SEEK Limited Looking for Senior Software Engineer (WFH or Hybrid) at Christchurch Central, Canterbury Full Time

Who is Certsy?

Owned by SEEK and operating as an independent start-up, Certsy is creating Australia’s leading digital wallet for verified credentials. We want to improve the integrity of the job search process by helping candidates to securely verify their skills and credentials and allowing employers to shortlist with greater confidence. Our grand ambition is to make it simple and secure to verify and share personal information while respecting the privacy and security of both individuals and organisations.

What does the role involve?

Working in one of our autonomous, cross-functional squads, you will make a significant technical contribution to the successful delivery of the various business priorities as well as continuous improvement of our technical platforms. As part of the Certsy team, you’ll enjoy working in a start-up culture with the backing and support of a larger company. We are hardworking, open-minded and passionate about crafting phenomenal products and delivering real value for our users. You’ll play a meaningful role in:

• Helping build, maintain and improve our platforms
• Protecting the security and privacy of the user data
• Integrating with partners and authorities
• Have real involvement in the business direction of the product

Some of the technology we’re using includes:

• Ruby on Rails
• Node.js
• GraphQL
• PostgreSQL and Redis
• All aspects of AWS

Who are we looking for?

For this role, we have a very open mind in terms of specific work experience. If you have the right mindset and capabilities, then we strongly encourage you to apply. Here are some things we would regard highly:

• Significant backend development experience (RoR would be nice)
• Pride yourself on strong fundamentals and software craftsmanship
• Passionate about writing testable, effective and communicative code
• Able to architect and build highly available, scalable, secure and performant systems
• Good understanding of data modeling, design patterns, and ability to make decent trade-offs
• Strong knowledge of data and application security
• Strong knowledge of and experience with infrastructure (AWS would be nice)
• Solid experience in agile software development practices

As a team member we value the following traits:

• Curiosity and joy in learning new things (if you don’t know something – you find out. If you can’t do something – you learn)
• A keen interest in the overall business context and building great user experiences

Nice to have (but not essential):

• Experience in a start-up / scale-up environment
• Experience with identity or document verification and compliance

What other perks & benefits do we offer?

As part of the SEEK family, all Certsy employees enjoy a range of benefits, including:

• Profit Share, Employee Share Scheme, Free income protection insurance, the ability to purchase additional annual leave and more!
• ·Regular hackathons, coding dojos, code golf sessions and other coding skills improvement activities.
• We do monthly team trivia, play CS:GO every other Friday and do other fun team activities regularly (e.g. board games, BBQs etc.).
• Free travel insurance locally and internationally (once overseas travel is back) for you & your family

Additional information

We are also committed to having a flexible work environment. This role could be done full-time, part-time with flexibility to work remotely as required. If you’ve got the right skills, attitude, and dedication, then we’re happy to explore how we can flex to fit around your other responsibilities or constraints.

Here at SEEK we pride ourselves on harbouring a flexible and inclusive working environment. Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

At SEEK, the health and safety of our people is our highest priority. For this reason, SEEK has introduced a policy requiring all employees and visitors to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 within our offices, unless a formal medical exemption applies. In addition, all employees attending in-person work related meetings or events outside the office will also need to be fully vaccinated. We have chosen to share this information early in our hiring process so that candidates can make an informed choice. On this basis, as part of the application process you will be asked to confirm that you have read and understood this policy, and would like to continue with the hiring process. Further details about this policy will be shared during the hiring process, as required.