Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

In order to succeed in this role you will have:

• The ability to write code in a few web development languages, such as Python, Golang, PHP, Node.js or Ruby
• Experience with relational databases and SQL, preferably MySQL
• A background or interest in web engineering at scale
• The ability to work in an agile team environment, continuously shipping to customers
• Linux experience
• Experience building SaaS products
• Cloud computing experience, preferably AWS
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• A strong sense of ownership and the ability to self-manage work
• Strong troubleshooting skills and creative problem-solving ability
• Experience with designing and implementing complex software systems
• Experience with mentoring/training junior engineers

To thrive you'll also bring:

• Experience with SOA, microservice and containerised architectures
• Familiarity with development of public-facing APIs
• Experience with a current-day Javascript framework, such as Angular, React, or Vue
• Experience with TypeScript
• A strong understanding of computer networking concepts and practices
• A sound understanding of OWASP and modern web security practices
• A passion for open-source tooling and libraries

We'd consider it a bonus if you also brought:

• Strong academic achievements
• MS or PhD degrees
• A Github/Gitlab page with contributions to open source software
• Experience leading an engineering team

What we offer in return:

• A meritocratic culture with the ability to take ownership and fast track your career growth. We promote from within!
• Weekly Town Halls with the all-important CEO Q&A session (you really can ask him anything, and people do)!
• Catered Friday lunches - We finish each week with a catered lunch. Every week comes from a different local restaurant.
• Fully stocked kitchens - yes, we do have beer taps (and the bar has a killer view!)
• Hack-a-thons - Each quarter, teams compete company-wide hacking out solutions to their own selection of customer problems and win prizes. The 2-day event is filled with games, events, shows, food and more.
• Fun events. Once, we built a soccer stadium in the office with two tonnes of turf…
• Our office at Grosvenor Place - Home of Freelancer (and Escrow) HQ, this iconic building has harbour views and offers weekly (complimentary!) classes/activities/events

But wait, there's more:

• Working with Freelancer Group, our parent company, you get to change lives every day – everything we do as part of our jobs contributes to improving the lives of our users on a global scale
• Plenty of opportunities for growth - you get to work with different tech stacks, on different problems all the time. You won't get bored, and you will get plenty of chances to learn how things work!