Company Description

About SEEK

At SEEK, we serve a noble purpose: to help people live more productive and fulfilling working lives and to help organisations succeed.

By joining us, you’ll be part of a multinational technology business that is far-reaching with a start-up working culture that focuses on a set of collaborative values and appreciates dynamic cultures. SEEK is a place where potential meets possibility – it’s where your career aspiration and our purpose can make great things happen.

Why join us?

Be part of a multinational tech company with strong core values to help us solve complex challenges while building a flexible, exciting career – one that could take you anywhere. We’re looking for people who thrive in dynamic teams and enjoy tackling regular new challenges in a large-scale, modern, and agile environment.

As one of Asia Pacific’s largest tech companies, you’ll contribute to multilingual systems, solving high-impact problems to the benefit of millions of people within the region. Be part of a fast-growing company with a strong culture and clear purpose, innovation and strong investment in responsible AI. SEEK offers you the opportunity to be involved in impactful work and be part of a great team.

Expect a great investment in your career development with access to workshops, conferences & courses while you work alongside seasoned experts.

Job Description

The Team

The Developer Experience team at SEEK is dedicated to revolutionising the software engineering journey. Operating within SEEK's Engineering Platforms, our team is a cross-functional, multi-disciplinary team that work within APAC matrix organisational structure.

The team is responsible for developer experience part of Automat, SEEK’s internal developer platform, based on Cloud Native ecosystem on Kubernetes. The team is also responsible other developer systems such as Backstage and other internal tools for managing containerised workloads

About the role

Join our dynamic team at SEEK Group as a Senior Software Engineer and be a key player in shaping the future of our engineering initiatives. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact by developing cutting-edge software solutions within our product delivery, systems, and platform teams. Your expertise will be instrumental in enhancing engineering quality, mentoring fellow Software Engineers, and delivering user-centric, reliable, and scalable solutions. With the support of Engineering Manager, you'll have the autonomy to lead the development of Automat, SEEK’s innovative internal developer platform, on Kubernetes. Additionally, you'll work extensively with other technologies in the Cloud Native ecosystem. If you're passionate about driving innovation and thrive in a collaborative environment, we invite you to join us in revolutionizing the way we build and deliver software at SEEK Group. Apply now to embark on an exciting journey of growth and impact!

Reporting to Engineering Manager, you'll have the autonomy to play an active role in the development of Automat, SEEK’s innovative internal developer platform, on Kubernetes. Additionally, you'll work extensively with other technologies in the Cloud Native ecosystem

This role for Senior Software Engineer could include the following:

Build and operate highly scalable and performant software in alignment with SEEK’s technology strategy.
Improve platform health, ensuring that our systems are, reliable, resilient, and efficient according to SEEK development practices.
Coach and mentor Software Engineers.
Ensure platform health for services owned are aligned to SEEK’s technical metrics goals.
Improve Agile delivery practices through collaboration with the Engineering Manager and Business Analyst.
Be an active contributor to communities of practice at SEEK.

You will work with various roles, including Software Engineers at multiple levels such as Staff Engineer, Engineering Manager, Business Analyst / Iteration Manager, and Platform Engineers

Qualifications

Has created and maintained software in two or more modern software development languages, preferably Typescript or Golang.
Experience with cloud-native platforms like Kubernetes as application developer, with expertise in building developer platform in Kubernetes ecosystems (such as ArgoCD, Istio, observability stacks) is highly valued.
Experience with the design, development, support, and maintenance of cloud first applications, preferably AWS.
Should have a solid understanding of software design patterns and demonstrate strong development skills. Additionally, expertise in designing systems leveraging cloud-native technologies is highly desirable.
Experience with software observabilities (logging, tracing, monitoring/alerting).
Experience applying and improving continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices.

Additional Information

Perks and benefits At SEEK we offer:

Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year
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.