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Heka is looking for a passionate junior software engineer to join our growing product team. As a successful and rapidly growing start-up, we are building a closely bonded, highly capable team tasked with taking the current system to the next level.

This role is for an engineer who is keen to learn as much as they can, as fast as they can. You will have the opportunity to make an immediate impact, work on greenfield projects and develop your full stack skills while working with and being mentored by the team.

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The ideal candidate will:

• Be technically strong, but modest.
• Have a thirst to develop their skills at pace.
• Enjoy problem solving.
• Take responsibility and pride over their work.
• Have a strong understanding of Javascript, HTML and CSS.
• Have some experience with a front-end framework such as React.
• Have basic knowledge of systems architecture and databases.
• Not be afraid of saying “I don’t understand.”

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A successful candidate will be able to:

• Learn from a mentor, the team and through solo research.
• Work both autonomously and as part of a team.
• Be able to discuss the decisions behind architecture.
• Use a practical but scientific approach to problem solving.
• Able to communicate clearly with the whole company.
• Think about tradeoffs when designing systems.
• Understand customer value and is able to balance that with technical ambition.
• Be proactive in managing time and workload.
• Discover, design, and deliver work at a fast pace, when required.
• Talk about Heka with some understanding of the product and market.

We are looking for our first Product Manager to help take the current product to the next level and shape our product process moving forwards. Heka is a successful and rapidly growing start-up, with a close-knit and highly capable team. We’re looking for an exceptional individual to join us in inspiring every Heka member to live as the best version of themselves.

This role is for a PM who is hands-on, takes responsibility for their work, and is able to coordinate with all stakeholders to ensure that initiatives are a success.

The scope of responsibilities for this position is broad. As the only PM, you will have a large amount of responsibility and autonomy over building and managing the product process, including: customer interviews, ideation, product data analytics, roadmapping, market & competitor analysis, project management and more.

You will report directly to the CEO.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be an excellent communicator & mediator
• Have strong customer interviewing skills
• Have a thorough commercial understanding
• Utilise a balance between gut and data informed decision making
• Be able to analyse and present data
• Contribute with creative solutions
• Be able to establish cross functional relationships and act as a creative leader for the department
• Be passionate about health and wellness
  

And ideally have experience:

• As a PM in a well-oiled product team for at least 2 years
• Working in a scrum/agile format within a technology organisation
• Interviewing customers
• Collecting and analysing data from a wide range of sources
• Running ideation sessions