The Role As a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) you will take ownership of the architecture, design, development, deployment and operations of the microservices powering our supply chain management (SCM) platform. You’ll partner with the product owner to define the product delivery roadmap and help your team to build great products. You will set and ensure the upholding of high standards in engineering practices, across all domains (quality, reliability, scalability, customer focus, etc.). Based in Sydney SCM engineering hub, you will be part of the global SCM engineering tribe.

• Take ownership of the architecture, design, development, deployment and operations of the microservices you will develop.
• Actively contribute to the codebase, performing code reviews, acting as quality gatekeeper, and apply new design patterns.

• Coach and mentor squad team members through workshops, pair/mob programming, technical spikes, katas, and code reviews.
• Develop new product features backed by scalable technical solution designs which are catered for a global audience from day-one.
• Set and ensure the upholding of high standards in engineering practices, across all domains (quality, reliability, scalability, customer focus, etc.)
• You will be responsible for the timely delivery of your team’s initiatives, objectives (OKRs) and strategic goals.
• Use agile methodologies, DevOps and continuous delivery practices to deliver incremental and continuous business value. 

• Continuously improve your craft by applying various software engineering best practices and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Collaborate with Squad lead and Staff Engineers in your tribe and across the HelloTech to continuously improve our code base, systems and processes design.

• Helped your team to build great products while ensuring engineering excellence.
• Relentless focus and drive to improve software quality & reliability, reduce complexity.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively at all levels including non-technical people.
• Successfully implemented TDD and DDD at scale and have scars to prove it.
• Experience in end-to-end agile software development and delivery process.
• Deep understanding of software design patterns and test-driven development.
• Familiar with development workflows: Trunk-based development and feature toggles.
• Developed a complex suite of unit tests, integration tests, API tests and automated them.
• Have worked with Docker and container orchestration using Kubernetes/Compose.
• Experience in CI/CD methods and practices - using Github Actions, Circle CI, etc.
• Strong hands-on programming experience using Python or Go or Kotlin.
• Strong understanding and knowledge in REST APIs, security patterns, GraphQL, etc.
• Have used one or more database technologies - Postgres, Redis, MangoDB, etc.
• Any knowledge of DevOps and AWS services is highly desirable, particularly Terraform.
• Any prior experience with domain-driven design & event-driven architecture is desirable.

• Positive and can do attitude
• Creative at solving problems
• Obsessed with helping people
• Team-player, living and breathing as team
• Willing to learn about retail, food, recipes, logistics, customer care, warehouses, etc.

• Growth opportunity in a large global engineering organisation (400+ engineers).
• Opportunities to lateral move from one technology hub to another
• Significant reduction on our meal kits, 70 % off from your first day
• HelloFresh Academies, monthly internal learning & development 
• Continuous development including external courses
• Sabbatical policy
• Flexible working arrangements available 
• A diverse and vibrant international environment, with offices in 16 countries
• The chance to have a significant impact on one of the fastest-growing technology companies in an exciting growth phase

Location: Hybrid -with 3 days in our Chippendale Head Office

Start Date: Immediately - can wait a notice period