Software Developer

Who is NextGen?

NextGen is a leader in Australian financial technology, providing innovative SaaS solutions to streamline mortgage processing and Open Banking for the nation's lenders, brokers, and customers. Find out more about us here.

What does a Software Developer do at NextGen?

Join our Engineering team as a Software Developer and contribute to building and enhancing our core products. You will work across the full software development lifecycle to design, implement and maintain features that deliver value to customers. This role suits a collaborative, delivery-focused engineer who enjoys solving problems and improving systems in a regulated, production-critical environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete assigned development tasks to the technical specification;
• Understand and implement our standards for:
• Agile processes
• Development practices
• Source code management
• Testing & Peer Review
• Investigate and remediate assigned defects, help tickets etc;
• Work with the Technical Lead to translate user stories into well defined development tasks and technical specifications;
• Develop code meeting business and functional requirements as articulated in business user stories.
  
  

Essential Skills & Experience

• 2+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Java, C#, Python, or JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js).
• Experience building and testing RESTful APIs and working with SQL servers.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum practices and the software development lifecycle.
• Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP) and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) is advantageous.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail and effective communication in cross-functional teams.
  
  

Why should you join NextGen?

Growth: Access ongoing training, mentorship, and clear career pathways in customer success and fintech - we're invested in your professional development and long-term success.

Family Focus: Enjoy flexible working arrangements and genuine work-life harmony in a collaborative, diverse workplace that values your wellbeing and unique perspective.

Supportive Culture: Make a meaningful impact driving business results while working in an inclusive environment where customer success professionals thrive and shape exceptional client experiences.

We also know that the above is a long list of things, and that success in any role can come from a number of compositions of skills and so we encourage you to apply if you feel that your skills and experience matches what we are looking for.

A great opportunity to join a business that truly lives its values, genuinely values work life balance and see's it as a critical ingredient to enabling people to bring their whole selves to work

NextGen is Australia's leading technology partner to the lending industry

We create state-of-the-art solutions, from loan application through to processing and settlement. Our mission is to provide lenders, aggregators and brokers an easier and more efficient way to deliver for their customers.