Senior Software Engineer

SKUTOPIA is on a mission to democratise and decarbonise logistics.

SKUTOPIA is a deep-tech logistics company operating under a dual RaaS (Robotics-as-a-Service) and SaaS model. We deliver end-to-end, AI-powered robotic fulfilment for retailers - eliminating inefficiencies inherent in traditional 3PL models, such as human error, high labour costs, and carbon-heavy processes.

Our advanced robotics and proprietary AI empower our customers to scale faster with high-speed, high-quality fulfilment at a fraction of the typical cost - while also driving both revenue and profit growth.

Founded in 2018 by Talea Bader and Emily Townsend, SKUTOPIA began as Sydney’s first eCommerce co-working space. After witnessing firsthand the logistics challenges faced by SMBs, the founders evolved the business into a tech-first fulfilment solution.

As a product engineer you will:

• Be a crucial member to drive our products forward. Working closely with product managers, product designers and fellow product engineers to enhance Skutopia’s feature set, delivering value for our customers
• Design and deliver high quality software. You will take on the challenges of designing our software for both today and for the future. You’ll gather requirements, seek feedback, and launch solutions that make a meaningful impact
• You thrive by collaborating with your fellow engineers, product team members, customer success, and our operations staff working in our fulfilment centres. You engage and take inspiration from different viewpoints and the challenges they have
• You are proud to participate in and contribute towards fostering an inclusive culture. Where everyone is welcome, and everyone has their voice heard. You embrace our diverse working environment
• You have a scale-up mindset. You understand how to ship incremental value and how to test a hypothesis. You look to contribute outside of your comfort zone where you have the ability to do so

From a tech perspective, we’re working with TypeScript, Node, React, Postgres, GraphQL. Most of our applications use Event Sourcing and our code follows a Functional Programming paradigm. We use Pulumi for IaC and our applications run on Google Cloud Platform. We know good engineers can transition between frameworks. If this isn’t your background, don’t let that put you off!

We are currently recruiting for two positions - one within our Shipping domain and one within our Fulfilment domain. More information on each is below and you can provide your preference when applying.

Shipping domain - This is where we ingest sales orders, create carrier quotes, book carrier labels. The shipping domain houses our merchant portal where merchants can view and manage orders, create automations and view analytics. You will work closely with our delivery services team to build the features a modern carrier platform needs.

Fulfilment Domain - Building out our warehouse management system, integrating into physical hardware (robots, conveyor systems, box printing machines), as well as developing frontend solutions for our operations staff.

How we work

We work in a remote first environment, but we do have plenty of staff that work from the office. This gives you  the flexibility to work how you like to. We trust people to manage their time and work the hours that suit them. We put an emphasis on being collaborative and communicative ensuring people aren’t left on their own.

We keep track of what’s happening with Linear and Confluence and use Slack and Google Meet to stay in touch. We also use incident.io to manage our incident response and learning process, and we use a mix of asynchronous and synchronous communication to limit unnecessary meetings. 

Career progression

At Skutopia, we are intentionally building a small team that packs a big punch. You will have the opportunity to have a significant impact taking on a lot of responsibility and accountability to deliver our goals. We want the best engineers and we want to enable you to be one of the best engineers. We will invest in your career goals and work to make them actionable.

Recruitment process

• 20-30 minute chat with one of our engineering managers
• 45 minute engineering culture interview
• Take home challenge
• 1 hour technical interview
• 45 minute - Product, design, and business culture

We'll start reviewing applications from 20th May and will be in touch with you after that date.