Senior Software Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Connect division in Sydney. This person will be responsible for designing, building, maintaining and supporting our next generation platforms. This is a full stack, hands-on role that will be developing new features for our customers which meet the needs of our business.

Reporting to Lead Software Engineer, the Senior Software Engineer will be involved in building with best practices and resiliency in mind, adhering to agile processes and dealing with business and technology stakeholders.

What you'll do as a Senior Software Engineer:

• Problem Solving: Enact as an individual contributor to tackle complex technical challenges, troubleshoot issues, and provide effective solutions.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver high-quality software.
• Architecture and Design: Design and implement scalable, high-performance, and secure software solutions.
• Project Management: Lead or contribute to planning, estimation, and execution of software development projects. Ensure that projects adhere to project deadlines whilst considering agile design practices.
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate effectively with stakeholders to understand requirements and provide project updates.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive improvements in processes, tools, and technologies to increase development efficiency.
• Research and Innovation: Stay updated with emerging technologies and apply them to solve business problems.
• Code Review and Best Practices: Ensure adherence to coding standards, conduct code reviews, and encourage best practices within the team.
• Technical Leadership: Guide and mentor junior developers, providing technical direction and leadership on projects.

Requirements

What you'll need to succeed:

• Bachelors in Computer Science/Software Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of experience in software engineering
• Strong Java/Golang and microservice experience
• Exposure to large scale distributed systems
• Knowledge of high throughput Microservice based architectures
• Experience with AWS (or other cloud technologies) and cost implications of cloud tech choices
• Experience with ReactJS and/or GraphQL is a plus.

What's it like to work here?
As a Symbion, you have flexibility to shape when, where and how you work. Symbions can choose to be primarily remote, primarily office-based, or a mix of both.

You also have the freedom to shape your development. Every Symbion is able to design a unique and customised learning journey to build new skills and reach career goals.

Plus, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits including share options, generous parental leave, paid birthday leave, regular social events, social clubs and a comfortable, fun and diverse working environment.

If this sounds like the next great step in your career, we'd love to hear from you.

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Symbio is an equal opportunity employer. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality. You will need to have current work rights to work in Australia and be prepared to undergo relevant background checks. No recruiters please.

Additional information

Life at Symbio

Symbio is committed to a strong culture that is diverse and inclusive and we encourage our employees to bring their whole self to work.

We ensure our employees have equal access to a range of learning and development opportunities, and encourage everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage to embrace these opportunities, enabling them to develop themselves and their career.

Our employee’s happiness, health and wellbeing is important at Symbio. We provide all employees with flexible working options to ensure that work doesn’t compromise life outside Symbio and also supports their wellbeing. We regularly enhance our employee benefits such as an employee share gift plan, paid birthday leave, up to 12 weeks paid parental leave for both parents as the primary carer, reward and recognition programs and social clubs.

At Symbio, our diverse backgrounds and unique experiences allow us to continue to innovate and create the brands, networks and technologies to power the future of global communications.