We are looking to hire a competitive Software Engineer to join our passionate team at Australian Professional Leagues in Australia.
Growing your career as a Full Time Software Engineer is an incredible opportunity to develop useful skills.
If you are strong in adaptability, decision-making and have the right personality for the job, then apply for the position of Software Engineer at Australian Professional Leagues today!

Overview

APL is a team of people who are passionate about their mission of uniting & entertaining Football Fans, growing our leagues and as a result realise the positive impact Football can have in Australian society.

We are a cutting edge, sport & entertainment business that brings both sports and technology together to deliver fans a unique, world class football experience.

Our team champion a deep commitment to football & entertainment with a focus on cultivating a fan-driven culture. We combine stadium & digital access to the best football content in Australia, in fast-paced environments. Our teams are empowered to innovate and influence our products, to continually change the game.

KEEPUP aims to be the biggest football media brand in Australia & New Zealand. While being very digitally focused, KEEPUP is not just an app and a website: it’s a football media business focused on serving the young Australian football fan with compelling content & experiences. KEEPUP is a content machine built by football for football. KEEPUP leverages unique access to tell the stories that fans want. It includes original series, editorial, social & branded content 4 for partners. Live content is produced through amazing football events that attract the curious & casual football fan & connect them to the best of the A-Leagues. Events include All Stars, International Club Tours & new format Future5. KEEPUP provides the digital infrastructure of the A-Leagues with the management of KU and 13 Clubs Web & App experience. The team maintains and constantly improves the underlying technology of APL and its Clubs.

The Opportunity;

Reporting into the Head of Engineering, as a Software Engineer, you will evangelise software engineering excellence both within your team and the wider tech community. We’re talking open-source contributions, giving tech talks, attending meetups, giving department-wide brown bags, and leading excellence-driving initiatives internally.

You will have a large impacton what we deliver, and be required to contribute and assist in driving the technical direction and architecture of your team’s output.





Being an experienced software engineer, you will constantly be re-learning your craft and building a set of software engineering principles. Working as part of a geographically distributed, multidisciplinary and agile team to deliver value early and often, you will work collaboratively and iteratively to incrementally improve the features and functionality of the product with each release.

We are looking for people who care about code quality, believe in Test Driven Development, and can demonstrate to their peers why it’s important. With demonstrable practise in SOLID principles, you are able to tell us what the SOLID principles mean to you and the impact they have had on the way you work. Focused on delivery, you’ll know when to be pragmatic to balance code quality with value delivery. You will have solid experience with CQS, encapsulation, SOLID, outside-in-TDD, triangulation, verification, characterisation tests, pairing, devil’s advocate, ping-pong, Gollum-style, red-green-refactor… If you’re genuinely excited right now, then so are we!

The Responsibilities

Working in an agile software engineering environment to deliver awesome features that will delight our fans and serve the league well.

Writing software in an iterative environment using continuous integration and continuous delivery.
Working in a collaborative environment to design, prove, document, engineer, test, deploy, scale and operate software.
Contributing technically to ensure design feasibility; approach; usability; architecture; code quality; testability; scalability; and performance.

Suggesting appropriate technologies, techniques and standards to help deliver our goals.
Actively participating in scrum ceremonies to help provide visibility and accountability towards delivery of projects you’re working on.

Supporting and developing other software engineers by providing advice, coaching, mentoring and educational opportunities.
Working to help ensure homogeneous code contributions from everyone on your team.
Assisting with driving the adoption of good practices across the department.
Updating job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques,



and technologies; participating in educational opportunities; maintaining personal networks; and participating in professional organisations.

About You

You should be able to demonstrate the use of some of the below skills, preferably by referencing previous commercial experience:

– Analysing information
– Software design
– Software documentation
– Teamwork
– Full-stack software engineering
– Software engineering fundamentals
– Writing tested, maintainable code
– Software testing
– Test-driven development
– SOLID principles.

You will be well practised in the software development lifecycle, including:

– Backlog refinement
– Estimation
– Implementation
– Testing
– CI/CD
– DevOps
– Release
– Operating / monitoring; and
– Rolling back

Research shows that, when given a list of 10 skills on a job description, a man with 3 of the 10 will likely apply; a woman with 8 will likely not apply. Regardless of your gender or how many skills match your profile: if you’re interested, please reach out and let’s have a conversation!

Why work for us?

You’ll get to work as part of an elite software engineering team, as measured against Google’s annual DORA metrics. On top of that, there’s:

– Start-up vibe, flexible working, open spaced offices
– AWS training and certification
– Monthly mobile phone allowance
– Company paid parental leave
– Additional leave
– Employee Assistance Program
– Job-related in-house training and allowance for external training
– Benefits, wellness and discounts
– Plus the usual wine, beer, snacks, coffee, drinks, etc.

Above all, we love football and, if you do too, you’ll love working with us. So if you’re excited about this opportunity, please ‘Apply now’.

APL is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to creating an equitable, diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified candidates will be considered for this role regardless of race, colour, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, family or carer’s responsibilities, pregnancy, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin.

APL does not accept unsolicited CVs from recruiters or employment agencies. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thanks for your understanding.

Advantages of working as a Software Engineer in Australia:

● Learning opportunities
● Advancement opportunities
● Competitive salary

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