Associate Product Engineer

What You’ll Actually Do:

• More than just Coding: You aren’t just "writing lines of code"; you are here to build high-quality products and features that deliver a stable, reliable, and enjoyable experience for PaperCut’s clients.
• Be the High Standards Authority: Act as a champion for engineering quality, ensuring the performance, uptime, and scale of our products through thoughtful application design and excellent code.
• Drive Collaboration: Partner closely across the Product Development team, working across all stages of the software lifecycle to design, build, and deploy new products while enhancing existing ones.
• Enable the Team: Support our Product Engineering team to ensure smooth delivery, while building a deep, user-friendly understanding of PaperCut's products, technology, and systems.
• Measure What Matters: Bring a mindset of continuous improvement to your dedicated product area, translating software development concepts into reliable, scalable features.

What You Bring to the Table:

• A Quality-Driven Mindset: You understand that stable software is the heartbeat of client trust; you bring a commitment to high engineering standards to ensure a reliable user experience.
• Strategic Execution: You can work across the full development lifecycle to drive engineering outcomes that support PaperCut's product goals.
• Technical Engineering Depth: You demonstrate a solid understanding of common software development concepts, modern application design, and continuous improvement practices.
• Exceptional Communication: You’re a natural collaborator, ready to learn from the team, build your technical knowledge, and work together to deliver great features.
• Systems Savvy: You know how to develop your knowledge of PaperCut’s specific products and systems, leveraging modern tech stacks to drive rapid, reliable execution.

Why Join PaperCut?

• Values-Driven: We’re guided by our values: Caring, Honest, Intelligent, and Nimble (CHIN). They aren't just posters; they’re how we build products and treat each other.

• Melbourne Born & Bred: We are a true Australian success story, still owned and run by our founders right here in Melbourne.

• Share the Success: We offer all permanent employees a Share the Success bonus, ensuring that when the company thrives, our people do too.

• Real Impact: PaperCutters are involved in strategic decisions through collaborative leadership groups. We respect expertise and give you the autonomy to build.

• Generous Leave: Including up to 18 weeks of parental leave and a genuine commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.