The Role

We are developing a high-throughput, low-latency, asynchronous betting platform that can handle the pressure of real-time, high-stakes events while delivering a flawless experience to millions of users across multiple regions and countries. Think of it as building the F1 car of betting platforms: lightning-fast, reliable, and engineered to perform under the most demanding conditions.

As a senior software engineer, you are a core team member on whom the team relies to consistently deliver high quality solutions. You take ownership to help the team reach their goals, including actively sharing knowledge and providing feedback. You can identify and initiate activities to address improvement areas within the team. With a mature view on technical governance you have a long term perspective of the team's components and applications.

What you will do

• Can work independently and writes high quality code using appropriate techniques creating performant solutions
• You have experience working with different systems and architectures which you can draw on to contribute to the solutions in your team.
• Ability to break down technical GAP documents/requirements into deliverable work items
• Experienced with automating to improve efficiency and catch defects early
• Understanding and adoption of good practices such as TDD, BDD
• Writing, executing and analyzing performance tests
• Represent the team in stakeholder discussions using domain concepts and language
• Understanding of risk assessment and impact analysis
• Work with agile practices and able to suggest improvements to the team's process
• Maintain the team's CI/CD pipelines
• Use appropriate code analysis tools to improve code quality and security

Essential skills

• Strong JavaScript fundamentals (ES6+) and ReactJS.
• High proficiency in ReactJS and Node JS development using TypeScript (recent versions)
• Strong engineering principles (error handling, test pyramid, deployment, IaC)
• Deep understanding of nodeJS performance concerns, debugging, and instrumentation approaches
• Excellent communication, teamwork and collaboration skills

Preferred skills

• Solid understanding of DB principles and any of db query languages (SQL, NoSQL, Elastic)
• Event driven architecture (Kafka or any relevant software)
• Unit testing(React Testing Library, Jest) and integration testing (Cypress)
• CI/CD pipeline experience (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Jenkins or any other tools such as Gitlab)

Benefits

• We are in a fantastic new office near Barangaroo, close to Wynyard station.
• Our office has a sports hub, if you want to challenge a mate to a game of table tennis or darts.
• Fancy a good cup of coffee? We have an in-house barista to get you that perfect cup!
• Many social events to take part in (Melbourne Cup is just one of them).
• Great work life balance and flexibility.
• A continued commitment to employee development.
• Life insurance and income protection plans.
• Wellness benefits.