Software Engineer

About the role 

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join SEEK and help us build products and platforms that deliver real value to our candidates, hirers and internal teams across APAC.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll be a key technical contributor and leader within your squad. You’ll own and evolve critical services, improve the health and reliability of our platforms, and help shape technical direction. You’ll work in a cross-functional squad, collaborating with engineers, product and design to deliver user-centric, reliable and scalable software, while mentoring others and lifting the overall engineering quality of the team.

Execute

• Consistently write and review clean, well-tested, secure and maintainable code, using current patterns and tooling.
• Collaborate closely within your squad to plan, deliver and operate high quality software, influencing scope and trade-offs.
• Play an active role in Agile rituals and practices (stand-ups, planning, refinement, retros), helping the team continuously improve.
• Champion and apply secure coding practices and standards in all development work.
• Communicate in a timely, clear and empathetic way with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Foster a DevOps culture through collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement of build, deployment and monitoring practices.
• Deeply understand your customers, their needs and the business context, and use this to shape technical decisions and priorities.

Lead & support

• Mentor and coach other engineers, providing constructive feedback and helping them grow their skills and impact.
• Lead or significantly contribute to technical discovery, design discussions and decision-making, documenting and sharing outcomes.
• Contribute to onboarding of new team members and help create an inclusive, supportive team environment.

Qualifications

You’re a Senior Software Engineer who:

• Has strong experience designing, building and operating production-grade software in a collaborative team environment.
• Has deep understanding of software engineering best practices (automated testing, code review, CI/CD, secure coding, observability).
• Is highly proficient working in cloud-based environments and modern DevOps practices.
• Has a track record of leading technical delivery, making sound architectural decisions and owning services end-to-end.
• Enjoys mentoring and supporting other engineers, and contributing positively to team culture.
• Communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, influencing outcomes with data and clear reasoning.
• Is strongly customer-focused, with a passion for building user-centric, reliable and scalable solutions.
• Embraces learning, feedback and continuous improvement, and helps others do the same.

Perks and benefits

Permanent Perks
At SEEK we offer:

• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Frequent events including sports days, annual Christmas party, hackathon, and trivia
• Casual dress – every day

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 with 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.