Senior Software Engineer

Specifically, you will:

• Translate product and technical requirements into implementation plans
• Write well-structured, maintainable, and unit-testable code
• Independently break down technical specifications for smaller projects
• Draft sections of technical design documentation (e.g., TDD)
• Debug complex issues across multiple systems
• Use AI tools to assist in generating and refining code and test coverage
• Understand synchronous vs asynchronous processes and apply appropriately
• Optimize database query performance and indexing
  

Technical Expertise & Architecture

• Demonstrates deep proficiency in core programming languages and frameworks
• Understands modern design patterns and best-practice development approaches
• Writes extensible, test-friendly code
• Advocates for architectural improvements that benefit scalability and maintainability
• Understands how their component fits into the larger system
• Approaches debugging analytically, identifying issues across multiple layers
• Recognises knowledge gaps and actively seeks learning
  

Leadership & Team Enablement

• Provides mentorship to junior engineers through pairing, guidance, and code reviews
• Shares knowledge openly and constructively
• Works effectively across cross-functional touchpoints — product, QA, DevOps, support
• Helps drive clarity during technical discussions and team execution
• Sets a collaborative tone rooted in humility and shared learning
  

Quality & Customer Focus

• Learns the “why” behind requirements and user scenarios
• Builds software that supports real-world usage patterns — including offline and low-connectivity environments
• Leverages AI to surface edge-case conditions
• Writes code that reduces downstream testing risk and future defects
• Thinks empathetically about multiple product personas
  

• Communicates clearly and succinctly in both written and verbal formats
• Adapts style based on audience — technical or business
• Asks clarifying questions when needed
• Able to present work and demo functionality to groups
• Easily understood regardless of medium — in-person or remote
  

Within 90 Days, You’ll:

• Ramp into the core product and engineering workflows
• Deliver development tasks independently with quality and timeliness
• Participate actively in code reviews and technical discussions
• Build a strong working rhythm with team members across engineering and productDemonstrate understanding of user contexts and personas
  

Within 180 Days, You'll:

• Serve as a reliable contributor for medium-sized feature development
• Draft technical specification sections within design documentation
• Identify and reduce technical debt within your assigned areas
• Contribute to improving automated testing and reliability
• Mentor junior teammates consistently
  

Within 365 Days, You'll:

• Become the go-to technical reference for specific parts of the platform
• Consistently deliver features from specification through release
• Help influence technical direction through feedback and perspective
• Improve developer experience through newer patterns, documentation, or tooling
• Demonstrate ownership of software quality and customer impact