mentorship will drive the squads to successful outcomes.
  • Mentor and guide more junior engineers in an impactful and meaningful way to their growth trajectory.

    • About you...
  • You are a skilful engineer with high standards and a passion for quality backed by 5+ years of related work experience.
  • You have expertise in API design (REST & RPC)  and its frameworks. Including using protobuf, gRPC, OpenAPIExperience with building service-oriented architecture, microservices, and modern techniques and tools around it. Including using Docker, ECS, Lambda, SQS, Kinesis, etcExperience in a few persistence, storage and caching mechanisms. Including MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB, S3, etc.
  • Experience with Elasticsearch is desirable.
  • Mastery of PHP, or Go would be highly advantageous.
  • You build systems that include appropriate monitoring and observability, employing modern best practices for fault tolerance, including but not limited to caching, eventual consistency, queues, load balancing, circuit breaking, etc.
  • Strategic problem-solver who excels at tackling complex technical challenges and providing innovative solutions that enhance product performance and user experience.
  • Ability to lead by example, rolling up your sleeves to “show the way”Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and contribute to architectural decision-making.
  • Experience with mentoring junior and mid-level developers, promoting best practices, and contributing to architectural decisions.
  • Thrives under high levels of autonomy, takes initiative and ownership, and can navigate ambiguity. Has demonstrated ability to lead projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive project progress in a fast-paced environment.
  • Passionate about continuous learning, with a deep commitment to staying ahead of industry trends and experimenting with new tools, frameworks, and development practices.

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