Senior Software Engineer

Job Overview

Join SEEK as a Senior Software Engineer where you'll be a fully autonomous professional responsible for improving technical alignment, engineering practices, and platform health. You'll build user-centric, scalable solutions while coaching junior engineers within our cross-functional APAC teams.

The Role

• Build, test, deploy and maintain cloud-first software from development through to production, ensuring systems are reliable, resilient and efficient
• Write clean, well-tested, secure code using modern development practices, patterns and tooling while strengthening engineering discipline across the team
• Drive software development best practices including CI/CD, DevOps culture, and Agile delivery rituals to improve quality and team capability
• Troubleshoot and manage production incidents through to resolution, providing operational support including on-call and after-hours work as per roster
• Mentor and coach Graduate, Associate and Software Engineers, contributing to onboarding and helping team members grow through regular feedback
• Actively contribute to communities of practice at SEEK and collaborate with Product Managers, Data Engineers, UX Designers and various business functions
• Improve understanding of customer needs and build scalable, performant software aligned with SEEK's technology strategy

So, what we are looking for:

• Proven experience creating and maintaining software in two or more modern development languages with strong knowledge of design patterns and data modeling
• Hands-on experience designing, developing and supporting cloud-first applications (AWS), working with APIs, and implementing CI/CD practices
• Demonstrated ability to consistently write well-tested, readable code using secure coding practices, TDD, BDD and Clean Code principles
• Experience providing operational support duties including on-call support, after-hours work, and using logging/monitoring/alerting tools
• Strong mentoring capabilities with experience imparting knowledge and skills to help other engineers grow and develop
• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline ideal; experience in online marketplace businesses highly regarded

Desired Values

• Believed in aiming high to deliver world-class results and yet, not forgetting to care for others
• Demonstrated a positive, 'can-do' attitude with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Shown empathy and high emotional intelligence, valuing trust, safety and inclusion in teams
• Embraced openness and flexibility to different viewpoints, creating space for diverse opinions and feedback
• Displayed comfort dealing with uncertainty and a growth mindset towards continuous learning
• Communicated clearly and effectively with stakeholders, managing expectations while collaborating openly across teams

At SEEK we offer:

• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Professional development sessions with industry leading guest speakers
• Access to a wide range of discounts on things such as health insurance, fitness, food, travel, accommodation plus many more
• SEEK is committed to operating sustainably and is preparing for the impacts of climate change and the transition to a low-carbon future, and is working to minimise its environmental impacts which includes a long-term emissions reduction target of net zero by FY2050

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.