Frontend Engineer - Growth & Activation (Hybrid AU)

Workyard; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Workyard is a fast-growing startup building an innovative workforce management platform for the construction sector. We’re seeking a Front End Engineer to help validate customer-centric ideas and ship MVP tests quickly within a Growth-focused team.

This hybrid role requires 2 days in our Sydney office (Surry Hills) and 3 days remote. Candidates should have 3–5 years of full stack web experience with TypeScript/React and PHP/Laravel, plus startup experience.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in full stack web development.
• We use TypeScript (React) and PHP (Laravel) but any mix of languages and a desire to learn is great.
• Experience in a startup/scaleup environment is essential
• Experience working in an autonomous pod that ships independently of the broader company direction
• Ability to prioritise investment in handling edge cases versus shipping a test
• Analytical ability to think beyond the happy path scenarios and ask relevant questions to dig deeper and make sure all bases are covered
• Highly focused: you have a great ability to differentiate the essentials from the nice-to-haves in a way that gets you as fast as possible to the end result.
• B.S./M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Work within our Growth team to experiment, iterate fast and drive confidence in our prioritisation of ideas
• Transform the technical elements of a test into a minimum viable test
• Spot the shortest technical path to validate an idea
• Implement tests with analytics in mind
• Help prioritise the running of experiments based on your knowledge of the effort required to develop and ship an MVP

Skills

TypeScript

React

PHP

Laravel

Startup experience

Autonomous pod

Analytical thinking

B.S./M.S. in CS

Education

B.S./M.S. in Computer Science

Job description

Workyard is a fast-growing startup building an innovative workforce management platform for the construction sector. We’re seeking a Front End Engineer to help validate customer-centric ideas and ship MVP tests quickly within a Growth-focused team.

This hybrid role requires 2 days in our Sydney office (Surry Hills) and 3 days remote. Candidates should have 3–5 years of full stack web experience with TypeScript/React and PHP/Laravel, plus startup experience.