At Iress, we make things happen
We believe technology should help people perform better every day. Since our beginning in 1993, people across financial services have trusted us to take their performance to the next level. More than 10,000 businesses and 500,000 people use our software, from the world’s most iconic financial services brands to advice firms of all sizes, banks, insurers, investment managers, traders and brokers. Iress is one of Australia’s largest technology companies and employs more than 1,100 people across Australia, The United Kingdom, Africa, Canada, New Zealand and Asia.
Build your career at Iress!
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Product Engineering team as a Senior Engineer, where you’ll play a key role in building and evolving critical financial systems.
You’ll be part of a high performing backend engineering team, working across the full lifecycle, from design and development through to deployment, maintenance and production support. This role offers strong exposure to cloud-native technologies, microservices architecture, and large scale data systems within financial markets.
Some of the amazing things you’ll be involved in
Designing, building and delivering high-quality, resilient software with a strong focus on performance, scalability and security
Contributing across the full SDLC including requirements gathering, solution design, development, deployment and ongoing support
Developing and maintaining cloud-based microservices and supporting migrations from on-prem to cloud environments
Supporting production systems, including troubleshooting and resolving issues quickly and effectively
Collaborating closely with Product, SRE, Security and Support teams to deliver reliable and scalable solutions
Driving engineering best practices, including automation, clean code principles and continuous improvement
Mentoring and supporting team members, contributing to a strong, collaborative engineering culture
Identifying risks, dependencies and opportunities for improvement across systems and processes
What you will bring
Strong backend engineering experience, with a focus on scalable and maintainable application architecture
Experience designing and building microservices and working with cloud platforms (AWS preferred – Aurora, SQS, ECS, EKS, Fargate)
Solid DevOps capability, including CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Buildkite, GoCD or Terraform
Strong programming experience in languages such as Python, C#, Rust or SQL
Experience working with large-scale data systems, including SQL databases and streaming technologies
Exposure to observability tools (e.g. OpenTelemetry, Datadog) and a strong approach to troubleshooting and root cause analysis
Experience with API development (RESTful and/or streaming)
Understanding of software design principles (e.g. SOLID) and clean architecture practices
Experience working in agile, collaborative engineering teams
Bonus: Exposure to C++ or willingness to learn to support legacy/on-prem systems
Why work with us?
8 additional paid days per year to extend your weekends
Hybrid working
Generous cash bonus for every successful referral
Starting school leave - 8.5 days of leave to assist your children with the transition to school
Up to 26 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary carers (up to 4 weeks for secondary carers), and the ability to work part-time when returning to work
3 days’ paid leave per year to participate in charity initiatives
Discounted health insurance premiums
Access to learning and development programs through LinkedIn Learning
Iress is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive culture. We strongly believe that diversity is what makes our teams and our products succeed. Our people have different experiences, skills, perspectives and beliefs and everyone’s uniqueness is valued and celebrated.
Our hiring decisions are never based on sexual orientation, race, gender identity, religion, disability, citizenship, marital or family status and age. Even if you feel you don’t meet all of the requirements of the role, we would still like to hear from you!
We’re also proud to be globally recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer that promotes and supports all women in the workplace.
For more information about what we do, our people and values, please visit our website - https://www.iress.com/join-us/careers/
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