Junior Software Engineer - Mad Paws

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Junior Software Engineer

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Mad Paws

With 25 million pets and counting, Australians love their pets. However, leaving them while on holiday, at work, or even during the day can be stressful for both animals and their humans. At Mad Paws, we solve this problem. 

Mad Paws is Australia’s largest marketplace for Pet Sitting and pet-related services; the platform allows Pet Owners to search for Pet Sitters in their local area and find someone to look after their best friend when they’re not around. We launched 5 years ago and we have been showing extremely strong growth, which we are very excited about. We are venture-backed and an official partner of the Qantas Frequent Flyer program.

The Mad Paws Pack is made up of a talented and passionate team working to creating the largest pet community in Australia. We work hard, whilst also making sure to never take ourselves too seriously and enjoy every minute of this exciting adventure.

IMPORTANT NOTE

We will only consider applications through email which include the content requested below.

About the Role

We are looking for a talented and self-motivated Junior Software Engineer to join one of our cross-functional agile teams. You will work alongside other engineers and collaborate with product and design on a daily basis on the outcomes that the team will deliver. You will have your say both in technical discussions and product development ideas.

Be coached and mentored by senior engineers with experience in global companies such as Atlassian and Hewlett-Packard. Have the chance to try new technologies and learn best practices. This is a unique opportunity to work on a platform that is having a meaningful real-world impact at scale today, yet has tremendous scope to improve further.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop solutions that not only work today but which can also be maintained and extended tomorrow.
  • Help troubleshoot and resolve eventual issues.
  • Participate in the agile team’s rituals as well as formal engineering methodologies such as code review, unit testing and continuous integration.
  • Contribute to technical documentation.

Your Experience and Skills 

  • Solid experience with JavaScript and frameworks such as React (preferably), Vue.js, Angular or similar.
  • Good understanding of semantic HTML and CSS and familiarity with accessibility.
  • Good problem-solving skills.
  • Ability and eagerness to learn new technologies quickly.
  • Attention to detail is essential.
  • Working exposure to any of the following is highly desirable: server-side rendering and SEO, hybrid app development, API development, GraphQL, Laravel, CI/CD pipelines and containerization, AWS (or other Cloud solution).

So you’ve got the skills, you’re still reading, and you’re wondering if you’ll find a good team fit with us at Mad Paws?

  • If you’re the kind of person who likes seeing something scale quickly from customer #1 and witness in person the impact of your work, then you need to get on board.
  • You love learning from the people around you and love sharing your expertise as well.
  • You enjoy working with a passionate and self-driven team of high-performing individuals who respectfully challenge themselves and each other to deliver the best experience to our customers.
  • Mentorship from senior engineers and support from the rest of our world-class Mad Paws leadership team.

Mad Paws Pack

  • Our office is in Pyrmont, Sydney, within the WOTSO coworking space.
  • Walking distance to… Town Hall (15m), Chinatown (10m) and Sydney Fish Market (5m).
  • Perks include:
    • Competitive salary and equity options.
    • Flexible working hours and days in the office.
    • Free coffee, cookies, and awesome chill-out areas (in the building);
    • A passionate and hard-working team.
    • Of course, dogs in the office!

Is this role your bread and butter? Here are the next steps:

E-mail our Head of Product (strictly no recruiters please) on vinicius@madpaws.com.au with “Software Engineer Job Application” as the subject. Then include the following elements:

  • Curriculum Vitae (attached).
  • In the email body, include the response to the following questions:
    • How do you address the skills and requirements for the role?
    • What is your expected salary package and how flexible is it?
    • What’s your notice period?
    • Are you ok to travel regularly to our office and adjust frequency based on ongoing COVID restriction updates?
    • Are you fully entitled to work in Australia?
    • Link(s) to your portfolio/GitHub profile or code samples to help us get a feel for how you write code.

IMPORTANT NOTE

We will only consider applications through email which include the content requested above.