Senior Software Engineer

🌟 Join the Revolution at Leonardo.Ai! 🌟

Leonardo.Ai is an Australian tech startup. Our mission is to unleash the world's creativity with its groundbreaking AI-powered platform. In 18 months after our software launched, we've quickly grown to over 13 million users worldwide.

🚀 Embark on an Exciting Journey 🚀

We're seeking highly skilled Senior Software Engineers with expertise in NodeJS to join our dynamic API team. As a Senior Engineer, you will be pivotal in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable and efficient backend systems to support our platform’s functionality. Our API team enjoys various exciting and unique challenges; all centred around balancing fast-scaling AI technology while building the most intuitive and high-performing experience for our users.

🎨 Fuel Your Passion for Innovation 🎨

As a Senior Software Engineer in our API Team, you will:

• Lead Projects: Take ownership of delivering solutions for the API Team, driving initiatives that advance our current capabilities.
• Mentor Junior Team Members: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering their growth and development.
• Develop Best Practices: Be a thought leader in developing our best practices, ensuring high standards across our processes.
• Hands-on Coding: Write clean, efficient, well-documented code that enhances our platform’s reliability and performance.

Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with product and design teams to ensure project alignment for the business needs.

• Share Knowledge: Share your knowledge and expertise to enhance team collaboration and collective growth.
• Continuous Growth: Under the mentorship of Tech Leads and the Head of Engineering, stay ahead by exploring emerging trends and technologies in software engineering and AI.
• Champion Diversity: Lead initiatives to promote diversity and fair treatment, creating an inclusive work culture where all team members feel valued.
• Stay Technologically Ahead: Keep up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in software engineering and AI to continuously improve our processes.

🔍 Skills We're Looking For 🔍

We're seeking candidates with:

• Strong backend software development experience with a focus on NodeJS
• Expertise in designing and building scalable backend systems with TypeScript, NodeJS, REST API or GraphQL
• Exposure to NestJS
• Proficiency in database technologies like PostgreSQL
• Experience deploying and managing applications on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively in cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and drive technical excellence within the team

⚡ Our Culture ⚡

At Leonardo.Ai, we are committed to building a diverse organisation and fostering a fair and inclusive work culture. We value curiosity, collaboration, and the collective growth of our team members, both professionally and personally.

👣 Next Steps 👣

Ready to revolutionise AI research and empower creativity worldwide? Apply now and join us at Leonardo.Ai to make a significant impact! We're rapidly expanding and seeking passionate people in various AI roles.

Don't hesitate! Even if you don't meet every requirement, consider applying and join our innovative journey. We encourage you to apply and start the conversation whether you’re based locally in Australia or overseas.

Why Leonardo.Ai?

Impact the Future of AI:

• Contribute to a unique opportunity to revolutionise content creation and build a platform at the forefront of generative AI.

Hybrid and Remote Options:

• We understand that flexibility is key. Choose a work arrangement that suits your lifestyle and allows you to do your best work. Our hybrid team members gather in the office an average of 1-2 times per week, and we cater lunch on Fridays.

Sydney Headquarters:

• Our stunning office overlooking Neutral Bay is a collaborative space where teams gather to ideate, innovate, and build lasting relationships.

Diversity and Inclusion:

• We recognise the importance of having a diverse team. We purposefully seek people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to join our team. We believe in creating an inclusive environment where every voice we hear contributes to our success.

Typical Interview Process

While we love technology, rest assured that our interview process is all human. A recruitment team member will review your application, and we'll contact you either way to let you know the outcome.Here's what you can expect.

Round 1 - Meet Your Recruiter:

• Our recruitment team will reach out and arrange a 30-minute video call. The themes you'll cover in this conversation include your experience, skills, and career motivations. It will also give you essential context about the role, the team, and how you can contribute towards Leonardo.Ai's short, medium and long-term goals.

Round 2 - Craft Interview:

• You'll meet some team members to discuss the technical task in more depth, work through some technical questions related to your expertise and cover past projects, experience and career aspirations.

Round 3 - Technical Task:

• If you're applying for a technical role, you may be given a short, take-home task to assess your skills and approach to problem-solving. This could be a real-life business scenario to unpack, a presentation, a test or a collaboration exercise. (Please note, depending on the role, the order of rounds 2 & 3 are interchangeable)

Round 4 - Values interview:

• You'll be able to meet with the Department Head for a short, informal conversation to understand your potential impact, the growth area we can support, and how aligned you are with our values and culture.

Important Information

If there are any adjustments we can make that would make you more comfortable at any point in the interview process, please don't hesitate to let us know.