Lead Software Engineer

Description:

Here at HelloFresh, we’re passionate about bringing dinner inspiration to everyday Australians. With 9 years of service under our belt, we are the market leader in the growing world of meal kit delivery services, operating in 14 different countries.

As we continue to deliver fresh, seasonal ingredients and delicious, wholesome recipes to our customers, we see our inspired community of empowered home-cooks continue to grow, and you could be a part of it!

Are you energetic and motivated with a team focus? Do you thrive in a dynamic, high-growth environment? If you're looking for a role that lets you make an impact every single day, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Description

As the Lead Software Engineer (Squad Lead), you'll lead a cross-functional team building product features and services for 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.

You will...

• Lead a cross-functional team typically consists 4-6 software engineers, and a quality automation engineer.
• As a Squad Lead you will be actively contributing to the codebase, performing code reviews, acting as quality gatekeeper.
• Coach and mentor squad team members through workshops, pair programming, technical spikes, katas, and code reviews.
• Provide valuable and timely feedback to your team members, as well as conduct regular performance 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 ensure your team is following our way of working and maintaining a high code health score for owned codebases.
• You will work closely with the product owner and your team to plan sprints, refine the backlog, and estimate the stories.
• 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 across your tribe and the company to continuously improve our code base, systems and processes design.
• Take ownership of hiring, inspiring and managing your team; ensuring every team member has adequate growth opportunities