Kogan.com is a pioneer of Australian eCommerce. Our vision is to leverage and build technology to deliver personalised, innovating and fast customer experiences and whilst doing so being pragmatic with our solutions, scalable with our architecture, strong with our quality and not being afraid to fail quickly. As a team, we are empowered to make change, share our opinions and build each others capability.
The software we build - including www.kogan.com - is used by millions of customers, so this role has a huge impact. You'll be a key member of a team that is fast-paced, independent, ambitious and proficient across the full tech stack.Our team believes in using & building technology to improve the online shopping experience for our customers. We are pragmatic, intelligent, fast paced and driven by seeing our software shipped to production daily.
Our software is programmed using Python and Typescript, however, we're open to engineers who have worked in other, similar languages. We know that competent engineers can learn our stack, regardless of their familiarity with those languages. Likewise, although the role is ’full stack’ we're still keen to chat if you've built up experience in the back end and don’t know much Javascript or vice versa. This could be a great opportunity to learn two of the fastest growing languages in the industry.
Why Kogan.com?
- Our culture is unlike anywhere else and regardless of where you are in your career journey, we empower you to do your best work and have a big impact. Check us out https://devblog.kogan.com/ & https://goodteams.app/teams/kogan.com.
- Work with an incredible team to solve important challenges, helping to drive Australia and New Zealand’s eCommerce future.
- Your role has a lot of ownership, autonomy and little red tape. You’ll be empowered to achieve positive outcomes and your work will have a real impact.
- You’ll be at the forefront of the eCommerce industry and be part of a company that are the Pioneers of eCommerce in Australia.
- Be an Intrepreneur, playing a hands on role in shaping our strategy at our HQ.
- Learning budget of $1000.
- A range of employee benefits such as; complimentary Kogan First Membership, team exclusive discounts, Health & Wellness program, Learning & Development and Lunch & Learns, Hackathons, Team member referral program, Company and team events and celebrations, community engagement (volunteering) and extensive career development opportunities plus loads more!
What you'll do:
- Hands-on coding on the product, delivery of new features and functionality, and providing support to bugs.
- Coach and mentor existing and new team members.
- Work with other members at Kogan.com to architect, lead and deliver complex scalable software systems and promote best practices in quality, delivery, monitoring, architecture and algorithm design.
- Be able to break down assigned objectives into small and valuable deliverables / commitments to iteratively deliver into production.
- Work and be exposed to a mature AWS infrastructure environment that support a high volume user-base.
- Work cross-functionally and cross-team to execute on technical and business strategy and build experiences that our users will love.
- Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks.
- Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities.
What you'll need:
- 5-10 years of relevant software development experience.
- Deep experience in Python, Django, JavaScript and web technologies such as React, Vue.js, TypeScript, Node.js, NPM, HTML, CSS.
- Knowledge of AWS Cloud.
- Ability to write high-performance, reusable code for UI components, including appropriate testing.
- Able to develop strong and effective relationships, through excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- "Conscientious" is your middle name. You care, you see things to completion, monitor them after they go live, and be proactive and accountable for bugs.
- Comfortable working within a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Being agile and adaptable is key to success!
To find out more about how we work, our tech stack, processes and company culture, visit https://careers.kogan.com and https://devblog.kogan.com
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What We Do
We’re Kogan.com - pioneers of Australian e-commerce.
We were born in a south-eastern suburb Melbourne garage in 2006 from a young entrepreneur's idea to revolutionise the supply-chain to make the latest products more affordable. Now, we’re the largest Australian pure-play online retail website with hundreds of thousands of visitors each day and a customer base of millions of Aussie and New Zealand shoppers.
Our success is built off technology and digital efficiency to make the most in-demand products and services more affordable and accessible for all.
We love being pushed outside our comfort zone and being challenged to continuously deliver the best value to our customers and that sets us apart from the rest
