Senior Software Engineer - Credit Platform

About the role

An established client is hiring a Senior Software Engineer in Sydney CBD to help build a new product from the ground up. The business has been in its space for over a decade and is building a small engineering team near the business. The work sits at the core of how the business makes credit decisions, so correctness and testing come first. You will own a significant part of the platform from design through to production, working alongside a Principal Engineer and the Head of Engineering.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and run back end services, from rough shape through to production and the support that follows.
• Integrate credit bureaus, banking and open banking feeds, accounting platforms, and identity and fraud providers.
• Design observability alongside each feature and share on-call for the services you own.
• Write well tested code with clear contracts between services, and release frequently and safely.
• Work closely with Credit and Operations, and raise problems early in plain language.

Required profile

• 5+ years building and running back end services in production.
• Fintech, banking, insurance or other regulated experience is a strong plus.

Required skills

• TypeScript with Node
• Practical AWS experience, including managed data stores, infrastructure as code and CI/CD
• Experience with third-party APIs you do not control, and SQL that holds up under load
• Effective use of AI coding tools, with a clear view of where their output can and cannot be trusted

The role is based in the office 4 days a week. The advertised pay is $160,000 to $185,000 plus super.