Overview
We’re looking for an exceptional mid-level software engineer with a passion for building great products to join our team. You will gain exposure to the full stack of the Unibuddy platform across web, native, and backend to deliver engaging solutions to our users and customers.
This role sits within our Platform squad, where you will be responsible for developing systems and tooling, and improving infrastructure that underpin the platform and the efforts of the wider engineering team. Reporting to the squad Tech Lead, you will be working in a cross-functional squad responsible for implementations across a client and server-side stack, with a keen eye for the user journey and their experience using our products. You will have the opportunity to work with a modern tech stack and AI systems to bring powerful features to the hands of our customers and users.
At Unibuddy, we are proud to build products that can be used by anyone - so any exposure to building UI that meets WCAG accessibility requirements is advantageous.
Responsibilities
- Develop systems and tooling and improve infrastructure that underpin the platform
- Work across a client and server-side stack in a cross-functional squad
- Focus on the user journey and user experience of our products
- Leverage a modern tech stack and AI systems to deliver features
Qualifications
- Are proficient in Typescript and bonus points for Python
- Experience building applications powered by GraphQL APIs
- Experience working within a microservice-driven environment
- Exposure to modern monitoring and alerting strategies and associated tooling
- Comfortable building robust test suites across different edges of the testing pyramid
- Are an AI adopter and can navigate parallel pipelines, agentic tooling and understand the value of building agents around systems-thinking, testing and validation
- Experience building performant, well-architected microservices using common Javascript frameworks such as Express or Nest
- MongoDB or any other NoSQL database solution and an understanding of common design patterns, features and limitations
- Event-driven systems utilising Kafka, Kinesis, Rabbit MQ
Nice to have
- Experience meeting WCAG accessibility requirements
- React Native experience
- Serverless architecture
- Exposure to Python and Flask/Django
What Unibuddy offers
- Highly flexible work culture
- Private healthcare
- Life insurance coverage
- Pension matched up to 6%
- Generous time off: 25 days of annual leave, plus an additional special day for a personal occasion (like your birthday, engagement, or wedding), extra days based on tenure, and 4 additional days at the end of the year for a company-wide shutdown
- Enhanced parental leave: Including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
- Equipment: A MacBook and all the tools you need to do your best work
- Inclusive and supportive culture: We pride ourselves on our diverse team
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