Senior Software Engineer

Job details

Posted
06 May 2025
Salary
Negotiable
Location
Canberra
Job type
Contract
Discipline
Software Development + Testing
Reference
269595

Job description

Senior Software Engineer

  • Apache Spark, Kafka, Elastic stack , Kubernetes, Java
  • 12 Months Contract - Starting from July 2025
  • Location: Canberra, Sydney
  • Hybrid working arrangement

About the role
Software development projects, writing optimised code, and providing technical leadership.

Key Responsibilities

The Software Engineer will work collaboratively with a cross-functional team and be responsible for the following:

  • Delivering high quality pipeline and API code aligned to approved designs and industry best practice implementations.
  • Technical release co-ordination, within the team for weekly releases and to all clients for cutover releases.
  • Proactive management of potential API outages to internal and external clients.
  • Performing other tasks as required by the team to meet business objectives.

Experience

  • 5+ years in senior software engineer roles
  • Commercial experience with Apache Spark, Kafka and the Elastic stack (Kibana, Logstash, Elasticsearch)
  • Experience in choosing & writing efficient processing algorithms.
  • Previous experience with containerisation and associated tools (including Rancher, Kubernetes)
  • Experience with automated testing frameworks.

Knowledge and Skills

  • Excellent development skills in Java
  • An understanding of continuous delivery techniques and tools (including Jenkins).
  • Ability to work with business analysts and testers to define feature files (which explain data processing logic).
  • Ability to write complex applications that use data from both SQL and NoSQL data stores (and optimise these applications for speed).
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to be able to work collaboratively with a cross-functional team.

Eligibility requirements

You must be an Australian Citizen and have, or able to obtain and maintain, a Negative Vetting 1 (NV1) security clearance.

To be considered for the role click the 'apply' button or for more information about this and other opportunities please contact Rashmi Kapse on + 612 6151 9206 or email [email protected] and quote the 269595 job reference number.

Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability. If you require an adjustment to the recruitment process, including the application form in an alternate format, please contact me on the above contact details.