Software Engineering Manager

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Base pay range

A$160,000.00/yr - A$180,000.00/yr

We are on the lookout for a software engineering manager to lead teams of engineers to take our company to the next level.

This won't be your typical cog-in-the-machine type of job. If you're a high achiever with talent, looking for something more than a boring job in a corporate environment, want to work with the best and brightest and don't need to be handheld, this is the job for you.

At Freelancer you'll get to work on a highly diverse, global set of internet-scale challenges where you will make a meaningful difference with real responsibility, while rapidly building your skills. We run a meritocracy - we actively promote from within.

You'll also change lives - our mission is to provide one billion jobs. Not many companies actually make a difference like Freelancer does in providing opportunity and income to people all around the world.

We have a wide range of engineering challenges to sink your teeth into, with exposure to a variety of technologies across our businesses. is an Alexa top 1000 website with a cutting-edge frontend stack (Angular, TypeScript, RxJS). Our backend powers a large suite of services including messaging, payments, translations, file services and a high-volume notification system. We deploy code to production multiple times a day.

Requirements:

Our engineering managers report directly to the VP of Engineering and lead multiple engineering teams to achieve their best. You will:

• Build and maintain multiple high performance software engineering teams
• Work with engineering teams to develop roadmaps, define delivery goals and achieve them within agreed timelines
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders across the business
• Provide leadership, training and mentoring to other software engineers
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing and practising good engineering practices
• Collaborate with product managers and other teams to achieve the best outcomes given constraints
• Cultivate a healthy team culture centered on company values

Required experience:

• Experience leading development teams
• Significant experience building large scale web software
• Experience working in an agile environment with continuous shipping
• Strong writing and verbal communication skills
• Strong sense of ownership and ability to self-manage work
• Self-motivated with a track record of learning new technologies
• Strong troubleshooting and creative problem-solving abilities
• Strong technical skills with ability to engage with senior architects on technical plans and designs
• Tertiary Degree in Computer Science / Engineering (or related); MSc or PhD a plus

Nice to haves:

• Experience managing multiple software engineering teams
• Cloud computing experience, preferably AWS
• Experience with SOA, microservices and containerisation
• Experience with development of public facing APIs
• Experience with TypeScript
• Knowledge of computer networking
• Understanding of OWASP and best web security practices
• A meritocratic culture with the ability to take ownership and fast-track your career
• Weekly town halls with Q&A sessions with the CEO
• Catered Friday lunches and other office perks
• Hack-a-thons and regular team events
• Located at Grosvenor Place – Freelancer HQ, with views and ongoing activities

About

Thirteen-time Webby award-winning is the world\'s largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace by total number of users and projects posted, with more than 80 million users who have posted 25 million jobs. We work with a wide range of clients in over 3,000 areas.

Freelancer owns , the world\'s largest online escrow company with over US$7 billion in transactions, powering global commerce. Freelancer also owns Loadshift, a marketplace for freight and logistics.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Engineering

• IT Services and IT Consulting

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