Engineer (III)

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About Envato

We exist to empower creatives to thrive independently and as a community. We work to be the must-have, most used, intelligent and essential creative companion where we empower creatives to create freely and confidently, and accelerate their everyday creative process however and wherever they work.  

We proudly support the lives of creative pros all over the world, from web developers and graphic designers, to marketers, videographers, photographers and more. We’ve built a community where anyone can get their creative projects done, and where creators bring their ideas to life and in the process, earn a living doing what they love. Our mission is to be the singular destination for creative assets. It doesn’t get much better than that! 

We are a global and rapidly scaling business. Blending purpose and profit, we're a passionate B Corp, committed to making a positive impact on the communities we engage in. You can read more about our purpose, mission and values on our website.

We’re leaders in flexibility and have embraced ways of working to encourage this for a long time. Where we can, let’s make work, work for you! Our roles can be based ANYWHERE in Australia or New Zealand, and while we all mostly work from home we’re proud of how we keep our global team connected.

About the Role

As an Engineering III at Envato, you’ll play a crucial role in building, deploying and supporting software solutions for Envato. You will analyse the requirements of the business and deliver well tested high-quality code which they will support in a production environment.

You will be joining the Pricing and Payments team within the customer account management domain for Elements, Envato’s flagship product. Elements is our subscription-based digital asset platform offering a vast library of creative resources to empower designers and creatives to bring their ideas to life! This team plays a critical role in optimising the sign-in, sign-up, and subscription processes, making a direct impact on revenue growth and contributing to the success of Elements.

• Understand and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Write high-quality, testable code, often using Test-Driven Development (TDD).
• Follow established development processes, design principles, and frequent version control practices.
• Make incremental improvements with continuous integration and deployments.
• Regularly deploy code to production, taking responsibility for verifying functionality.
• Support and troubleshoot production systems, including on-call rotation for handling outages.
• Conduct peer reviews to ensure code quality within the team.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and independently deliver on development tasks.
• Collaborate with team members to enhance processes, problem-solve, and promote team harmony.
• Approach solutions sustainably, considering multiple perspectives and long-term impacts.

• Likely to have 2+ years of web and/or software development experience with Ruby on Rails and AWS, or a similar technology stack.
• Experienced with automated testing frameworks for efficient and reliable code verification.
• Skilled in dynamic, public-facing web applications.
• Proven track record in managing and delivering multiple projects over time.
• Familiar with key components of a large-scale web stack, including UNIX, web servers, proxies, load balancers, and both SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Knowledgeable in server-side and client-side programming languages, along with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Understands back-end and front-end performance optimization and scaling strategies.
• Communicates effectively within the team, actively participates in feedback loops, and strives to deliver stakeholder-driven functionality.
• Demonstrates a proactive commitment to continuous improvement, regularly seeking feedback and opportunities to enhance processes skills, and outcomes 
• Upholds integrity and transparency, embodying Envato’s core values in all interactions and project work.

Some of the great things we offer

• We are a remote business with full flexibility for you to manage work and life as you need - outcomes are what’s important to us.

• We provide MacBook Pros or HP’s for you to do your best work, as well as all your initial and ongoing tech setup to suit your individual needs.

• It’s important you love your home office so we will provide a contribution towards your set up and a monthly allowance to support work from home costs. 

• Want to expand your family? We will support you! We offer 20 weeks paid primary carer leave (with super paid on top for the first 12 months); and 6 weeks paid secondary carers leave. 

• Connection is so important in a remote business. That’s why we provide you with an annual allowance to meet up with colleagues and share some food and a laugh. 

• Continuous improvement is encouraged and we provide an annual budget for you to put towards your learning. 

• We know our product is awesome so we will provide you with a free Envato Elements subscription for your side gigs and/or personal use.

• Your wellbeing is paramount and we provide access to a holistic assistance program that provides support in many areas of life and health.

Our culture

• We are B Corp certified & believe in succeeding sustainably as one global team. 

• We are leaders in flexible working and really walk the talk - our work from anywhere benefit allows you to work and travel for up to 3 months in another country. We have also removed standard hours from contracts  to empower our people to work in a way that makes sense to them.

• We support working parents through a range of initiatives, including being a proud partner with Grace Papers.

• As part of our values and vision, Envato contributes 2% of profits to charities in each of the three main countries we operate in.

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