Senior Front End Software Development Engineer

Who is Flip? Flip sits at the heart of the logistics ecosystem, enabling senders and carriers to operate, disrupt and grow in powerful and effective ways. We harness the power of product, engineering and customer-centric design to build high quality, elegant solutions that we are proud of and our customers love to use. We are made up of curious technologists bringing a fresh perspective to modernising the logistics industry. We thrive on solving the hardest problems and this is reflected in our culture which encourages us to create, experiment and collaborate with our customers. As an established, profitable and growing company we take our responsibilities to our customers seriously as we continue to build upon our data-driven platform to create a new ecosystem of integrated logistics. We work flexibly with 3 days a week remote and 2 days working together in our CBD office. What does this role require? You will need a real commitment to working with customers and product people to deliver well engineered solutions that you are proud of, which are a joy to inherit, maintain and extend. This role requires strong engineering skills, the discipline to think critically and independently, with a willingness to engage in new ideas and unfamiliar technical challenges. You will also need to be able to discuss system and software design reasoning with an open mind, based on customer and product considerations. Who will I be working with? You'll be joining a team of experienced engineers and will find the conversations you have are underpinned by deep levels of technical knowledge, curiosity and a satisfaction of learning from similar minds. You will also enjoy the company of a strong product team and together you will discover and unpack the needs, goals and frustrations of our customers in order to deliver high quality and valuable solutions that we are proud of and they love to use. Can you tell me about the leadership? Leadership largely resides in existing Developers and Designers. You will also find a very experienced technical CEO that facilitates this mindset and works on an equal footing with everyone, although naturally, with a commercial aspect to their role. Company leadership listens closely and acts on the sentiment of both customers and technology whilst looking after business direction and commercial success. How are things organised? You will be working as a front end engineer in a stream of work alongside 1-2 other front end engineers, 4-6 backend engineers as well as product and design. You will also be part of the broader front end engineering team across multiple streams, working together on architectural decisions, infrastructure and design patterns that improve the practice of the team as a whole. Who makes technical decisions? Developers do this together. You’re empowered not only to step up to lead, but to also step up to follow: you won’t be forced to accept things the way they are, but you will need the insight and maturity to determine when best to have backbone, or when to disagree and commit with the team. Why would I apply? You might be looking for a mature and respectful environment with a high level of technical competence that is self organising. You might be after an uncomplicated and transparent hiring process. Two technical conversations, followed by a team fit conversation. There will be technical discussions where hopefully you will feel challenged yet supported. You might be after a flexible work environment. We do require one day of face-time in the office, but if you want to do more than that, no problem! Not a morning person? No stress. Generous salary. Why might I not apply? You might prefer an environment where you get to make solo decisions. If so then this role will probably not be a good fit. You will need a creative, tenacious and collaborative approach to creating solutions and be able to comfortably communicate your thoughts whilst listening to those you work with. You might be looking for a more traditional “lead” role with direct reports under you. We have a flat culture and everyone is a leader, not in the people management sense though. Experience building a large-scale app in one or more component-based JavaScript libraries, such as Vue.js or React. Comfortable working with modern browser standards (HTML5/CSS3) and APIs. Familiarity with tooling, infrastructure and operations in the current front end ecosystem. Experience with modern frontend testing techniques, including integration testing and end-to-end browser testing. We try to follow lean principles more than Agile™. Transparent, honest and blameless communication. Flexible work arrangements. $1,000 per annum to spend on professional development.