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 DescriptionWhy This Role?
This is a high-impact opportunity to shape the candidate experience across SEEK’s Jobs Marketplace. As a Solution Architect within the Candidate portfolio of our Customer Architecture domain, you’ll design complex, scalable technology solutions focused on search, discovery, SEO and engagement. These solutions help millions of people find meaningful work every day.
You’ll work closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Analysts, and fellow Architects to deliver elegant, future-ready solutions that drive visibility, relevance and interaction—ensuring SEEK remains the platform of choice for jobseekers.
What You’ll Be Doing
✅ Assess current state systems and identify opportunities for evolution
✅ Design and document future state architecture across web, mobile and search platforms
✅ Collaborate with product and engineering stakeholders to develop solution options
✅ Provide technical guidance to delivery teams, supporting effective implementation
✅ Establish and embed non-functional requirements into all designs
✅ Ensure alignment with SEEK’s architecture standards, patterns and business goals
✅ Create architecture artefacts to guide design and planning
✅ Influence decision-making by articulating trade-offs and guiding toward scalable outcomes
The Opportunity
You’ll be part of a collaborative, high-performing Architecture team at SEEK—more than 20 professionals across six areas: Enterprise, Customer, Data & AI, Platform, Growth, and Architecture Practices. This role is embedded in the Customer Architecture team, specifically supporting the Candidate portfolio, with a focus on how people discover, explore and engage with opportunities through SEEK.
If you’re excited by the opportunity to shape candidate engagement at scale and influence outcomes that matter to millions, we’d love to hear from you.
QualificationsWhat We’re Looking For
- Tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar
- Extensive experience defining and documenting solution architectures in complex settings
- Strong communication, collaboration and influencing skills
- Experience architecting online web products or mobile applications
- Familiarity with SEO and/or Search solution design
- Working knowledge of AWS-hosted environments or GenAI use in architecture
At SEEK we offer:
- Annual Performance Bonus Plan
- Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days
- 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
- The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year
- Free income protection insurance
- Access to a wide range of discounts on things such as health insurance, fitness, food, travel, accommodation plus many more
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.
