We're seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer to join our dynamic team in Melbourne. As a key leader, you'll be both a technical expert and a mentor, contributing to our technology evolution while guiding junior team members.
What You'll Do:
- Bring 8+ years of backend software engineering experience in an Agile environment.
- Utilise your 5+ years of GoLang expertise to build modular microservices.
- Design, develop, and deploy web applications in AWS/Cloud ecosystems.
- Work with relational (Postgres) and non-relational (AWS DynamoDB) databases.
- Leverage your experience with object store services (AWS S3) and application integration services (SNS, SQS, EventBridge).
- Deploy containerised services (ECS, EKS) and conduct unit testing with the golang test framework.
- Implement security best practices including OWASP Top 10, HTTPS, and cryptography.
- Design applications based on AWS well-architected principles and 12-factor apps.
- Utilise testing frameworks like Playwright and Karate.
- Design, build, and consume RESTful APIs with JSON payloads.
- Estimate software work and break down projects into epics and stories.
- Collaborate with a global team, including product, QA, and other engineers.
Bonus Points:
- AWS (Associate/Professional Level) Certification.
- Exposure to DevSecOps practices.
- Experience with front-end languages like Reactjs and TypeScript.
- Passion for automation and No/Low Code tools.
- Exposure to building AI-based models and E2E full-stack applications.
- Experience working in a fintech startup.
What You Bring:
- Extensive experience with GoLang, microservices, and AWS.
- Proficiency in backend software engineering practices, including security and testing.
- Experience with full-stack development using Nodejs (TypeScript) and Reactjs is highly preferred.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, and Terraform.
- Familiarity with tools like GitHub Copilot, Slack, JIRA, and Miro.
- Experience in ISO27001, SOC2, and SaaS environments.