About the Role

Most Important

• Backend Engineering: 5+ years of senior backend engineering experience with strong proficiency in Go (strongly preferred) or Java, particularly in high-concurrency and distributed environments.

• Workflow Orchestration: Production experience with Temporal or equivalent durable workflow frameworks for distributed state, long-running processes, retries, and fault-tolerant execution.

• Database & APIs: Strong PostgreSQL experience, including schema design and query optimization, along with deep experience designing gRPC / Protocol Buffers APIs.

• Real-Time & Cloud: Experience transitioning batch architectures toward real-time data polling, event-driven processing, or streaming, with production experience on AWS / Kubernetes / EKS.

• Security & Location: Experience building secure enterprise backend services and willingness to work onsite in Melbourne for the first 2–4 weeks, with appropriate Australian work authorization or a viable visa pathway.

Nice to Have

• Financial Services: Experience with Open Banking, OAuth2 consent management, financial APIs, or secure financial transaction processing.

• Infrastructure & Security: Experience with Terraform, Helm, Snyk, automated vulnerability scanning, security patching, or enterprise DevOps practices.

• Platform Tooling: Experience with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management and LaunchDarkly for feature flags and progressive rollouts.

• Mobile & Distributed Systems: Familiarity with client-side caching, offline-first synchronization, SQLite, or highly resilient distributed architectures.

• Multi-Cloud & Testing: Exposure to AWS and GCP, along with strong shift-left testing, automation, and security practices.

Personal Traits

• Strong technical leadership skills with the ability to make sound architectural decisions and guide other engineers.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence working directly with enterprise clients.

• Strong ownership and problem-solving mindset, with a focus on reliability, scalability, resilience, and operational excellence.

• Collaborative, pragmatic, and adaptable, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced enterprise engineering environment.

• Security-conscious and proactive, with a strong commitment to quality, automation, continuous improvement, and enabling team success.