We are on the lookout for a Director of Engineering at Freelancer.com to join our rapidly expanding team to take it to the next level.About Freelancer.comTwelve-time Webby award-winning Freelancer.com is the world's largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace by total number of users and projects posted with more than 66 million users who have posted 22 million jobs. We work with everyone from consumers to NASA in over 2,000 areas as diverse as website development, marketing, copywriting, astrophysics, aerospace engineering and manufacturing.Freelancer owns Escrow.com, the world's largest online escrow company with over US$6 billion in transactions secured, powering the sale of jet parts to oil wells. Freelancer also owns Loadshift, a marketplace with more freight on a typical day than the distance from the earth to the moon, with over 550 million kilometres posted since inception.The Freelancer Engineering TeamThis 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.Requirements:In this role you will:Build and maintain high performance software engineering teamsWork with engineering teams to develop roadmaps, to define delivery goals and to achieve them within agreed timelinesCommunicate effectively with stakeholders business-wideProvide leadership, training and mentoring to other software engineersMaintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing and practising good engineering practices and habitsWork well with product managers and other teams to achieve the best outcomes given a number of constraintsCultivate a healthy team culture centred on company valuesRequired experience:Experience leading development teamsSignificant experience with building large scale web softwareExperience working in an agile team environment, continuously shipping environmentStrong writing and verbal communication skillsStrong sense of ownership and able to self-manage workSelf-motivated and tracked-record of learning new technologiesStrong troubleshooting skills and creative problem-solving abilityStrong technical skills - we expect you can engage with our senior architects to contribute to technical plans and designsTertiary Degree in Computer Science / Engineering (or related); MSc or PhD a plusNice to haves:Cloud computing experience, preferably AWSExperience with SOA, microservice and containerisation architectureExperience with development of public facing APIsExperience with web development languages, such as Python and GoExperience with modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, Angular, or VueExperience with relational databases and SQLWindows and Linux experienceStrong knowledge of computer networkingSound understanding of OWASP and the best web security practicesBenefits:Fast-track your career growth – our meritocratic culture is known for promoting from within and producing industry leaders in tech.Delicious Friday lunches from a rotating selection of local restaurants.A fully stocked kitchen and beer taps, complemented by a bar with a breathtaking view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House.Engaging Weekly Town Halls with global presentations and open Q&A sessions with our CEO (feel free to ask him anything!).Hack-a-thons - Get hacking and programming in this quarterly company-wide event where teams create solutions to existing problems and win prizes. The 2-day event is filled with games, events, shows, food and more.Our office is located in the iconic Grosvenor Place, the home of Freelancer HQ, offering weekly complimentary classes, activities, events, promotions, competitions, and deals.Just when you thought it couldn't get any better:Change lives every day – Everything we do as part of our jobs contribute to improving the lives of our users on a global scale. 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.Fast-track your career - We boast a meritocratic culture, renowned for hiring into senior roles from within and producing many business and product leaders in the technology industry.
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