Senior Software Engineer
We're looking for a Full Stack Engineer with 5+ years experience (in GraphQL, React, TypeScript, NextJS and TailwindCSS) to help us continue to build a world class end to end research platform.
🇦🇺 Heads up! This role is based in-person at our office in sunny Brisbane, Australia. 🇦🇺
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🌎 About Askable
Hey, we’re Askable - the world’s most loved user research platform. Loved by whom you ask? Woolies, Qantas, Canva, BUPA, CommBank, NAB, Telstra, BBC, Mastercard and hundreds more. Not bad right?
Askable began in 2017 as an idea scribbled on a sticky note, born out of frustration with the clunky, outdated research processes we’d experienced firsthand. So, we set out to build a new way—one that makes quality research accessible to everyone, from Fortune 500s to startups hungry for insights.
By providing seamless access to high-quality participants and Certified Askable Researchers, we enable teams to scale research on demand, deliver insights faster, and, ultimately, build things that matter.
Now with offices in Brisbane, London, and Chicago, we’re growing the team to bring Askable’s research power to researchers everywhere, so they can make smarter, user-driven decisions.
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🦄 Our culture
Our culture drives everything we do. We live it, breathe it, and work every day to make Askable a place where people can thrive.
We believe work should be fulfilling, exciting, and meaningful.
Here, you’re not just part of a team. You’re part of a community that cares about what they’re building and how they’re building it.
In fact, we take culture so seriously that we wrote a book on it. Our Culture Book guides what we stand for, how we work, and the values that unite us—because nothing beats winning with a team you genuinely love working with.
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💡 About the role
We’re looking for a Full Stack Engineer to join our product team and help us build a world class end to end research platform. We're passionate about new technologies and have the stack to prove it.
You'll be working with a stack that includes GraphQL, React, TypeScript, NextJS and TailwindCSS to mention a few.
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🛠 What you’ll do
- Work across both the front end and back end to create not only functional but beautiful solutions, aligned with our way of working.
- Regularly engaging with our product designers, contributing ideas, and ensuring “pixel-perfect” implementation of our interface designs.
- Contributing to the Product team confidently in a way that embodies Askable's values and culture.
- Building and testing your code time after time, whether it be for bugs or brand new solutions. Your attention to detail ensures robust, reliable implementations.
- Keeping the team informed about emerging technologies and trends in the market, positioning us at the cutting edge of industry innovation.
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback
- Become a technical expert on our product, understanding every aspect from front to back once you're up to speed.
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🦉 Skills and experience you’ll bring
To hit the ground running in this role you’ll need at least 5 years experience working as a product designer in a SaaS or tech environment with:
- A passion for new and emerging tech
- an eagerness to jump in and get stuff done
- And ideally, a keen interest in research and design
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🚀 The mindset you’ll need
- Winning with your team: You’ll be proud of the individual work you do, but find winning as team ultimately more fulfilling. This includes having the emotional maturity to give and receive constructive feedback to better the team as a whole.
- Independence and curiosity: You won’t find cabinets full of step by step instructions at Askable. You’ll need to think on your feet, manage your own workflow, problem-solve roadblocks, proactively ask questions, and take responsibility for the goals you set.
- Growth focussed: You’ll enjoy the idea of a stretch goal and always be looking for opportunities to improve yourself, your team, and the business.
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Quick to learn: You’ll bring an ability to quickly learn and understand our product solutions and features, and keep up to date as our offerings evolve.
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🙌 Perks and benefits
Your excitement about the role itself is what matters most to us. Perks are just the icing on the cake—but let us share a few to whet your appetite. 🍰
- Competitive salary
- Askable Days: a bonus paid day off every month (giving you a total of 7 weeks annual leave! 🥳)
- A half-decent, mostly healthy, and usually delicious lunch, every day
- Free public transport to get you to and from the office
- And more! We'll be happy to chat about all our other perks during the interview process.
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☝️ Before you go...
Research shows many people (especially women and minority groups) hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At Askable, we’re committed to building diverse teams with unique perspectives. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we’d still love to hear from you.
- Department
- Product (Engineering)
- Locations
- Brisbane
Senior Software Engineer
We're looking for a Full Stack Engineer with 5+ years experience (in GraphQL, React, TypeScript, NextJS and TailwindCSS) to help us continue to build a world class end to end research platform.
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