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Senior Software Engineer (Backend / Distributed Systems)
South East Melbourne
Up to $170k + Super
Hybrid - 3 days in office
This opportunity sits within a mid sized, high growth product technology company with a global customer base and sustained 30 percent year on year growth. The organisation is continuing to scale its engineering capability while modernising core platforms, creating an environment where engineers can take real technical ownership and solve complex systems problems.
The platform powers thousands of connected devices globally and combines distributed backend services, cloud infrastructure and real time streaming technologies.
About the Role
Design, build and optimise backend services using Node.js, TypeScript and modern JavaScript patterns.
Develop and maintain APIs, microservices and distributed systems with a strong focus on scalability, performance and reliability.
Work across Linux environments, diagnosing and resolving issues across networking, services and runtime layers.
Contribute to architecture discussions, technical design and engineering decisions across the platform.
Investigate production incidents, identify performance bottlenecks and lead root cause analysis.
Implement modern engineering practices including testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, containerisation and infrastructure automation.
Collaborate with engineering teams to uplift coding standards, documentation and overall platform maturity.
About You
Essential skills
Strong Node.js / TypeScript backend development experience.
Experience with at least one additional programming language such as C++, Java, C# or Ruby.
Solid computer science fundamentals including algorithms, data structures and networking concepts.
Strong troubleshooting and debugging capability within complex systems.
Comfortable working in Linux based development environments.
Advantageous skills
Frontend development experience with React or similar JavaScript frameworks.
DevOps and cloud infrastructure experience with AWS, Docker and infrastructure as code.
Exposure to networking protocols or network application development.
Experience working with IoT or connected device environments.
Cross platform or mobile application development experience.
Exposure to video or audio streaming technologies.
Why Join
Mid sized product technology company with global reach.
High growth environment offering strong technical ownership and impact.
Hybrid working model with three days onsite in South East Melbourne.
Opportunity to influence architecture, engineering standards and platform evolution as the organisation continues to scale.
Desired Skills and Experience
Senior Full Stack Developer
South East Melbourne
Up to $170k plus super
Hybrid - 3 days in office
This opportunity sits within a mid sized, high growth tech product company with a global client base and sustained 30 percent plus year on year expansion. The organisation is scaling its engineering capability and modernising core platforms, creating a strong environment for technical ownership and meaningful impact.
About the Role
Design, build and optimise backend services using Node.js, TypeScript and modern JavaScript patterns.
Develop and maintain APIs, microservices and distributed systems with a strong focus on scalability and performance.
Work across Linux environments, troubleshooting issues across networking, services and runtime layers.
Contribute to architectural planning, technical decision making and solution design.
Identify performance bottlenecks, resolve production incidents and lead root cause analysis.
Implement testing, CI/CD practices, containerisation and modern DevOps workflows.
Collaborate with engineering leads to uplift coding standards, documentation and engineering maturity.
About You
Experienced Senior Full Stack or Backend Engineer with deep Node.js and TypeScript capability.
Strong understanding of Linux fundamentals, networking, debugging and performance optimisation.
Confident building APIs, microservices and distributed architectures at production scale.
Skilled in testing, automation, CI/CD, containerisation and cloud ready engineering practices.
Able to navigate complex incidents, trace issues across multiple layers and deliver stable, maintainable solutions.
Collaborative communicator who enjoys pairing with other engineers and contributing to technical leadership.
Passionate about solving complex problems and writing clean, well structured code.
Why Join?
Mid sized, modern tech product environment with real global reach.
High growth business offering strong scope for influence and ownership.
Hybrid work model with three days onsite in South East Melbourne.
Opportunity to shape engineering standards, contribute to architecture and work on meaningful platform uplift.
For engineers who want to work across modern JavaScript stacks, distributed services and Linux fundamentals in an environment that encourages technical ownership, this is an excellent opportunity to influence architectural direction and deliver meaningful platform improvements. If this sounds like the challenge you are looking for, we would love to hear from you. Apply now or reach out for a confidential conversation.
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