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DeputySoftware Engineer - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Deputy is offering a 12-month fixed term contract for a Software Engineer in a hybrid setup. The engineer contributes to Deputy's product line, which the company…
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Deputy is offering a 12-month fixed term contract for a Software Engineer in a hybrid setup. The engineer contributes to Deputy's product line, which the company says serves customers from small and medium businesses through to large enterprises, across millions of users. Working with peers, product designers and leadership, the engineer turns unclear, customer-facing challenges into finished software. Responsibilities span planning, design, build and release of browser-based interfaces and server-side…
Job Description
Deputy is offering a 12-month fixed term contract for a Software Engineer in a hybrid setup. The engineer contributes to Deputy's product line, which the company says serves customers from small and medium businesses through to large enterprises, across millions of users.
Working with peers, product designers and leadership, the engineer turns unclear, customer-facing challenges into finished software. Responsibilities span planning, design, build and release of browser-based interfaces and server-side services. The engineer is expected to stand behind the quality of their code, including automated testing, and to track down and resolve defects inside a defined area. The role also involves design reviews, code reviews, pair programming and technical debate, and mentoring less experienced developers through the development lifecycle.
The posting asks for at least three years of related experience and a firm grounding in computer science principles, including algorithms and data structures. It describes an engineer who keeps customers in view, moves decisively, and has shipped scalable, resilient systems. The company does not require a particular language. Front-end skills with JavaScript and a framework such as React or Vue are listed, along with back-end skills in PHP or Go. Designing APIs over REST or RPC, with familiarity with protobuf, gRPC or OpenAPI, is expected. Experience building microservices and using containers and serverless tools such as Docker, ECS, Lambda, SQS and Kinesis fits the profile. Storage experience with MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB or S3 is also part of the expected skill set, together with reusable responsive front-end components. Observability and fault-tolerance practice, including caching, queueing, load balancing and circuit breakers, rounds it out.
Deputy describes itself as focused on improving work for hourly staff and says it is becoming an AI-native business, with staff expected to use AI tools in their daily work.
Responsibilities
- Tackle complex customer problems with limited supervision
- Plan, design, build and ship software using current engineering practice
- Write clean, modular code for front-end and back-end work
- Take responsibility for quality, including automated tests
- Set requirements with engineering and cross-functional colleagues
- Diagnose and fix issues within a defined scope
- Coach junior developers and contribute to reviews
Requirements
- Three or more years of related software engineering experience
- Solid computer science foundations, including algorithms and data structures
- JavaScript with React or Vue, and PHP or Go on the back end
- REST and RPC API design, with familiarity with protobuf, gRPC or OpenAPI
- Microservices and containerised or serverless deployment (Kinesis, SQS, Lambda, ECS, Docker)
- Experience with MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB or S3
- Responsive, reusable front-end components built with JavaScript, HTML and CSS
- Practice in monitoring, observability and fault tolerance
Core Skills
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements and a home-office stipend
- Ownership stake in Deputy through an ESOP scheme
- Paid parental leave
- Group Salary Continuance Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program access
- Extra leave for study, celebrations and volunteering work
- Global working groups and an annual hackathon
- Novated leasing for electric vehicles and internet reimbursement
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What type of contract is this?
The role is a 12-month fixed term contract, as stated in the listing.
Is the role hybrid?
The listing marks the role as hybrid. The posting does not name an office location.
Is a salary listed?
No. The posting does not state a salary.
How much experience is required?
The posting asks for at least three years of related software engineering work.
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