“By providing innovative solutions to our customers’ problems, we’re helping them to excel within their businesses every day. This ultimately leads to safer buildings across the world.”
Uptick
Uptick creates B2B software for building maintenance, used to manage over 75% of commercial buildings across Australia, with a rapidly expanding international presence.
Their platform facilitates scheduling, managing, and reporting on building maintenance tasks, ensuring transparency and compliance throughout the process.
With over a decade of experience and recent acquisition of their main competitor, FireMate, Uptick is poised for continued growth and innovation.
Key Points
Location: Melbourne or Sydney
Salary: Up to $200,000 + super
Company Size: 40 Employees (20 in Melbourne, 20 in the UK)
Year Founded: 2014
Tech Stack: Python/Django, Typescript, React, AWS
Senior/Lead Python Engineer
This opportunity at Uptick is tailored for a strong Senior or Lead Python Engineer (web development, not data) to join the dynamic team in Melbourne. As a backend-focused role, you'll be responsible for maintaining and enhancing Uptick’s robust software platform, collaborating with the frontend team, and occasionally engaging with customers and product owners to define and implement business requirements.
Projects vary from feature-based enhancements to infrastructure refactoring and uplift projects. Examples include multi-tenancy improvements, service layer optimisations, CI/CD enhancements, IoT integration, and platform interoperability.
What’s my day-to-day?
Crafting solutions: Your primary focus will be deciphering business requirements and translating them into high-quality code. Whether it's building new features or refining existing functionalities, with a focus on prioritising long-term maintainability.
Driving continuous improvement: You'll play a pivotal role in fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration within our team. Your leadership experience will guide tech decisions and mentorship, ensuring that solutions adhere to industry-leading standards.
Project work: You'll be instrumental in various ongoing initiatives, from multi-tenancy projects aimed at optimising our hosting architecture to refining service layers for enhanced efficiency. CI/CD enhancements, feature development like the "Dream Scheduler," and exploring IoT opportunities are just a glimpse of what's in store.
What’s special about this role?
Technical Leadership
The company has a technical founder, so the importance of maintainable tech is well understood and the developer experience is great.
Global Presence
Uptick has grown it’s international presence, entering the UK and US markets and are now looking to further expand it’s footprint into new industries.
Work-from-anywhere Policy
Uptick recently introduced a new policy so that for 1-2 weeks a year you can work anywhere in the world without needing to take any annual leave.
The Details
Uptick’s Footprint
The Team
The Uptick team has 40 members globally. The Melbourne-based engineering team consists of 20 developers, ranging from juniors to seniors. While they currently have strong expertise in frontend and DevOps, they are currently seeking a dedicated backend specialist to lead and drive our backend development efforts.
Culture & Values
Uptick foster a vibrant culture where individuals are serious about their work but also enjoy coming into the office for face-to-face interactions while still nerding out over tech blogs. They value open communication and a growth mindset, encouraging team members to give and receive constructive criticism for continuous improvement. Collaboration is at the heart of Uptick’s culture, and they pride themselves on being team players who support each other's success.
The work at Uptick is both challenging and rewarding, driven by a commitment to maintaining safe and sustainable technology. With a technical founder leading the way, they prioritise maintainable tech solutions to ensure the longevity and effectiveness of the platform. Working in the building maintenance and WHS industry, Uptick contributes positively to it’s community by keeping people safe wherever they work, live, and play.
Financial Benefits & Perks
Uptick is all about flexibility, recently introducing a work from anywhere policy for 1-2 weeks a year without needing to take any annual leave.
Be greeted by four-legged, furry friends in their dog friendly office or meet your match in the table tennis tournament.
There a lots of diverse and exciting new projects to sink your teeth into from day one!
Interview Process
The interview process with Uptick is short and sweet, involving an initial interview with the CTO which includes a short coding challenge. The second (final) interview will be with Uptick’s CTO and Tech lead and will be focused on culture fit and any questions you have.