Lead Back-End Engineer

Summary

Join ZOE's Activation Team as a Lead Back-end Engineer and lead the design of critical systems, including data collection, payments, and subscription management. Collaborate with a cross-functional agile team to deliver impactful engineering solutions. You will mentor engineers, ensuring scalable and maintainable code. This role requires 7+ years of back-end development experience and strong communication skills. ZOE offers a competitive compensation package including base pay, stock options, and comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

7+ years of hands-on experience in back-end development, including leading technical decisions, mentoring engineers, and improving system architecture

Responsibilities

• Work autonomously in a collaborative and supportive agile team, partnering with product managers, designers, data scientists, and marketing teams to deliver meaningful solutions and drive this behaviour in others
• Design systems that scale and remain performant as we grow, focusing on data collection, payments, subscriptions, content delivery, and more
• Help the team operate effectively by breaking problems down into simpler ones for fast delivery and impact
• Work in a self-organising team with high levels of trust and collaboration. We believe in empowering our engineers to lead initiatives
• Take responsibility to ensure our engineering solutions are scalable, maintainable, testable and follow best practices
• Mentor engineers across the organisation, helping them grow and improve their skills while positively influencing our team processes and impact

Preferred Qualifications

• You love the challenge of designing architecture that scales and performs as we grow
• You are a strong communicator who can share your ideas while listening to and learning from others with different perspectives
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment and are comfortable working on various challenges
• You are comfortable working with many unknowns - building iteratively in fast feedback loops
• You enjoy working in a collaborative and flexible environment, wearing many hats, and taking on new challenges outside your comfort zone
• Value diversity and inclusion and are passionate about creating a space where everyone’s voices are heard, respected, and celebrated
• You’re someone who brings joy and enjoys building meaningful work relationships

Benefits

• Competitive and equitable compensation that reflects the value of each role and aligns with regional labor market standards
• Base pay and stock options
• Competitive health insurance and wellness packages
• Inclusive parental policies
• Tailored professional development programs