Tanda is seeking an ambitious software engineer with hands-on experience building products to join our Product Team at an Intermediate level. In the last 2 years Tanda has released two new Software Products - Payroll and HR and there’s plans to launch and grow many more. The product team powers our Workforce Management, HR and Payroll products and deploys 30+ changes per day. We have been strongly encouraging our team to adopt AI in the areas it makes sense to - we want to be on the forefront of these new tools and new ways of working.
Tanda values moving fast, and our interview process reflects that. It’s two steps - a 30min phone call with the Head of Engineering, and then an in office pair programming session with the hiring manager and another member of the team.
Curiosity - you like to learn, and don’t make the same mistakes twice.
Initiative - within reason, you are self-driven and always looking to make an impact. The more senior you get, the more we expect you to be manager of one.
Problem solving - you are methodical in your approach to breaking apart problems and figuring out how to solve them in the best way possible under the constraints you face.
Our platform is built using Ruby on Rails and we also use Javascript, PostgreSQL, AWS, and Docker in our stack. If you haven’t used Ruby on Rails before - that’s ok, experience with a comparable web framework to Rails (Laravel, Django) is a good fit. We care more about the person than specific skills. Training and development will be provided following commencement. As Tanda scales up rapidly, there are plenty of exciting challenges for developers to take on, with real outcomes and benefits for both yourself and the business.
Two regions - APAC & Europe
Our APAC workload is consistently running at ~40,000 RPM
Hundreds of thousands of background jobs processed per day
Some of Australia’s largest employers use our product - Domino’s, GYG, Best & Less, and Starbucks are just a few of the companies we work with
What Success Looks Like
Within your first year, you'll:
Build knowledge about our codebase and business domain
Be involved in building (and maybe even lead) several features for our products - at the start you’ll have support as you learn the code base, and after a year we expect you to be solving problems more autonomously without as much guidance.
Participate in your first on-call rotation
Grow the scope of what you work on rapidly
Be a helpful sounding board for the team - you’re able to debate different approaches, trade offs and help the team come to good solutions.
About You
You do not need a university degree for this role - we value real world impact and projects over certificates.
As an Intermediate Engineer, we don’t expect you to have any relevant skills in our stack when you first start (though it is a bonus). What we do expect is you are excited to learn, willing to be challenged in your work, and open to feedback so you can improve. You enjoy problem solving & have an innate sense of curiosity.
As a Senior Engineer, we do expect you have had hands on experience building with Ruby on Rails. We also expect you to be aware of common Rails performance problems & how to resolve them. As a Senior, you understand there is nuance, and are not dogmatic & maintain flexibility in your beliefs. You have a high bar & help others to meet it.
You can expect to have a lot of ownership over your work. We enjoy working with curious people who take initiative and demand a high bar for themselves and the team they work with.
Why Apply?
See your impact
We’re a small engineering team, but our product is global. You can personally have a huge impact on our customers’ productivity.
We’re not always sprinting
Our development cycle uses the Shape Up framework. Unlike a lot of “agile” frameworks - we have dedicated ‘cool-down’ time to breathe; using it to fix bugs, refactor, focus on professional development, and try out new technical possibilities.
Experience amazing opportunities
We recognise when people are exceptional, and as a scale-up, we’re flexible enough to give people new opportunities to excel, both in existing teams and in new teams/roles.
Solve deep and interesting problems
Workforce management is an innovative industry, and creative solutions are a necessity to thrive.
A genuinely great company culture
Enjoy fully stocked food and beverage fridges, book club, monthly “demo days” where everyone celebrates their best work, board game nights, and much more!
Further Benefits
✓ Real projects: We hire based on real demand, not based on arbitrary hiring rounds
✓ Experience: You won’t be shielded from customers or responsibility
✓ Culture: You will be part of a team that is passionate about what they do and don’t suffer boredom easily
✓ Team retreat: a full company retreat usually held at a coastal location for two nights
✓ Professional Development: an annual professional development budget per person, industry conferences, and support for those who want to speak at conferences representing Tanda
About Tanda
Tanda is an established, fast-growing tech company. We are on a mission to build Australia’s leading all-in-one workforce management platform. Our vision is to eliminate employment friction for shift and hourly workers, reducing the world’s unemployment rate. Our main activities centre around engineering, marketing, sales, research, and supporting functions. We build software that helps businesses manage their rostering, time & attendance, staffing optimisation, employee engagement, payroll, and labour compliance.
We service thousands of Australian clients from our Brisbane headquarters and globally with offices in Chicago and London.
If these challenges sound interesting - reach out to us for a chat!
