Senior Software Engineer | Brisbane, West End

About Fitness and Lifestyle Group:

Fitness and Lifestyle Group (FLG) is the leading fitness, health, and wellness group in the Asia-Pacific region, headquartered in Australia. Our mission is to make a meaningful, positive impact on people's lives through innovative and diverse health and wellness offerings, both physical and digital.

FLG's portfolio includes globally recognised brands such as Fitness First Australia, Goodlife Health Clubs Australia, Jetts Fitness New Zealand & Thailand, Zap Fitness, and Barry's. With 31+ locations across Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia, we support over 585,000 members in leading healthier, more active lives.


The opportunity:

We are seeking a talented and motivated Senior Software Engineer to take responsibility drive the design, development, and ongoing improvement of our applications that enhance the gym member experience. This role requires strong expertise in React Native and work planning, with the ability to contribute across the entire system. The position focuses on improving engineering practices in line with Continuous Delivery principles, and plays a key role in ensuring high-quality, maintainable code and efficient delivery of mobile solutions.

Your goal in this role is to deliver high quality and maintainable software, while helping the team adopt Continuous Delivery principles. This role will be focused on our iOS/Android mobile apps which have been implemented in React Native.

The role is hybrid, with a mix of three days per week in our South Brisbane support office and the flexibility to work remotely for the remainder.

Key duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Collaborating with product owners and department heads to understand requirements and independently design and drive solutions from concept to production.
Frequently shipping releasable code, in small, safe increments (i.e. multiple times per day).
Stepping outside your comfort zone, quickly adapting to new technologies and problems.
Proactively identifying and addressing blockers, before they become issues.
Producing code of excellent quality, that is simple to understand, change, test, re-use.
Producing code that is always in a releasable state.
Taking a scientific and incremental approach to software engineering, including but not limited to identifying and reducing technical-debt, and continuously improving architecture and practices.
Driving testing and quality approaches, setting a strong example for others in the team.

To be successful in this role you have:

Essential

Proven experience delivering value through production features in React Native mobile apps (iOS / Android)
Continuous Delivery - incrementally improving architecture while delivering business value (features)
Working with and improving legacy codebases in small increments
Implementing and improving common test frameworks and approaches used with TypeScript / JavaScript and React Native apps
In-depth knowledge of scalable design patterns - DDD, CQRS, Event Sourcing, MVC, messaging, microservices - when they are applicable, when they are not, and pitfalls / caveats to applying them
In-depth knowledge of testing patterns - unit testing, integration testing, acceptance testing, TDD, BDD, etc.
Experience with automated deployments - including staging environments, appropriate testing, versioning, secrets, and release management
In-depth knowledge of security and identity - including OWASP and OAuth, role-based access control
Desirable

Languages and platforms: C#, Azure, Auth0, GitHub Actions, Firebase, Salesforce, GrowthBook

In return we offer you:

A passionate, innovative, energetic, and supportive culture. It is something we're really proud of at FLG and you'll feel part of the family from day one
A flexible work environment with a mixture of in-office and work-from-home
You'll also benefit from our industry-leading learning and development offering - we pride ourselves on supporting and developing our team members, providing them with the learning and skills they need to build a long-term career with us
Modern open-plan office in the heart of South Brisbane with an on-site cafe and commuter hub facilities
A competitive salary package and a wide range of benefits including a complimentary gym membership (plus one for a friend)
Leading paid parental leave
Additional benefits including extra leave days accrued as part of our recognition for service awards

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

At Fitness and Lifestyle Group we bring positive energy and attitude to work every day, we are proud of who we are and who we work for. We don't just accept individuality; we encourage it and acknowledge the value diversity and inclusivity brings to our organisation. We pride ourselves on empowering our team to be their authentic selves at work.

We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, people of all ages, race, sex, intersex status, gender identity, ****** orientation, people with a disability and from other diverse backgrounds.

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