Staff Engineer

The Role

Staff Engineer is a technology leader and member of our engineering teams. In this leadership role you will shape the vision of the team, as well as ensuring our solutions are meeting our business and needs across SEEK’s Asia and Pacific markets. You will own the overall technical alignment, health, capability and performance of the platform. You will also provide people leadership through mentoring, developing or line managing other engineers.

Key partners include:

• Engineering Manager
• Product Manager
• Engineers
• UX Designers

Key responsibilities include:

• Contributing to Jora’s overall technology strategy and aligning systems with that strategy.
• Ensuring systems are fit for purpose, well architected and follow current Jora development practices.
• Maintaining platform health, ensuring that our systems are secure, reliable, resilient and cost effective.
• Driving customer focus to ensure we are delivering valuable outcomes for our customers.
• Growing the team’s technical capabilities through coaching and mentoring.
• Helping to drive cross-team collaboration, decision making and accountability

Requirements

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Leadership:

• Leading diverse engineering teams.
• Enhancing software development and deployment.
• Designing scalable, secure solutions.
• Operating in distributed environments.
• Coaching and mentoring engineers.

Personal Attributes:

• Influential and motivational.
• Committed to continuous improvement.
• Comfortable with uncertainty.
• Problem-solving and creative thinking.
• Collaborative, pragmatic, and growth-minded.
• Clear communicator and effective stakeholder manager.
• Outcome-focused, trust-builder.

Technical Proficiency:

• Proficient in TypeScript, Node.js, React.
• Experienced with AWS (SNS, SQS, Lambda, EventBridge).
• Skilled in PostgreSQL, DynamoDB.
• Knowledgeable in continuous delivery (e.g., Buildkite).
• Adheres to secure coding practices and data-driven decisions.

Join us to lead, innovate, and make a significant impact in a dynamic, collaborative environment!