About SEEK
SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.
Life at SEEK
SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (2021-2024). We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.
Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.
Job DescriptionAbout the role
We are looking for a motivated Software Engineer to join the Candidate Quality (CQ) squad – which is a part of the broader Artificial Intelligence Platform Services (AIPS) department - to help with some of the most interesting and challenging problems SEEK faces. CQ is a large squad made up of data scientists, engineers, and product managers, tasked with identifying the best candidates and applicants for jobs posted on Seek. Engineers in this team are responsible for delivering Data Engineering solutions and deploying Machine Learning models (developed by our Data Science team) and maintaining security and monitoring performance of our services.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to design and build scalable, robust systems.
- Solve challenging problems in data and cloud engineering, ML ops, and beyond.
- Navigate and adapt to rapidly changing requirements and evolving designs.
- Apply engineering best practices to write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
- Take full ownership of your work, from initial concept to deployment, while demonstrating autonomy and initiative.
Skills and experience
- Strong technical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
- A curious mind with a passion for cloud, data, and/or machine learning.
- Self-motivated with a sense of ownership and responsibility.
- A team player who enjoys learning and collaborating with others.
Our Tech Stack (Experience with any of the following is a plus):
- Languages: Python, Java, Scala, SQL
- Cloud: AWS (EC2, Lambda, SQS, SNS, Athena, CloudFormation)
- Data & ML: Spark, Databricks
- DevOps: CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and automation tools
We're seeking an exceptional engineer to join our team. While experience with our specific tech stack is a plus, it's not a requirement — we're open to candidates with a solid foundation in software engineering and a strong willingness to learn. A genuine interest in data engineering and/or ML ops is essential.
Additional InformationAt 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.
- Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners
- SEEK is committed to operating sustainably, certified carbon neutral for its business operations (through Climate Active), purchasing renewable energy for our office and working-from-home emissions and a target for net zero by 2030.
- The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year
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 candidates with the 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.
