Software Engineer

Company Overview

Fresho is transforming the footprint of the wholesale food industry by digitising the supply networks for food and hospitality industries across Australia, NZ and the UK; partnering with the industry to make it more efficient and sustainable.

The business was born out of people with a passion for food and technology. We are made up of ex suppliers, chefs, distributors, waiters, exporters and wholesalers who know the industry inside and out, and experienced agile software engineers who love to see their efforts make people’s lives easier, and the industry more efficient and less wasteful.

Together with the engineering team, you will be involved in the full-width development of a product that is relied on every day by its users to run their businesses. We are looking for Ruby engineers who want to work in a small, highly experienced engineering team with a strong focus on quality and engineering practices. At Fresho, you will have the opportunity to hone your tech skills and grow with the business.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating on problems to come up with the best solution
  
• Ensuring all production code is well tested
  
• Full-width development (from problem analysis and solution design, through architecture and full-stack engineering, to deployment and operations)
  
• Rotating schedule for on-call support (but we work hard to make sure we hardly ever get paged

Success in this role would see the following outcomes:

• Delivering a consistently high quality of full-width software engineering
  
• Develop a deep understanding of Fresho & Fresho’s domain to enable clear communications between development teams and to the rest of the business
  
• Develop a deep understanding of the fresh food industry and the different types of users who will connect with Fresho
  
• Effectively communicating to other developers & other parts of the business about the problems we’re solving and the solutions we have in mind
  
• Successfully collaborating with team members and other areas of the business to understand how users are using the software
  
• Collaborating with Product people to help confirm the commercial benefits of larger pieces of work
  
• Graciously accepting technical and team feedback & applying that feedback for continuous improvements
  

Engineering Principles at Fresho include:

• Test driven
  
• No lone wolves - we work together and pair lots
  
• We learn from failure - we don't punish people for making mistakes
  
• We don't want to manage things ourselves - we prefer to leverage third party services
  
• Default to action - don’t assume you are blocked
  

In return we’ll offer:

Everything you need to live and work well.

• Employee Share Option Plan so you can share in Fresho’s success
  
• Monthly Capability Days where you work on a work-related project of your choice
  
• LinkedIn Learning Subscription with weekly work time dedicated to growing new skills
  
• Mentoring programme to help you grow and exceed your potential
  
• Flexible working with hybrid and fully remote teams
  
• Procaffeinating Wednesdays where the coffee’s on us + in office coffee machines
  
• Weekly fresh fruit in the office
  
• Regular socials (with snacks and drinks of course!)
  
• Fresho merch so you can look sharp in our branded swag
  
• Referral bonuses - invite your friends and get paid for it!
  
• Employee Assistance Program to support your mental health and wellbeing
• CEO Book Club where role related e-books are on us
  
• Fresho Sponsorship program to support your personal interests outside of work
  
• Paid time off for fertility treatments and generous parental leave policy