Senior Backend Software Engineer

Are you ready to join the winning team at The Lottery Corporation? We power Australia's biggest lottery games - and we're one of the world's top-performing lottery businesses. As the home of The Lott and Keno, we're building on decades of excitement and life-changing wins, bringing our games to every state and territory except WA. For more than a century, we've been playing our role in creating positive impacts by delivering winning moments every day to our people, our customers, retailers, partners and our community. But we're not standing still. We're evolving into an entertainment company - more customer-obsessed, more agile and driven by real outcomes. Because at our core, it's simple: we create winning moments - and we're building the next chapter as the team behind Where Australia Comes to Play. Join us! About Frontier Frontier is a new team within Digital, created to explore a fundamentally different approach to product development. We're building new greenfield digital experiences across web, iOS and Android while developing an AI-powered delivery model that changes how software is designed, built and operated. Rather than using AI as a coding assistant, we're rethinking the entire development lifecycle, combining human judgement with agentic systems to deliver high-quality customer experiences faster and more effectively. Our mission is to build the next generation of digital experiences while proving a new model for software delivery, where engineers spend less time on repetitive implementation and more time on architecture, design decisions, quality and engineering judgement. We're looking for engineers who are excited by both modern software engineering and the future of AI-powered product development. The Role Build the services and APIs that power the next generation of digital experiences. You'll define the systems, APIs and shared services that sit at the centre of Frontier's architecture. You'll help create the foundations that enable consistent experiences across web, iOS and Android while contributing to a new AI-driven engineering model. What you'll do Design APIs, contracts and shared servicesBuild server-side architecture for web and mobile experiencesOwn domain modelling and systems designDrive integration and contract testing practicesBuild scalable, observable and secure backend servicesContribute to AI-enabled engineering workflowsDefine backend standards and engineering patternsHelp evolve our software delivery platform What you'll bring Strong experience designing and building APIs, services and backend systems at scaleExpertise in domain modelling, integrations and distributed architecturesExperience with cloud platforms, infrastructure-as-code and modern engineering practicesExperience using AI-assisted development tools to improve delivery outcomesA passion for solving complex technical problems and building scalable foundationsComfortable working in ambiguity, learning quickly and helping shape a brand-new way of building software What you'll get Not only will you receive an awesome candidate experience from our caring Talent team, but you'll get a genuine feel for who we are and what it's like to be part of our team. The benefits of working with The Lottery Corporation are pretty good. Just to name a few: Balance work and life with our 'flex for great outcomes' approach - hybrid working, plus a range of generous leave options.Reward and recognition programs at all levels. Your hard work won't go unnoticed.Ignite your potential with our dedicated learning and development platform to support your bright future.We empower careers to grow from within. 50% of all roles in 2025 were filled by our own people, proving that your next opportunity is already here!A true sense of belonging. We're committed to Inclusion & Diversity with a range of initiatives such as our Gender Affirmation Support, employee inclusion networks and diversity memberships and celebrations.Make positive impacts with opportunities to volunteer with our community partners. We'll also dollar match fundraising efforts of our employees lending their support to registered charities.We're committed to providing a safe, respectful and supportive work environment. We encourage you to let us know if we can make any accommodations, so the process can be more user friendly for you. We acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional custodians of the lands on which our offices, retail outlets and venues operate. We acknowledge the inextricable link First Peoples of Australia have with the land past and present. Your online safety is important to us. We'll never request payment or credit card details from you to apply for a position. If you're uncertain whether a job ad is legitimate, verify via our website before providing any details.