Staff Software Engineer - Payments (Crypto & Fiat)

Engineering@Easygo

Easygo leads the world in crafting top-tier entertainment experiences. Within our engineering organisation, we foster a continuous learning environment, constantly pushing the boundaries of large-scale software design and development. Our culture revolves around fostering growth, nurturing learning, and upholding excellence in engineering, ensuring we consistently set the benchmark for engineering mastery.

Why join us?

Are you a passionate and ambitious software engineer ready to dive into an environment that fosters innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth? We're seeking talented individuals experienced working in the Fintech industry who are eager to tackle complex problems, build scalable solutions, and collaborate with some of the finest engineers in the entertainment industry.

About the Payments team:
The Payments team owns every aspect of how money moves in and out of our global entertainment product - from traditional fiat payments to crypto deposits, withdrawals, and on-ramping experiences that make digital assets accessible to millions of users globally. Operating within a platform handling ~4 billion requests per day, the team works on systems processing ~3,000 bets per second and ~95 billion bets annually, with transaction volumes continuing to grow by tens of millions every week.

Working closely with product managers, designers, and operational teams, you’ll build and evolve highly scalable transaction processing platforms, wallet infrastructure, and seamless payment experiences across both fiat and crypto ecosystems. The team is central to Stake’s global expansion efforts, enabling new markets, currencies, payment providers, and crypto capabilities as the platform continues to scale worldwide.

This is a true “you build it, you run it” engineering environment with end-to-end ownership - from shaping product features and architectural direction through to implementation, scalability, reliability, and operational excellence in production.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and design scalable, high-performance software solutions in alignment with project requirements and company standards.
• Actively engage in hands-on coding, testing, debugging, and troubleshooting to ensure code quality, scalability, and maintainability.
• Write efficient, scalable, and maintainable code, adhering to coding standards and best practices.
• Lead technical discussions and propose solutions that drive team performance and contribute to team and company OKRs.
• Innovate within the team by pushing for improvements and driving constructive changes to enhance team performance and efficiency.
• Analyse complex problems and provide effective solutions, contributing to team goals and initiatives.
• Lead and coordinate delivery of large-scale projects or components from start to finish.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and take initiative in technical discussions.
• Share knowledge and best practices with the team, fostering a collaborative and learning-oriented environment.
• Mentor junior engineers by providing guidance and constructive feedback to support their growth.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, product managers, and engineering teams to effectively communicate technical concepts.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, focusing on scalable system design and development.
• Experience with technologies such as Node.js, Microservices, Docker, Cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and related technologies.
• Experience with IaC and CI/CD tools (e.g., Terraform, AWS Code Pipeline, GitHub Actions) for automating the deployment process.
• Proficiency in Subscriptions technology (WebSockets, Pub/Sub, SQS), TypeScript, GraphQL, database technologies such as PostgreSQL.
• Strong understanding of code architecture and design principles.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong communication skills for effective collaboration with teams and stakeholders.
• Analytical mindset to address complex technical challenges and devise innovative solutions.
• Positive attitude and eagerness to learn new technologies to grow as a full-stack engineer.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Crypto domain knowledge.
• Experience with Svelte + SvelteKit or other server-side rendering frameworks (e.g., React + NextJS, Vue + Nuxt, Quasar, etc).
• Proficiency in JavaScript fundamentals, Storybook, and related technologies.

Some of the perks of joining us:

• Building global, large-scale products handling hundreds of thousands of requests per second (over 4 billion requests daily), with the opportunity to help set the platform up for future scale.
• Innovate without the red tape - Have an idea on Monday and push it to production by Friday.
• Work alongside the top 5% of engineering talent in Australia, in a cloud native tech stack including AWS, Microservices, Distributed Systems, K8's, NATS, ArgoCD, Cloudflare, Datadog, Terraform, Nodejs/Typescript and Svelte.
• Explore your career options by growing with the business, moving laterally and vertically.
• EAP access for you and your family.
• 30 days of person leave bundled - use it how you like!
• Access to over 9,000 courses across our Learning and Development Platform.
• A full-time barista who will keep you caffeinated, or in optimal health with fresh juices and smoothies.
• Provided daily catered breakfast.
• Massage Wednesdays.
• Weekly team lunches and happy hour in the office from 4pm on Fridays.
• Fun office environment with pool tables, table tennis, all your favourite gaming consoles and our very own product testing tournaments.
• Paid volunteer day.
• Collaborate in the office 3 days per week, with flexible start and finish times suited to your lifestyle. 
• Unlimited access to drinks and snacks.

We believe that the unique contributions of everyone at Easygo are the driver of our success. To make sure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience we never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. We are passionate about providing a workplace that encourages great participation and an equal playing field, where merit and accomplishment are the only criteria for success.