Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) – Backend-Focused

Company Description

About Jora

A SEEK start-up, Jora is a job search platform, headquartered in Melbourne and operating on a global scale. Jora aggregates employment opportunities from thousands of different job sites to offer jobseekers the largest source of job opportunities in real time. Jora is focused on continually improving and expanding its product offering to fuel rapid growth.

Life at SEEK

SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to work in technology for the fourth year in a row. We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.

Job Description

About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) to join our dynamic and collaborative engineering team in Australia. While this is a full-stack role, the focus is primarily on backend development, leveraging technologies like AWS, Node.js, and TypeScript to create systems that are secure, performant, and built to last.

You’ll work in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment where you’ll take ownership of projects, contribute to platform health, and mentor others to elevate the team’s technical capability.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain backend-driven full-stack solutions using TypeScript, Node.js, and React. Build secure, scalable, and reliable cloud-native systems on AWS, using services such as Lambda and CloudFormation.
• Work with databases like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis to power our systems.
• Develop and maintain continuous delivery pipelines using tools like Buildkite or TeamCity.
• Focus on delivering outcomes for our customers while ensuring operational excellence.
• Mentor and coach team members to uplift the engineering discipline within the team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, navigating uncertainty with confidence and clarity.

Key Expectations

Backend-Focused Systems Development: Build and maintain systems with a strong emphasis on backend capabilities, aligning with
the company's overall technology strategy.
Platform Health: Contribute to secure, reliable, resilient, and cost-effective platform health.
Operational Excellence: Share operational support duties and exemplify engineering discipline.

What You’ll Bring - Technical Expertise:

• Strong experience in backend development with TypeScript, Node.js, and React.
• Proficiency in designing and maintaining AWS-native applications.
• Solid understanding of web-scale architecture and secure coding practices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code.

Personal Attributes:

• A proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and learning.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a creative approach to tackling challenges.
• Clear and effective communication skills, capable of managing stakeholder expectations.
• A collaborative and open-minded attitude, fostering trust, safety, and inclusion in the team.

Why Join Us?
Be part of a tech company that values innovation, teamwork, and customer outcomes.
Collaborate with talented engineers in a supportive and dynamic environment.
Work on impactful projects using cutting-edge technologies.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with TypeScript and Node.js for backend development
• Familiarity with frontend development using React, but backend proficiency is prioritised
• Skilled in designing and maintaining AWS-native applications using services such as Lambda and CloudFormation
• Strong understanding of infrastructure as code and modern cloud architecture.
• Proficiency with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis for data management
• Proven ability to design, develop, and maintain highly scalable, secure, reliable, and performant systems
• Familiarity with secure coding practices and vulnerability mitigation.
• Experience creating and maintaining continuous delivery pipelines (e.g., Buildkite, TeamCity)
• Writing clean, testable code, leveraging pair programming, and using data-driven approaches for decision-making
• Ability to quickly learn new programming languages and technologies
• Strong customer-centric mindset, focusing on delivering better outcomes over merely completing tasks

Additional Information

Permanent Perks
At SEEK we offer:

• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners 
• Access to a wide range of discounts on things such as health insurance, fitness, food, travel, accommodation plus many more

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 candidates with the 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.