Job Description

About Smokeball

With offices in Australia, the US, and the UK, Smokeball is the leading provider of legal practice management software, helping small and mid-sized legal practices run their best firm and live their best life. We’re passionate about what we do, and our clients know it!

Not to brag, but we’ve just been awarded the best place to work in Australia by Wrk+, and once again, we have been certified as a “Great Place to Work”. Culture plays a big part in our success, and our clear purpose and vision motivate us daily.

You’ll join our Engineering Team as a Senior Engineer. You will play a crucial role in driving technical excellence and ensuing your work meets the highest engineering standards to enhance our clients’ experience. You will help deliver features our clients care about, mentor peers, and ensure our solutions remain fast, reliable and scalable. For example:

• Implement full-stack solutions to create a seamless experience for our clients Clearly and concisely communicate any roadblocks, challenges or issues to both the team and key stakeholders

• Implement features, refinements and bug fixes while

• Review code for other engineers and provide guidance as necessary.

About your tech experience

We’re looking for someone with 6+ years' experience in a similar role within a cloud-based SaaS company, who:

• Has extensive experience with technologies like: JavaScript/TypeScript, React (or similar framework), Web APIs, NodeJS, and databases such as MySQL.

• Has knowledge of public cloud engineering (AWS/Azure) and experience using Cloud native capabilities.

• Cares about clean code, great UX and fast feedback.

• Has experience of the development lifecycle (source control, CI/CD).

Bonus points for:

• Experience using AWS (Lambda, SQS , DynamoDB).

• Familiarity with TailwindCSS or design libraries.

• Working knowledge of GraphQL

• Using AI tools to streamline day-to-day development workflows or for personal projects.

About you

• Contribute to the culture and success of a team by coaching and mentoring engineers.

• You have experience working in small agile teams and love challenging tasks.

• Enjoy contributing to continuous improvement initiatives, optimising performance, and user experience.

• You believe work isn't finished until it's in front of customers.

• You have a strong understanding of the development lifecycle.

• You are an excellent communicator - both written and verbal - and can articulate technical concepts clearly.

• You are open to a healthy debate and willing to convince or be convinced in equal measure.

What's in it for you?

💵 Competitive Salary

🧘 Wellbeing allowance

💭 Be part of a forward-thinking company that is transforming the legal industry.

🌴 Reboot days & Birthday leave

👪 Paid Parental Leave

🥡 Office lunches and loads of snacks

🧢 And of course...the SWAG!

*Smokeball is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an open, welcoming environment for everyone. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.

Don’t meet all the criteria? No worries! If our values resonate with your personal values and you think you have what it takes, we’d love to hear from you!

Please note: This role is only open to Australian residents. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer sponsorship currently.