Senior Software Engineer

at  PEXA

HI, WE’RE PEXA

Every time a house is bought, sold or refinanced in Australia your lawyer, conveyancer and lender will most likely use a digital platform to settle your property, this is where we come in. PEXA’s world-first digital settlement platform has revolutionised the way we exchange property in Australia helping over 20,000 people a week safely settle their homes. And this is just the beginning. Our data and insights are helping organisations unlock the intel they need to drive change and possibilities.
Since starting our journey in 2010, we now employ a team of over 1,000 people working across multiple continents. We’re still growing, innovating and looking ahead, but behind our greatest achievements, there is a team of curious creators and big thinkers. That’s why, we’re looking for ambitious people like yourself to join the team.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Design, develop and test quality applications using a variety of languages, frameworks and tools
• Work collaboratively and contribute to every stage of the software development lifecycle including technical design, pair programming, peer code review, documenting, testing and CI/CD
• Support and maintain applications in a build-and-run fashion, including automated tests, bug fixes and general maintenance
• Actively participate in agile ceremonies based on SCRUM or Kanban
• Review tasks critically and ensures they are appropriately sized for continuous integration and incremental delivery
• Security aware – approach all engineering work with a security lens. Actively look for security vulnerabilities both in the code and when providing peer reviews
• Deliver praise and constructive feedback to your team, teammates and manager in a useful manner. Deliver feedback to business stakeholders when opportunities arise
• Mentor team members in an open and respectful manner. Seek out mentoring opportunities specifically to create team redundancy and backfill ability
• Help team members overcome obstacles, resolve blockers and complete work tasks
• Participate in On-call rotation and support activities
• Comply with corporate and compliance policies

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Basic Qualification
• Strong experience developing clean, high-quality code across front end, back end and cloud
• Strong programming experience with one or more programming languages such as Java or Kotlin and using application framework such as Spring Boot
• Experience designing, leading, building and troubleshooting complex software projects in a number of different contexts
• Proficiency in Object-Oriented Design, DDD, problem-solving and familiar with common data structures and algorithms.
• Solid understanding of modern software engineering practices including TDD, pair programming, version control, build processes and continuous integration
• Sound knowledge of complex software architecture, understanding the trade-offs, and the dynamics between its components. Ability to discuss topics at a high level and zoom in on the details when needed
• Ability to communicate effectively in written and verbal form both technical and non-technical concepts to engineers of different levels as well as non-technical partners.

We also would value any experience with the following:

• Experience in frontend development using Typescript / React
• Experience in integrations with third party APIs
• Experience designing and building well-defined RESTful APIs for internal and external consumption
• Experience building observable systems, operating them at scale and being on-call
• Experience in user identity management and SSO
• Exposure to distributed storage and database systems (e.g. SQL, NoSQL)
• Exposure to event-driven systems such as Kafka
• Knowledge of cloud technology such as AWS, Docker or Kubernetes
• Experience with distributed systems, event driven architecture and/or scale on a global level
• Have mentored software engineers to improve their skills and productivity
• Experience in the property conveyancing, lodgments and settlements

This exciting role is part of a global team that is challenging the status quo of property settlement experience in many countries.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work closely with your team of engineers mentoring, pairing, and reviewing code. You will utilise your deep technical expertise to influence the design and development of a greenfield global platform.
At PEXA, we are extremely proud of our work culture and the highly motivated and skilled team we have built. In joining our team, you will have the opportunity to work on a range of initiatives and deliver the “wow” moments as the company continues to grow and expand.