Summary
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A mid-level full-stack engineer is sought to build and maintain high-performance web applications across the frontend and backend. You will use React for responsive interfaces and PHP for server-side logic and APIs, taking ownership of features across the full development stack.
Highlights
Build responsive, high-performance web applications across both frontend and backend layers. The role emphasizes ownership, clean architecture, performance, engineering quality, and the ability to work confidently across React and PHP.
Description
Pepperstone is a leading global forex and CFD broker, headquartered in Melbourne and operating across multiple international markets.
Known for its technology-first approach, Pepperstone builds the platforms, tools, and integrations that power trading for hundreds of thousands of clients worldwide.
This role sits within a team that takes engineering quality seriously — clean code, thoughtful architecture, and products that actually work under pressure.
About The Role
We are looking for a mid-level Full-Stack Engineer who is equally comfortable on the front end and the back end.
You will be working with React to build responsive, high-performance web interfaces and PHP to develop the server-side logic and APIs that power them.
You take ownership of your work across both layers and care about how they fit together, not just your slice of it.
What You Will Be Doing
Building and maintaining web applications using React, with attention to performance, component architecture, and user experienceDeveloping server-side logic, RESTful APIs, and backend services in PHPIntegrating front-end and back-end systems cleanly, ensuring data flows reliably between layersWorking with relational databases to design, query, and optimise data structuresCollaborating with product, design, and engineering teams to turn requirements into working softwareParticipating in code reviews and contributing to shared engineering standardsTroubleshooting and resolving issues across the full stackWriting clean, well-documented, and testable code with maintainability in mind
What You Bring
Essential
3 to 5 years of hands-on full-stack development experienceStrong proficiency in React including component design, state management, and performance optimisationSolid PHP development skills including RESTful API design and server-side logicExperience with relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQLComfortable working with Git in a collaborative development environmentStrong problem-solving ability with the confidence to debug across both front end and back endGood communication skills and a collaborative approach to working with cross-functional teams
Advantageous
Experience in fintech, trading platforms, or regulated financial servicesExposure to cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, or AzureFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines and deployment practicesExperience with front-end and back-end testing frameworksKnowledge of TypeScript
Working Arrangement
Fully remote, work from home.
Time zone alignment requirements will be confirmed during onboarding.
