Design System Engineer

The Pepperstone story started in 2010. We know what it’s like to trade the world’s markets. Our team describes us as a place for the curious and the driven, and we like to do things a little differently; as a transformative global fintech we’re digital, nimble, connected, and united in our vision to create a better way to trade.

We thrive on progress – for our clients and for ourselves. Our organisational culture is ever-evolving, vibrant, diverse, global and results focused. You’ll find our 350+ team currently across 9 locations and 6 time zones.

The Role 
Our technology team thrives on inclusivity and collaboration, believing that diverse perspectives lead to great solutions. We foster a culture that champions individual growth, professional development, and work-life harmony. We're invested in your success and dedicated to supporting you every step of the way. We encourage our team to bring challenge thinking and fresh ideas to the table and our Agile approach empowers us to focus on outcomes. When we hire someone it's because they bring the skills, attitude and experience we're looking for....so we let you do what you're best at! Join us and be part of a community that's passionate about harnessing technology's potential to drive market leading solutions for our clients. Elevate your career in an environment where your ideas matter, your growth is nurtured, and your potential is limitless.

Our team in Melbourne is seeking a skilled and motivated Software Engineer to contribute to our growing focus on design system engineering. We are looking for someone who is not just strong technically but lies awake at night thinking about design, user experience, and about building world class design systems.  This role sits in the sweet spot between engineering and design, and so we’d love to have you if you are passionate about both.

In the design system team, we strive for constant improvement and more than anything, thoughtful and consistent design. This role will work closely with design teams to give feedback and curate design patterns as well as build the tooling to enable value streams to build easier, faster and more consistently.

Our core values in engineering lie in modern software development – test everything, automate everything, so we’re looking for someone obsessed with TDD, unit testing, automated visual regression testing, CICD, and automated deployments.

As our Design System Engineer, your key responsibilities include, but may not be limited to:

• Contribute to development, support, and maintenance of software and infrastructure across a range of technologies in our “you build it, you run it” culture.
• Develop software in line with engineering best practices ensuring maintainable, efficient, tested, and resilient solutions.
• Collaborate with team members to design and implement solutions aligned to the target state architecture.
• Support the development of automated Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and practices.
• Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and technical discussions to ensure quality and alignment with best practices.
• Work closely with designers and engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions that meet engineering requirements.
• Follow and contribute to the establishment of effective quality assurance and automation practices.
• Collaborate with value teams to build robust, thoughtful and reusable libraries
• Participate actively in team ceremonies, contributing to the assessment and estimation of work.
• Assist in improving the software development lifecycle by identifying areas for enhancement and supporting implementation.
• Participate in training and Engineering Dojos.

About you

• 3+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong skills  in TypeScript and React
• Experience in package management including publishing and maintaining NPM packages.
• Experience with modern styling frameworks such as Tailwind, PandaCSS, or similar.
• Knowledge of Continuous Delivery practices (e.g., CI/CD, TDD).
• Understanding of testing methodologies such as TDD, BDD, and mocking.
• Experience using automation tools to build robust, automated build/release/deploy processes (e.g. Github Actions)
• Familiarity with software design patterns and principles, including SOLID and object-oriented or functional programming.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with software engineering trends and emerging technologies.

Why you will enjoy working with us

• Competitive salary structure including company bonus scheme
• Genuinely collaborative and friendly culture
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Remote working option - work from anywhere for up to 6 weeks per year, in addition to hybrid working as standard
• Ongoing personal development & learning opportunities
• 15 weeks paid primary carers parental leave & 4 weeks paid secondary carers leave
• 3 paid volunteering days per year & Workplace Giving Program
• Frequent events and celebrations including a standard weekly social
• Beautifully renovated large office at Collins Square - 727 Collins Street, Melbourne
• Best in class end of trip facilities including bicycle parking, change rooms & showers
• A full stocked kitchen, onsite coffee machines with locally sourced coffee beans (this is Melbourne after all) and curated specialty teas

About Pepperstone 

We’re a regulated online Forex and CFD trading platform. With the scale of a global fintech and the agility of a start-up, we arm our clients with everything they need to take on the global markets with confidence. You will be part of a wider passionate and friendly team, and whilst things may not always go to plan, we learn quickly and move forward with impact. To learn even more visit Pepperstonecareers and www.linkedin.com/company/pepperstone/

We understand it’s important to do due diligence on a prospective employer, see what our team are saying on Glassdoor. We respect our team members’ experiences and will never pay to remove a negative review.

Pepperstone is an equal opportunity employer. We are passionate about building a diverse workplace and strongly encourage applications from any background.

“We are a 2023 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we respond to every applicant”.

We will be reviewing applications as they come through, so if this is an opportunity that excites you, don't wait. Express your interest by clicking the apply button below as soon as possible.

Note to external agencies: While we appreciate the efforts of external recruitment agencies, we prefer to engage directly with applicants for this opportunity.

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