Practera Hiring for Software Engineer Job at Sydney, Australia Full Time

We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our team. We are looking for someone who not only understands how to code but also has well-developed problem-solving skills and knows how to build a system.

Practera is a fast-growth Australian ed-tech startup. We’re on a mission to help millions of people build skills, navigate the future of work and create life opportunities.

Our platform improves the way people “learn by doing”. Practera powers a range of experiential learning programs and apps for educators, learners and mentors deployed by Universities in Australia and around the world.

We are a global and distributed team HQ’d in Sydney and with people in 11 cities in Australia and around the world. Our passionate, diverse team and friendly culture are the foundation of our success!

What you will do:

• Ensure software meets all functional and take the initiative to ensure non-functional requirements (scale, performance, security etc).
• Be comfortable with Problem Solving
• Collaborate with engineering team members to determine best practices and requirements for the software.
• Collaborate with Product, Quality Assurance, Data Science and Customer Success teams to deliver software solutions for our customers and their users

Our Tech Stack:

• PHP (CakePHP advantageous)
• Node.js / JavaScript (JQuery) / Typescript / ExpressJS
• Rest API’s
• SQL (PostgreSQL advantageous)
• Docker and docker-compose

What you should have:

• Experience working on large-scale complex software projects including monolithic and service-based architectures
• Demonstrated knowledge of web applications, cybersecurity and open source technologies
• 3+ years experience designing and building software applications, relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent demonstrated capability
• Attention to detail

What might be handy:

• Experience integrating with external systems and working with SSO
• Experience with AWS
• GraphQL
• Angular / Ionic PWA’s
• DynamoDB
• Working in an Agile environment

Our Engineering team follows Agile development methodologies and we encourage experimentation, a collaborative approach and incremental improvements. We encourage autonomy, trusting the expert and value problem-solving skills.

What we offer

• The chance to join a fast-growing education-technology company in an exciting growth sector
• Work from anywhere in a vibrant, international & virtual company environment with flexible work arrangements possible
• A guaranteed learning curve & boost for your career with growth opportunities
• Competitive compensation including Employee Share Option Package – you will earn shares in the company
• Innovation Leave
• Professional Development Days

Practera is not accepting applications via recruiters or agencies. If you are working with a recruiter, please ensure you have the right to apply independently.

To apply please email your application to [email protected]