Actionstep is a pioneer in the development and sale of software-as-a-service (SaaS) products, specializing in the delivery of Legal Practice Management software.
The Actionstep Engineering team contributes to developing, maintaining, and running Actionstep through the delivery of industry leading technology, operations, and analysis. Actionstep Engineering consists of squads of cross-discipline software engineers, analysts, and product experts who work collaboratively to enhance Actionstep software for our customers.
THE PURPOSE OF YOUR ROLE
Through working collaboratively with other technical talent, enhance Actionstep products and platforms via delivery of technical software development, ensuring that project deliverables meet and exceed requirements and help us to help make lawyers awesome.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
In this role, you will be accountable for…
Software Development:
- Driving software development: Leading and coordinating software development efforts, ensuring alignment with business goals.
- Producing, testing, and debugging code: Developing high-quality software, identifying, and executing tasks in the software development life cycle.
- Providing technical guidance and mentorship: Supporting junior team members, sharing knowledge, and fostering continuous upskilling and growth in others.
- Project management expertise: Driving projects forward, managing timelines, and ensuring successful delivery.
Relationship Management:
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with all internal and external parties ensuring transparent, proactive, and effective communication always.
- Attending and proactively contributing to customer, partner, and internal meetings as necessary with the view to add value in a constructive manner.
Professional Development:
- Actively looking to build own career through delivery of self and assisted professional development initiatives.
- Being a thought leader both within Actionstep but also in the wider industry.
- Staying abreast of industry best practice patterns, products and technologies and assisting in process improvement activities as required.
Continuous Improvement:
- Proactive in identifying and participating in the continuous improvement of processes and procedures within the Relevant Team department.
- Actively contribute to the development and maintenance of a strong department culture ensuring knowledge and experience is shared.
Health & Safety:
- Assume responsibility for your own and others safety and wellbeing, following all safety and wellbeing procedures and instructions, including reporting hazards, incidents and accidents and participating in safety and wellbeing initiatives and programmes as required.
Other Responsibilities:
- Undertaking any other reasonable duties as required.
Requirements
Experience & Qualifications:
Essential:
- A relevant tertiary qualification, code academy qualification, or equivalent professional experience.
- Demonstrated expertise and significant professional experience.
- Understanding and experience working in a scrum environment.
- Knowledge of either PHP, JavaScript, or other relevant languages.
- Knowledge of Symfony, REACT, or other relevant frameworks and libraries.
- Knowledge of databases (Postgres or equivalent).
- Knowledge of the SDLC, including VCS such as Git, CI/CD workflows and patterns.
- Knowledge of how to write and interpret unit, integration, and acceptance tests.
Desirable:
- Experience working on SaaS software.
- Knowledge of the AWS environment.
- Experience coaching and mentoring peers and junior engineers.
Personal Skills, Attributes & Behavioural Competencies:
- Ability to work in both team and individual capacities.
- Ability to manage multiple streams of work effectively.
- Ability to manage your daily workload through best practice time management techniques.
- Great communication and interpersonal skills.
- Passionate about teamwork and collaboration.
- Ability to coach and grow people.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
Reports To:
- Frontend Engineering Manager
INTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS
HOW YOU KNOW YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL
Quantitative Measures:
Measurable and quantifiable metric used to evaluate your success and performance:
Completion of Professional Development goals
Completion of projects within allowed timeframes
Benefits
Benefits
- Medical, dental, life insurance options
- RRSP with company match
- Flexible working.
- We are a team, we trust each other and we believe our best work happens when life & work is in good balance.
- Take your birthday off.
- Relaxed and friendly team
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Last updated on Jun 28, 2024