Job description
About Envato
At Envato, everything we do is about empowering creatives to thrive.
We’re here to help creatives bring their ideas to life, supercharge their workflows, and equip them with an unparalleled toolkit they can use anywhere. With unlimited access to world-class assets, innovative AI tools, and hands-on tutorials, we deliver what creatives need today - and are continually evolving our offering. As AI transforms the creative landscape, we’re committed to building what’s next for the future.
We’re a purpose-driven company and certified B Corp. We’ve long embraced flexible, inclusive ways of working and we’re proud of the connected culture we’ve built across our global team. Our values: Community Spirit, Build Our Future, Embrace Diversity, Make It Happen, and Make Envato Proud, guide everything we do, shaping how we work, grow, and succeed.
You can read more about us on our blog, including news of our acquisition by Shutterstock Inc in 2024.
About the Role
A Senior Engineer provides technical and delivery leadership for a team of engineers working on specific projects. This role will work with stakeholders and other engineers to design and implement technical solutions for the business in a way that balances quality, cost, time and maintainability.
What you’ll be doing
Software Development
- Understands and analyses business requirements in order to design and implement technical solutionsWrites high-quality code and, where appropriate, uses Test-Driven Development practicesSets and follows development processes and software design principles Commits to version control oftenMakes small incremental improvements with continuous integration and deploymentsDeploys code to production systems on a regular basis and takes responsibility for verifying functionalitySupports production systems Investigates, diagnoses and resolves outages and issues on the production site while being on-callPerforms peer review on other team members’ codeTakes initiative and has the ability to work autonomouslyAcquires deep domain knowledge and an understanding of the company’s business model
Project Leadership and Management
- Leads delivery of mid to large scale projects by cross-functional teamsManages multiple stakeholder interactions and expectationsReports on project progress and roadblocksCoordinates engineers on the team and allocates tasks for a project teamPlans and executes the delivery of a project onto production infrastructure and coordinate the communication to the communityManages the release process of projectsEnsures projects meet an operational standard, are supportable by the rest of the team and that suitable monitoring and metrics are in place, that the rest of the team has been trained, that backups, DR and capacity planning is in place
Problem Solving
- Displays a high level of maturity in problem solvingDemonstrates thorough understanding of the problems, not just the solutionsEvaluates more than one solution to any given problem, and is able to balance the pros and cons of these solutionsObjectively examines problems from multiple perspectivesAdopts a sustainable approach to solution-building, rather than focussing for short-term immediate fixesIs able to independently and in collaboration find solutions to low (eg. code) and high level (eg. architectural) problems
Team/Collaboration
- Participates constructively in team meetings and retrosActively works towards improving team processesProvides leadership, direction, coaching, mentoring and support of other engineersHas a positive net effect on team harmonyEducates the team on emerging technologies and approaches that are relevant to business
About you
Is likely to have 5+ years of web and/or software development, including lead responsibility on several projects
Has experience with automated testing frameworksHas experience with dynamic public-facing web apps
Has proven ability to lead and deliver multiple projects over a period of time
Has working knowledge of the entire stack of a large scale web environment
UNIX/Linux operating systems
Web servers, proxies and load balancers
Relevant server-side programming languages
SQL and NoSQL database solutions
Relevant client-side programming languages
HTML and CSS
Back-end and front-end performance considerations and scaling -strategies
Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively with the rest of the team and key stakeholders within the business
Effectively takes and gives constructive feedback to work towards a better solution
Effectively and proactively communicates with stakeholders for delivery of required and desired functionality
Is professionally self aware and can objectively and dispassionately evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses
Pro-actively seeks and acts upon feedback on their performance from stakeholders and managers
Engages with the technology community and helps grow Envato as a technical brand
Displays honesty, openness, fairness, transparency and integrity in line with the Envato value
Life at Envato
• Flexible Working: remote-first with flexibility for you to manage work and life as you need.
• Work from Anywhere: apply to work in another location for up to 3 months per calendar year.
• Connection Budget: an annual budget to connect with the team IRL where and when possible.
• Learning Budget: study leave and an annual budget for you to put towards your learning and development.
• Home Office Allowance: a contribution towards your set-up and a monthly allowance to support work from home costs.
• Wellbeing: access to a holistic assistance program that provides support in many areas of life and health.
• Volunteer Leave: 2 days per calendar year to volunteer and give back to the community.
• Parental Leave:20 weeks paid primary carer leave, and 6 weeks paid secondary carers leave.
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