Lead Software Engineer

HappyCo is a company where people can grow their careers and work with like-minded people, with no egos or politics. HappyCo is values-driven and offers a flexible, supportive culture. Join HappyCo and Make Work Happy! The company is looking for a Lead Software Engineer who thrives in a fast-moving startup environment and is motivated by shipping valuable software quickly. The role involves leading technical direction, prioritization, and decision-making, ensuring the team delivers functionality that is immediately useful to customers.

Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years experience with Go or Ruby on Rails, plus strong JavaScript/TypeScript experience.
• Proven ability to lead technical work across multiple systems in a startup or fast-changing environment.
• Strong product and customer intuition, with the ability to translate business needs into concrete technical decisions.
• Track record of shipping production software that customers actively use.
• Comfortable making tradeoffs to balance speed, quality, and scalability.
• Clear communicator who can align engineers, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders.

Benefits

• Flexible, supportive culture
• Values-driven
• Diverse, equitable, and inclusive company
• Opportunities for career growth
• Supportive environment