Summary
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A Senior Backend Software Engineer is sought to build core systems within a high-performing digital financial services engineering team. The environment emphasizes strong engineering standards, rigorous code review, technical debate, and scalable systems. Candidates must hold Australian permanent residency or citizenship and work in a hybrid arrangement.
Highlights
Senior backend role in a high-performing engineering environment with strong technical standards, serious code review, meaningful technical debate, and exposure to large-scale financial systems.
Description
Multiple Senior & Lead Software Engineers - Backend focussed
Location: Melbourne & Melbourne, hybrid (3 days per week in office)
MUST HAVE AUSTRALIAN PR OR CITIZENSHIP
THE COMPANY
A global financial services group, active in 30 markets, with more than five decades of unbroken profitability behind it.
Its digital banking arm is scaling fast, and over the past couple of years the engineering leadership has been deliberate about who they bring in.
This isn't a team padded out with generalists.
It's built from senior engineers pulled out of the country's strongest fintechs and banks, people who've shipped at scale and know what a high bar actually looks like.
The result is a team where technical debate is welcomed, code review is taken seriously, and the standard of engineering culture is set by the people in the room, not a slide deck.
If you want to work alongside genuinely strong engineers rather than carry a team, this is that kind of environment.
THE ROLE
You'll own one or more core components of the core banking platform, driving its reliability, performance, and operational health.
You'll sit close to the Engineering Manager and lead engineer, and you'll be expected to have a real voice in technical direction, not just execute someone else's design.
Expect a hands-on mix of writing high-quality code, shaping architecture into practical delivery plans, and raising the bar for the engineers around you through review and mentorship.
YOUR CORE CAPABILITIES
Strong hands-on background in Java and Spring Boot, with real exposure to Cloud (GCP preferred but not a major requirement) and NoSQLSolid grip on microservices and event-driven architecture, and the judgement to know which pattern fits which problemTrack record designing and shipping APIs for critical, large-scale systemsWorking knowledge of security practices around financial transactions and paymentsExperience leading incidents through to resolution, calmly and methodicallyComfortable using AI tools as part of the day-to-day build processA natural mentor, someone other engineers learn from in code reviewCore banking, payments, or cards experience is a bonus, not a requirement
BENEFITS
They're scaling an established success story with genuine engineering/cultural growthThey're not going to be another big, slow paced enterprise - they're shippingGenuinely strong parental leave, up to 20 weeks paid for primary caregiversPaid volunteer days with donation matchingGender affirmation leave, including 6 weeks paidHealth checks, flu shots, and an employee assistance program that's actually usedHome office equipment reimbursement
If you've been looking for a team that will actually push your engineering rather than just employ it, get in touch for a confidential chat.
