Full Stack Engineer

At Procreate we're dedicated to making exceptional creative tools by combining beautiful user experiences with high performance engineering. Used by millions around the globe, Procreate is committed to placing more power in the hands of creatives.

We’re looking for a Full Stack Engineer to join our Digital team to work across dynamic and varied internal and external projects. You'll have deep technical skills that you've been able to apply across a range of domains.

Our Digital team is a highly collaborative and cross functional team that operates in a rapidly evolving product environment. Your diverse experiences and approach to engineering will mean that you are equally comfortable working with designers to bring ideas and concepts to life or with your fellow developers in creating efficient and performant systems.

Who we are.

One of the driving factors behind Procreate’s success is our close-knit teamwork. We believe the key to invention is the open flow of ideas and collaboration — revelling in the creative process and taking the time to hone our craft. Together we’re dedicated to building creative software that is powerful, accessible, and intuitive. We’re not afraid to rethink, iterate and persist until we genuinely believe in our work.

At Procreate we’re a rare breed of driven people from all over the world. Each of us brings something special to the table, through our unique backgrounds and experience. Every day we inspire each other to continue our relentless pursuit, passion, and hunger to produce the highest quality work, while remaining humble in our achievements.

Co-founded by James and Alanna Cuda in 2011, Procreate has remained independent and self-funded for over 10 years. Since its launch, Procreate has been loved by millions around the world, received two coveted Apple Design Awards, and been the best-selling app on iPad for the past six years running. In 2018, Procreate Pocket also received an iPhone app of the year award. In 2023, an all new animation app Procreate Dreams was released.

The role.

This is a role that suits someone with a generalist skill set and a flexible mentality that enjoys both the architectural and design challenges of a dynamic full stack role. You'll bring with you, a keen eye and interest for design and aesthetics as well as solid development experience in full stack languages and frameworks.

There will be opportunities to work with established and stable technologies as well as room to explore more contemporary and emerging platforms. Variety in skillset and flexibility in application are the characteristics which will allow you to thrive in this role.

This role sits within the Digital team as part of the Marketing and Communications business unit. You'll report to the Head of Digital, and maintain close working relationships with other members of the team and leads across the business to ensure that you're working together in the most efficient way possible.

Role Benefits.

We invest in you

Every employee at Procreate receives an individual training budget to help them grow personally and professionally. And because transparency matters, the whole company is included in the coming year’s plans and strategies at our annual off-site company meet.

Time to reset, recharge and look after yourself

Australia already has some of the most generous annual leave provisions in the world at a mandated 4 weeks per year. We also offer you extended parental leave, an extra 5 Doona Days per year, plus an Employee Assistance Program open to you and your family members.

Everything you need to do your best work

We’ll provide you with all the hardware and software you need, including a fully adjustable desk set up for your way of working. But it’s the personalised professional support, and growth and development opportunities we think will really help you fly.

What you'll do

• Work on highly visible user-facing platforms. It's the opportunity to work in a well-established company, on platforms with global exposure and reach. The platforms you develop will be front and centre in the communication of our product and allow our user base to interact with us and each other in new and engaging ways.
• Move across the full stack. You’ll have full stack awareness that allows you to understand what is needed to create beautiful and performant experiences from both a client and server-side perspective. You'll move fluidly though our tech stack and join projects and project teams where you can add value or a new perspective.
• Backend infrastructure, optimising performance and scalability. You'll find satisfaction in the challenging technical wrangling involved in creating reliable, performant and scalable systems. You'll find novel ways to solve custom problems that ensure a consistent experience of our digital products both internally and externally.
• Exercise your creativity and vision. You’ll utilise your technical skills and past experiences in creative and adaptive ways. It's crucial that you enjoy and seek out productive and iterative back and forth with our designers and engineers and feel enthusiastic about contributing your own vision.

Skills

• An eye for detail and design. You'll enjoy exercising your aesthetic and design sensibilities. An understanding of basic design principles will help you have the conversations that are often needed to take a concept through to execution. We are searching for engineers that approach their engineering with a playful curiosity.
• Prior experience leading projects as a Full Stack Engineer. You have honed your craft in development with experience leading, or taking significant responsibility for the execution of, large-scale projects. You'll have made crucial contributions in both a front end and back end capacity. You're the type of engineer that is the glue of a project and helps people connect their work together to form a cohesive bigger picture.
• Familiarity with fit-for-purpose technologies. You're more than capable with PHP, JavaScript, AWS, MySQL and associated frameworks including Laravel, Node.js, Vue.js. Ideally you'll also have had some experience with React and Typescript. Your understanding of current technologies and frameworks will ensure smooth collaboration while your aptitude for exploring new or emerging technologies will ensure we stay current and adaptable.
• Thrives in high performance environments. You'll have spent time working in small, tight-knit teams, where you've been required to wear a number of hats and have the resulting flexibility and adaptability of thinking and approach. You'll be happy contributing where you can and moving outside of your comfort zone if a project requires it.
• Open-minded, seeks constructive feedback and enjoys collaborating with others. Collaboration is key. We have an environment in which we give and seek constant feedback. We have an iterative approach and really value the ability to discuss our work openly. Being comfortable with frequent feedback conversations will set you up for success in our dynamic and rapidly moving environment.

In your first 12 months, you will...

• Complete our onboarding process and become familiar with your colleagues, our workplace culture and tech stack.
• Begin working alongside our Web Designers, Backend Developers, and Head of Digital to develop next generation iterations of our Folio platform.
• Begin to improve and rework existing projects and be part of discussions around future roadmap.
• Regularly contribute to the marketing and communication department by bringing design to life on a range of projects, releases, partnerships, and updates.
• Maintain and ensure that our platforms continue to run smoothly and find and remove any bugs that arise.

We want to hear from you

Our recruitment process is made to provide you with opportunities for you to show us what you're capable of, instead of assessing you solely on your CV. We’d love to hear about how you see yourself contributing to Procreate in this role.Please note, we do not operate remote or hybrid models. We're looking for full-time and on-site employees for our Hobart office.Apply now to be considered for the role!