AlayaCare is looking for a Technical Lead for our Community Cloud product to join our Engineering team in Australia to take the technical lead, and mentor and develop a team of developers. All Australian locations considered, full-time permanent position.

About AlayaCare

AlayaCare is a fast-growing SaaS scale-up with a presence in Australia, Canada and the United States who are revolutionising the way health, aged and disability care is delivered. Our software offers a complete workforce management solution for community and residential care organisations to manage scheduling, medical records, billing, reporting and payroll (among other things). We are focused on delivering better outcomes for the health, aged care and disability care sectors and driven by our purpose of enabling the care we want our loved ones to receive in the place they call home. We have an open and transparent culture, our teams are highly diverse, and we are committed to a workplace where we all feel that we can be ourselves. 

Position summary

As a Technical lead, you will be the most senior technologist on the Wombats product delivery team, providing strategic value for AlayaCare while driving technical design, collaborating closely with North American Engineering teams, and levelling up your team. You’ll be responsible for defining the technical direction of the projects your team works on with a focus on delivering functionality and a strong bias towards action and quality.

You’ll be working on:

• Design, code, test, and debug complex software with a high level of quality, sitting as a key member of a feature development team.
• Provide technical leadership for your team, and improve your colleagues’ skills through code reviews, technical mentoring, role-modelling, coaching, and knowledge-sharing.
• Be accountable for all technical decisions in your team’s domain.
• Lead technical innovation in the areas of component re-use, extensibility, maintainability and scalability.
• Monitor your applications in production, and proactively identify and fix issues clients are encountering.
• Contribute to defining and implementing the product-wide technical roadmap, championing technical cross-team initiatives and adoption of new technologies that are aligned with industry trends.
• In the future, participate in an on-call rotation (that respects your time) to support your team’s software.
• Identify gaps in product requirements and work with Product Owners to design features that meet client needs.
• Plan, implement and execute end to end automated tests that validate good quality results.
• Mentor and help team members understand core concepts and tools of their craft.

You’ll need to have:

• 6 years professional software engineering experience.
• Degree or diploma in computer science or engineering, or demonstrated learning experience.
• Deep development experience in at least two of the following: Python, PHP, and JavaScript (Vue preferred) and corresponding unit testing frameworks.
• Deep experience with SQL databases and building queries optimised for performance.
• Experience using Git, CI/CD tools, Docker, SQLAlchemy, cloud computing platforms (AWS preferred)
• Awareness of contemporary industry trends in technology, performance, and software development tooling & practice.
• Experience making difficult technical decisions in ambiguous situations.
• Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills (in written and spoken English) targeting both technical and non-technical audiences.

Why AlayaCare is a great place to work:

• Competitive salary package including company stock for all employees.
• A ‘SuperFlex’ work policy – work from the office or from home.
• Purposeful work – a chance to make a difference in aged and disability care in Australia.
• An open, transparent and supportive culture.
• Progression along well-defined career paths with ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Flexible benefits package – tailor your own package from our broad offering.
• Annual wellness days, volunteer leave, and company funded parental leave.
• We’re social – health and wellness activities, lunches/dinners and team outings.

If this sounds like you or someone you know, apply today! As well as joining a great culture and a market leading company, you will be well placed to make a positive difference in the health, aged and disability care sectors in Australia and New Zealand. 

Better outcomes, better belonging

Our team members are unique—like our products and the customer groups that we service. AlayaCare employees bring different strengths, perspectives, and experiences to their roles and to our products that enable better care. We are committed to offering a people-centric culture where all employees belong and feel heard.

Having a pulse on our employee feedback is important to us as we aim to continuously evolve Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Accessibility within AlayaCare's policies, total rewards offerings, discussions, learning & development programs, and community partnerships. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration.

If you require accommodation as part of the recruitment and selection process, please reach out to talentacquisitionteam@alayacare.com. Please note, we do not accept unsolicited headhunter or agency resumes.

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