Development Team Lead

**Come shape the future of education with us.**

We are Compass - a smart school management in one connected platform. We believe that time spent in the classroom should be for learning and teaching.

Our two co-founders John and Lucas met over a team lunch and while chowing down on their cafeteria sandwiches they bonded over their unapologetically nerdy love for education technology. After months of white-boarding and long days spent writing thousands of lines of code, Compass 1.0 came to life in 2009 in Lucas’ parents' garage.

Fast forward a decade - it’s no longer just John and Lucas eating sandwiches at the lunch table. Our school management ecosystem is now used in more than 2,000 schools across Australia and beyond. We’re joined by over 200 members of the Compass team, delivering smart school management solutions around the world.

**Our Values**

Remember how important values were for your school? It’s the same at Compass. Our values guide how and why we work.
- Work to Wow - Dynamic, enthusiastic, motivated: we aspire to break new ground. Guided by research, we constantly iterate and improve to deliver the best solution to meet the needs of our customers.
- Conquer the impossible - When we face challenges together, few problems are unsolvable. We play to each other’s strengths and work collaboratively to achieve our shared objectives.
- Be the School - Teachers and students, principals and admin staff, parents, and guardians: school communities make Compass. They are the reason we work tirelessly to make their lives easier and help them bring their school’s vision to life.
- Are Prepared, and Do it Yesterday - We plan and we prioritise but we are still agile and responsive. We work with passion and urgency, but we measure and consider variables, to deliver a high-quality solution. ‘Be Prepared’ is being ready, not reactive.

**Requirements**:
**About the Role & Team**

As a Development Team Lead in the Compass Product team, you will be working with a talented development team and be responsible leading a team that designs, engineers and maintains secure, scalable software that’s used by thousands of customers all over the world.

We are looking for someone with a combination of passion for software development, people leadership, and stakeholder engagement. This role will focus on creating a high quality product that is maintainable and ever evolving.

**What you’ll do**:

- Constantly evolving your team’s technical capabilities by ensuring they are up to date with modern engineering practices.
- Inspiring quality and best practices by championing software craftsmanship, clean code and pair programming
- Building great relationships with your team, be generous with your thoughts and feedback and be open about receiving it also
- Meeting regularly with your team members to provide performance feedback, career development, coaching and mentoring
- Managing the capacity and velocity of your team, conducting recruitment tasks when needed
- Owning the teams’ responsibility to ensure customers receive an uninterrupted service and an overall positive experience using the software
- Fostering a culture of openness and engagement to ensure that all team members are heard equally, feel appreciated and are committed to driving the success of your software
- Talking to and understanding our customers and collaborate with product owners and designers on shaping our products to help solve their problems
- Working closely with Engineering Managers to ensure your team has the capacity to reach their goals and support our architectural vision
- Contributing to our diverse and inclusive culture and take pride in doing work that is truly impactful and makes a real difference

**What you'll bring**:

- A passion for coaching, mentoring and growing a team of talented people
- Real-world experience in object oriented programming languages (eg C#, Java, C++).
- Real-world experience with in frontend javascript, libraries and frameworks (e.g. Javascript, HTML, CSS, React, Vue, Typescript).
- Previous experience working with SQL/NoSQL databases and is comfortable designing and implementing database solutions.
- Experience in engineering and delivering software using Agile methodologies.
- A keen interest about software development and actively keeping up to date with new tech.

**Benefits**

**What’s in it for you?**
- Meaningful work in a rewarding industry that allows you to contribute to a mission that you believe in
- Flexible working culture - flexi-hours, hybrid working environment
- Professional development opportunities & funding
- Parental Leave Program for both primary and secondary carers
- 24/7 access to our Employment Assistance Program (EAP) through the means of face-to-face, livechat and phone support
- Team monthly social events and weekly free lunches (Melbourne)

**It is a really exciting time to join Compass. We are growing fast and need people who want to grow with us. Compass