Deputy

Software Engineer - DevOps

Australia

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Junior (1 to 2 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Software as a Service (SaaS), Workforce ManagementIndustries

Senior Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

Deputy is a global SaaS remote-first workforce management company with hubs in Sydney, Melbourne, San Francisco and London, plus team members working remotely across the United States. Our platform serves over 1.5 million workers and 375,000 workplaces across 100+ countries. We are backed by top global investors and recently achieved Unicorn status.

At Deputy, we’re improving the world of work, one shift at a time, for 80% of the world’s workforce: hourly workers. These are the dedicated employees who keep our world running – from baristas to nurses, cleaners to delivery drivers, florists to factory workers. Despite their vital role in society, most workplace technology has focused on those workers who sit behind a desk, but at Deputy, we transform the frontline. When businesses use Deputy, their workplaces thrive – the business is more profitable, compliant, and productive, while the workers are more engaged and happier at work.

If you’re passionate about creating solutions that put people first and helping businesses and their teams thrive, join us at Deputy and make an impact where it matters most!

As the Senior Software Engineer, Developer Productivity, you will be working closely with your engineering peers and leadership to uplift the productivity and effectiveness of how software is built within the Deputy organisation, knowing that the work you do enables millions of users worldwide.

You have a knack for removing toil, optimising for people's time and maximising the capability of your peers. You’re able to provide the tooling and capabilities across all teams to provide them with the information they need to better understand how their work contributes to all aspects of the Deputy platform, and how they can look to improve. You have high agency, able to find opportunities where most time is spent and optimising for your peer’s happiness. You are a multiplier and have a knack for machinery and are a jack of all trades.

Responsibilities

  • Ideate, architect and build tooling to unlock our engineering teams potential
  • Be customer obsessed, where your customers are our engineers
  • Contribute and improve the developer experience across the web stack, from dev tooling to CI/CD.
  • Contribute and continue to modernise the developer tech stack to maximise productivity.
  • Engage with product engineering squads to embed a culture of effectiveness and continue to improve their day to day operations.
  • Build and own self-serve internal tooling that amplifies technical and non-technical teams while minimising toil for the product & engineering teams.

Skills and Experience

  • 5+ years of experience in software development and 2+ years of experience as a senior engineer.
  • Pragmatic engineer who excels at combining software and systems engineering principles to build, improve and maintain the developer technology stack, catering to a large and diverse engineering team.
  • Solid understanding of the nature of and common problems with distributed systems, especially when it comes to architecting, maintaining, and debugging them.
  • Capable of working with multiple programming languages for multiple purposes. We primarily use Go, PHP, JS, with Terraform for our Infrastructure as code.
  • Knowledge of an array of cloud native technologies, such as Hashicorp Vault, Open Telemetry, OpenAPI, and gRPC.
  • Experience with various CI/CD platforms & build tools, we use Jenkins, Github actions, CircleCI, Makefiles.
  • Comfortable collaborating with multiple stakeholders of both technical and non-technical capabilities.
  • Strong grasp and comfort level with containers and various virtualisation technologies, primarily Docker, ECS/ECR, and Kubernetes (EKS).
  • Strong grasp of security and risk management to ensure a safe and secure development environment.
  • Strong understanding and exposure to cloud environments, primarily AWS.
  • Good understanding and experience with various storage and caching technologies.

Company Information

Deputy is a global SaaS remote-first workforce management company with hubs in Sydney, Melbourne, San Francisco and London, plus team members working remotely across the United States. Our platform serves over 1.5 million workers and 375,000 workplaces across 100+ countries. We are backed by top global investors and recently achieved Unicorn status.

Skills

DevOps
Developer Productivity
Tooling
Software Build Optimization
Platform Monitoring
Automation
Collaboration

Deputy

Workforce management and staff scheduling platform

About Deputy

Deputy is a workforce management platform that simplifies staff scheduling, labor cost control, and timesheet management for businesses of all sizes. It allows users to create and share schedules easily, reducing scheduling workload by up to 50%, and includes features for demand planning and compliance with labor laws. The platform operates on a freemium model, offering a free starter plan and a premium package, and provides an open API for integration with other software systems. Deputy's goal is to help businesses manage their workforce efficiently while keeping labor costs low.

Sydney, AustraliaHeadquarters
2008Year Founded
$139.1MTotal Funding
GROWTH_EQUITY_VCCompany Stage
Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
201-500Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
401(k) Company Match
Flexible Work Hours
Stock Options
Paid Parental Leave
Private Health and Dental Insurance
Work from Home Stipend
Commuter Benefits

Risks

Increased competition from emerging platforms could erode Deputy's market share.
Reliance on a freemium model may limit revenue growth if users don't convert.
Data privacy concerns could lead to reputational damage and legal challenges.

Differentiation

Deputy offers a comprehensive platform for workforce management, including scheduling and compliance.
The platform's open API allows seamless integration with existing business software systems.
Deputy's freemium model provides accessibility to businesses of all sizes.

Upsides

Deputy achieved unicorn status, surpassing a billion-dollar valuation in 2023.
Integration with AI enhances demand planning and labor cost control for businesses.
Growing mobile-first solutions improve accessibility and user experience for workforce management.

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