Job Description
Aboutrole:
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Thisroleisthesecond
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commandwithintheengineeringteam.Thetechleadsplitstheirtimeacrosscoding,managing,planning,andstakeholderwork
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meaningforlargepartsofanygivenday,thispersonisthemostseniorengineeractivelyworkinginthecodebase.Theymakeimplementationdecisionsindependentlyandkeeptheteamunblockedduringworkinghourswhenthetechleadisunavailable.
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Keyresponsibilities:
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Leadend-to-
enddeliveryoffeaturesacrosstheLearningPortalandsupportingservices
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scoping,building,andshippingrequiringjustminimaldirectiononimplementation
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Proposetechnicalapproachesandwritedesigndocsfornon
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trivialwork,bringingforwardrecommendationsbyaligningwiththeteamandteamlead
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Givethorough,constructivecodereviewsonpeers
'PRs
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Participateinplanningwithrealisticestimatesandsurfacedrisks
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Flagtechdebt,performancerisks,andarchitecturalconcernsearly.Notexpectedtodecidethefixforeverything,butexpectedtospotproblemsbeforetheyescalate
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Ensuretestcoveragewhereitmatters(notjustforcoveragemetrics)
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Keepdocumentationcurrentforallsystemstheyownsotheteamneverdependsontheiravailabilitytounderstandtheirwork
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Considersthestudentexperienceaspartoftechnicaldecision
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notaboveengineeringstandards,butalongsidethem
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FollowandreinforceInnerSourceprinciples:cleardocs,async
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firstcollaboration,modulardesign
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Keeptheteamunblockedduringworkinghours.Whenthetechleadisinmeetingsorunavailable,they
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rethepersonothersturnto
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Corecompetencies:
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Designingcleanboundariesbetweenserver
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client,gooduseofbothframeworkcapabilities(Next)andconventionalwebdesignprinciples
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DatamodelingdecisionsSupabase/Postgresschemadesign,etc.)
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Consistentabstractions(hooks,APIpatterns,etc.)thattheteamcanfollow
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Knowingwhennottoabstract
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avoidingprematureDRY
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Observability-
logging,errortracking,understandingwhattomonitor
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Authflows(SupabaseAuth,RBAC,middleware
-basedprotection)
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Inputvalidationatsystemboundaries
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WritingPRsthatreviewerscanactuallyfollow
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Breakinglargechangesintoreviewable,deployable+meaningfulincrements
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Knowingwhentospike/prototypevs.planthoroughly
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Shippingoverperfection
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butknowingwheretodrawtheline
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Goodsenseofprioritisationwhenitcomestoplanningoutissues
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Makingbuild-vs-
buydecisions(e.g.,usingSupabaseinsteadofrollingcustomauth)
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Idealcandidateattributes:
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Knowswhentotradeoffscope,quality,andspeedappropriatelyforthesituation.Doesn
'tover-
engineerwhentheteamneedstomovefast,anddoesn
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tcutcornerswhenreliabilitymatters.Makespragmaticcallswithoutneedingtoescalateeverydecision
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Takesfeaturesfromstarttofinishwithoutneedingtobechased.Ifsomething
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satrisk,raisesitearly
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Structuredissues,thoughtfulreviews,cleardocumentation,andLinearworkflow.Communicatesclearlyenoughthatasyncworkdoesn
'tcreatebottlenecks
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Consistentlydeliversoncommitments.Theteamcancountonyourworkbeingdone,reviewed,andshippedwithoutsurprises.Focusedonoutputsandoutcomes,notinputsandhours
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Figuresthingsoutwithincompleteinformation.Doesn
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twaitforperfectspecsordetailedinstructionstomakeprogress
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📌 Senior Software Engineer (Victoria)
🏢 Teamified
📍 Victoria