Growth Engineer

Summary

Join Workyard, a fast-growing startup, as a Growth Engineer and be part of building a game-changing product for the construction industry. This hybrid role (2 days in Sydney, 3 days remote) requires a data-driven full-stack engineer passionate about experimentation and rapid development. You will work within the Growth team, experiment, iterate, and deliver improvements, diving into data to understand customer behavior and improve outcomes. The role demands strong full-stack web development skills (TypeScript/React and PHP/Laravel), statistical and commercial awareness, SQL proficiency, and excellent communication skills. You will need to be highly focused, self-managing, and passionate about continuous improvement. A B.S./M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent is required, and candidates must have full working rights in Australia.

Requirements

• Solid experience in full stack web development. We use TypeScript (React) and PHP (Laravel) but any mix of languages and a desire to learn is great
• Be statistically and commercially minded, you’re thinking about the impact your code has at a macro level
• SQL knowledge, proficient at diving into and interpreting data
• Outstanding communication skills to collaborate with marketing, product and other engineers to build and ship quality code
• Analytical ability to think beyond the happy path scenarios and ask relevant questions to dig deeper and make sure all bases are covered
• Highly focused: you have a great ability to differentiate the essentials from the nice-to-haves in a way that gets you as fast as possible to the end result
• You can self manage your time and projects, setting a good example for other engineers
• Passion for software development and a desire to continuously improve your craft
• Strong UX and product sensibility
• B.S./M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Work within our Growth team to experiment, iterate and deliver rapid improvements
• Dive into the data to understand the how and why of customer behaviour to improve outcomes
• Improve the code base through continuous refactoring
• Implement unit tests and ensure rigorous E2E testing of changes and experiments are performed
• Keep up to date with the state-of-the-art of web development
• Proactively communicate and build strong relationships with team members

Benefits

This is a hybrid role: 2 days in our offices in Sydney (Surry Hills), and 3 days remote