Senior Engineer (Search Platform)

About Envato

Everything we do is to empower creative professionals to thrive, with unlimited access to high-quality assets, tools, tutorials and more. Essentially, we exist to empower creatives to thrive. 

We proudly support the lives of creative professionals 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.

We’re a global values led company, blending purpose and profit, and a passionate B Corp we are committed to making a positive impact on the communities we engage in. We have long embraced flexible ways of working, and we’re proud of how we keep our global team connected. Our roles can be based across Australia, New Zealand and Mexico. 

You can read more about us on our company blog, including news of our acquisition by Shutterstock Inc in 2024. 

About the Role

We’re seeking a collaborative Senior Engineer for a team working on key initiatives. In this role, you'll work with stakeholders and engineers to design and implement solutions that balance quality, cost, time, and maintainability. You'll collaborate with the team and Lead Engineer to prioritise work, simplify solutions, and deliver business value. Additionally, you'll mentor engineers, delegate tasks to empower the team, and support the growth of yourself and others.

You’ll be joining the Search Platform Team which is focused on providing tools and services for our engineering teams looking to provide new search experiences to our customers. We are currently undertaking a major search initiative to incorporate vector search capabilities to our stack to provide highly relevant search results to our customers. Elements is a subscription-based platform offering a vast library of creative assets, designed to help designers and creatives bring their ideas to life effortlessly.

What you'll be doing

• Writing clean, well thought out and reliable code.
• Actively contribute to identifying and mitigating risks.
• Working as a member of a small cross-functional team, containing members with different skills and experience.
• Sharing your knowledge and helping your teammates to learn and grow.
• Working on strategic initiatives, tactical improvements and maintenance.
• Seeking to better understand and deliver value to your users.
• Taking ownership. Caring about the quality and impact of the systems you build and maintain.

About you

• You likely have 5+ years of full stack development experience.
• You are proficient in Ruby on Rails or an equivalent framework, such as Python with Django.
• You have experience with cloud infrastructure platforms (e.g., Terraform, Cloudflare, AWS), with openness to other platforms as well.
• Experience with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch, as well as vector search engines like Marqo or Vespa.
• You value learning from others, no matter their experience level, and seek constructive feedback. 
• Collaboration is important to you, and you thrive in a team where everyone shares ownership and works together to solve problems.
• You use engineering practices that emphasize maintainability and clarity, applying testing and refactoring techniques when appropriate to solve business problems effectively.
• You are comfortable sharing knowledge, up-skilling and mentoring others.
• You evaluate trade-offs in your decisions, balancing the need for experimentation and rapid iteration with the operational realities of production systems and a commitment to keeping our community safe and secure.

Life at Envato

• Flexible Working - Remote-first with flexibility for you to manage work and life as you need. 

• Work from Anywhere - Apply to work in another location for up to 3 months per calendar year.

• Connection Budget - An annual budget to connect with the team IRL where and when possible.

• Learning Budget - Study leave and an annual budget for you to put towards your learning and development.

• Home Office Allowance - A contribution towards your set-up and a monthly allowance to support work from home costs.

• Wellbeing - Access to a holistic assistance program that provides support in many areas of life and health.

• Volunteer Leave - 2 days per calendar year to volunteer and give back to the community.

• Parental Leave - 20 weeks paid primary carer leave, and 6 weeks paid secondary carers leave.

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