Senior Software Engineer (Hybrid Working)

About SEEK

At SEEK, we serve a noble purpose: to help people live more productive and fulfilling working lives and to help organisations succeed.

By joining us, you’ll be part of a multinational technology business that is far-reaching with a start-up working culture that focuses on a set of collaborative values and appreciates dynamic cultures. SEEK is a place where potential meets possibility – it’s where your career aspiration and our purpose can make great things happen.

Why join us?

Be part of a multinational tech company with strong core values to help us solve complex challenges while building a flexible, exciting career – one that could take you anywhere. We’re looking for people who thrive in dynamic teams and enjoy tackling regular new challenges in a large-scale, modern, and agile environment.

As one of Asia Pacific’s largest tech companies, you’ll contribute to multilingual systems, solving high-impact problems to the benefit of millions of people within the region. Be part of a fast-growing company with a strong culture and clear purpose, innovation and strong investment in responsible AI. SEEK offers you the opportunity to be involved in impactful work and be part of a great team.

Expect a great investment in your career development with access to workshops, conferences & courses while you work alongside seasoned experts.

The Team 

The Payments team is a distributed agile team with members based in Melbourne and Kuala Lumpur. We thrive in a supportive, collaborative environment where everyone's voice is heard. Our team culture is built on mutual respect, continuous learning, and a shared passion for innovation. We believe in work-life balance and making time for teambuilding activities, whether it's online board games or in-person meetups when possible.

About the role 

The Payments team is dedicated to managing and processing all payments made by hirers, ensuring a smooth and efficient transaction process. As a Senior Software Engineer in Payments, you'll develop and maintain SEEK's online payment systems, ensuring our hirers enjoy a seamless and reliable payment experience. Your work will directly help businesses find the right talent without any payment hiccups.

You'll drive technical solutions, collaborate with talented folks across various teams, and keep our payment systems running smoothly. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you'll work closely with product managers, designers, and other software engineers. In return you can expect a flexible working environment with continuous learning and development opportunities and support to grow your career.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain SEEKs online payment systems, ensuring high availability and security
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to discover and deliver good solutions.
• Mentor and guide more junior engineers, fostering a collaborative and learningfocused environment.
• Uphold code quality through rigorous code reviews, testing, and adherence to best practices.
• Monitor and maintain the reliability and performance of our payment systems

Essential Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Proven track record of successfully leading the development of complex software solutions
• Proficient in at least one modern programming language, with expertise in both OOP and functional paradigms. Willingness and ability to quickly learn TypeScript and Node.js.
• Experience mentoring and guiding junior engineers
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical topics to non-technical stakeholders

Other Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Experience with cloud platforms and serverless architecture (ideally AWS)
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices (e.g BuildKite)
• Understanding of security best practices in software development.
• Experience with microservices architecture and containerisation (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Experience in TypeScript and React would be advantageous but not mandatory, training can be provided.

Perks and benefits 

At SEEK we offer: 

• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role. 
• The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year 
• Casual dress – every day 

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. 

For this role, only those with eligible right to work will be considered. 

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