Lead Full Stack Developer - Certified Skills

About Compono 

Compono is dedicated to transforming the future of work and learning. We provide cutting-edge SaaS solutions that align talent with organisational needs, enhance workplace cultures, and support continuous development.

Our products are designed to ensure that every engagement is supported by actionable and data-driven insights, fostering environments where talent thrives, and organisations achieve their objectives. 

Our mission is to democratise best practice solutions, creating inclusive pathways for success and intertwining education with professional growth. 

We offer a range of products designed to meet diverse organisational needs:    

• Certified Skills / Licensing - A modern cloud based learning and testing solution that enables highly engaging, effective and reliable education and testing, underpinned by skills competency frameworks and learning theory.   
• idibu - A leading job multi-poster platform that centralises application management into a client's recruitment workflow.    
• Platform: Hire, Engage, and Develop - Tools to streamline hiring, enhance employee engagement, and foster professional development.

At Compono, we foster a collaborative and innovative environment where team members thrive and organisations achieve their goals. Join us in our mission to revolutionise the future of work and learning.

Founded and headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, Compono operates globally with a talented team working across APAC, the United Kingdom and Europe.

This role is open to remote applicants located in Australia or New Zealand to complement the working relationships within the existing team.About the Team

In this role, you will technically lead an established team which sits within Compono's Certified Skills. The Certified Skills platform incorporates best practice test design and curriculum underpinned by competency frameworks and learning theory to ensure tests delivered are of the highest quality and the resulting certification means something.

The Certified Skills vision is to put data intelligence at the heart of our learning and testing platform and to provide equal learning opportunities to all learners to enable a higher quality and effectiveness of learning and testing.

Our Certified Skills team provides innovative solutions that deliver successful learning outcomes.

As a Lead Full Stack Developer, you can solve any technical problem in your field given enough time. You will have diverse experience enabling you to foresee several solutions to upcoming problems and you know how to make trade-offs and be comfortable with the process. In addition, you will have a solid understanding of software design and systems architecture to be able to devise short term technical delivery plans. 

About You

The goal of a Lead Developer is to understand how their plans fit into the overall technical strategy of the company, what affect their decisions make on the system architecture, and to use engineering and people best practices and knowledge to make their team high performers.

To help you achieve this, you will have:            

• A strong understanding of JavaScript / Typescript programming. language - approximately 5+ years of experience.               
• Extensive experience with both front-end and server-side. development in the context of the JavaScript ecosystem.          
• Proven experience with API design for use by third-party vendors.      
• Experience with database schema design and best practices.      
• Experience with AWS/Serverless and can design and build a modern scalable app from the ground up.            
• Demonstrated involvement in an Open Source project/s is highly desirable.          
• Experience in delivery management with an ability to formulate delivery plans and align teams around those plans.          
• Understanding of software development, design principles and coding standards.    
• Knowledge of container environments such as Docker.          
• Been a part of the delivery of multiple products or systems.          
• The ability to debug problems unassisted in most situations.     
• Knowledge of GraphQL and the Apollo framework.

Technical Skills    

• JavaScript / TypeScript, React, Express.js              
• AWS, Lambda, DynamoDb               
• GraphQL               
• NoSQL and SQL databases               
• TDD       
• Infrastructure as Code

Ultimately, your technical team leadership, client delivery, and technical skills will be your most significant assets, so you will have experience and knowledge in the following:            

• Mentoring & Knowledge Sharing - Mentoring and coaching other developers and helping them build confidence in their technical abilities by continuously sharing industry best practices and being a supporter of a positive learning culture. 
• Technical Leader - Given enough time, solve any technical problem in your field and do that efficiently. You will have enough diverse experience to foresee several solutions to future problems.       
• Team Planning & Estimating - Leading planning and estimation sessions for short term projects ensuring buy-in from all team members and ensuring efficiency by putting the team's time to best use with competing demands.                 
• Process Improvement - Continuously identifying and contributing process improvements suggestions both for your team and across the company. 
• Adaptability - Ability to deal with a start-up that is fast-paced and continuously changing and able to deal with unknowns and help build better processes and best practices.  

If you meet most of these requirements outlined above, we encourage you to submit your application.

Why join Compono?

This is your unique opportunity to join an environment where everyone is valued, where you are encouraged to generate your own ideas, have an impact on decisions, and own your areas! We are passionate about what we do but always with a close eye on work life balance. Join a team that is inclusive of all differences, celebrates successes, and always continuously learns!             

• We’re flexible when it comes to flexible working     
• ESOP options       
• A culture built on trust and empowerment

We live and breathe our core values, and they guide the way we work:              

• Flexible Thinkers                            
• Elevate Each Other                            
• Serve with Passion                            
• Own Our Actions                            
• Forever Curious                            
• Strive For Excellence 

Come work with an amazing group of diverse team members before it is too late!

How to Apply

We would love to hear from you! Don’t miss out on this opportunity and apply now by completing your profile in detail through the link below.

https://candidate.compono.com/l/qBayFvpXQy

This profile will help us to better understand who you are; the types of skills and work experience you have, the qualifications you hold and the work preferences and expectations you have. Completing this profile will also help you understand more about us and whether you think Compono is a good fit for you.

Please contact Soraya Hosseini at Soraya.Hosseini@Compono.com if you require further details. 

We’ve created an environment built on honesty, openness and inclusiveness. We pride ourselves in providing equal opportunities to everyone regardless of race, origin, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability status. We promise to do our best to accommodate everyone’s reasonable diverse needs to the best of our ability. If you have special needs and require assistance with your application, please reach out to info@compono.com.