Senior Systems Developer
TabcorpAustralia6 days ago
Full-timeEngineering, Information Technology
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Tabcorp is famous for winning moments. Behind (almost) all of them is great tech and a talented team of six hundred, passionate technology professionals. Together, we ensure our services are built sustainably to scale, handling over 1 billion bets annually.
Tabcorp’s Financial Crime Transaction Monitoring System is a core pillar of our financial crime ecosystem. It detects unusual or suspicious customer behaviours and triggers alerts for our Financial Crime Operations team, helping us safeguard our customers, our business, and the wider community.
We’re now looking for a Senior Systems Developer to design, build and optimise real-time, event-driven applications and data pipelines on AWS.
This is a hands-on engineering role suited to someone who loves complex problem-solving across both data and application layers, and who thrives in high-regulation, high-impact environments.
You’ll mentor junior engineers, shape architectural decisions, and uphold best-practice engineering standards in performance, reliability, and compliance.
What You’ll Do
Lead the design, development, and delivery of real-time, event-driven applications using Kafka Streams, Scala, Java, and Python.
Tabcorp is Australia’s leading gambling entertainment company. Our 3000+ team is as diverse as Australia itself. Our people drive the iconic, homegrown, world-class brands TAB, Sky Racing and MAX. As an ASX-listed company, we’re proud to shape our industry for the better.
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Now is the time to join Tabcorp! The start of a new, exciting chapter in our long history. We have a dynamic, new CEO in Gillon McLachlan and we’re building a winning culture by bringing our office-based teams together onsite every day. We value flexibility - like adjusting start or finish times however we believe being together is key to our success.
We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued for their contribution and has a sense of belonging and is treated with respect. As a Tabcorp employee, you will:
Tabcorp is a ‘Circle Back Initiative’ employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.
Tabcorp’s Financial Crime Transaction Monitoring System is a core pillar of our financial crime ecosystem. It detects unusual or suspicious customer behaviours and triggers alerts for our Financial Crime Operations team, helping us safeguard our customers, our business, and the wider community.
We’re now looking for a Senior Systems Developer to design, build and optimise real-time, event-driven applications and data pipelines on AWS.
This is a hands-on engineering role suited to someone who loves complex problem-solving across both data and application layers, and who thrives in high-regulation, high-impact environments.
You’ll mentor junior engineers, shape architectural decisions, and uphold best-practice engineering standards in performance, reliability, and compliance.
What You’ll Do
Lead the design, development, and delivery of real-time, event-driven applications using Kafka Streams, Scala, Java, and Python.
- Build and optimise large-scale ETL/ELT pipelines and data workflows on AWS (S3, Glue, EMR, Lambda, Step Functions, ECS).
- Develop backend services (Node.js) and frontend interfaces (React) to support internal tools and platforms.
- Partner with Product, Data Science, Compliance, and Infrastructure teams to ensure solutions meet business needs and regulatory requirements.
- Work closely with DevOps and Platform Engineering teams to:
- Enhance CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
- Implement observability and monitoring (CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus).
- Maintain secure, reliable and cost-efficient infrastructure.
- Model and query graph data with Neo4j or Neptune to advance AML/CTF analytics.
- Apply strong testing, documentation, and performance optimisation practices to deliver high-quality systems.
- Mentor junior engineers and uplift engineering capability across the team.
- Expertise in Scala, Java, and Python, with deep hands-on experience in Kafka and Kafka Streams.
- Strong AWS capability across S3, EMR, Glue, Lambda, ECS and Step Functions.
- Experience with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and release/change management.
- Proficiency with Node.js, React, and Spark/Databricks.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software/Data Engineering or a related field (postgrad or certifications advantageous).
- 8+ years’ experience in software development and data engineering, including 2+ years working in Agile teams.
- Proven delivery of real-time, event-driven applications on AWS.
- A strong background in mentoring engineers and driving technical initiatives.
- Sound understanding of structured application design and distributed systems.
- Experience working in fast-paced, highly regulated industries such as finance, wagering, AML/CTF environments highly regarded.
Tabcorp is Australia’s leading gambling entertainment company. Our 3000+ team is as diverse as Australia itself. Our people drive the iconic, homegrown, world-class brands TAB, Sky Racing and MAX. As an ASX-listed company, we’re proud to shape our industry for the better.
Apply Now
Now is the time to join Tabcorp! The start of a new, exciting chapter in our long history. We have a dynamic, new CEO in Gillon McLachlan and we’re building a winning culture by bringing our office-based teams together onsite every day. We value flexibility - like adjusting start or finish times however we believe being together is key to our success.
We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued for their contribution and has a sense of belonging and is treated with respect. As a Tabcorp employee, you will:
- foster a respectful and inclusive working environment within your team;
- support and contribute to initiatives aimed at managing the risk of gender inequality, sexual harassment and other inappropriate behaviour in our workplaces.
Tabcorp is a ‘Circle Back Initiative’ employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.
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