Senior Software Engineer (Platform)

The Pepperstone story started in 2010. We know what it’s like to trade the world’s markets. Our team describes us as a place for the curious and the driven, and we like to do things a little differently; as a transformative global fintech we’re digital, nimble, connected, and united in our vision to create a better way to trade.

We thrive on progress – for our clients and for ourselves. Our organisational culture is ever-evolving, vibrant, diverse, global and results focused. You’ll find our 350+ team currently across 9 locations and 6 time zones.

The Role

Our technology team thrives on inclusivity and collaboration, believing that diverse perspectives lead to great solutions. We foster a culture that champions individual growth, professional development, and work-life harmony. We're invested in your success and dedicated to supporting you every step of the way. We encourage our team to bring challenge thinking and fresh ideas to the table and our Agile approach empowers us to focus on outcomes. When we hire someone it's because they bring the skills, attitude and experience we're looking for....so we let you do what you're best at! Join us and be part of a community that's passionate about harnessing technology's potential to drive market leading solutions for our clients. Elevate your career in an environment where your ideas matter, your growth is nurtured, and your potential is limitless.

As a member of the Pepperstone Platform Engineering team, the Senior Software Engineer is responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of cloud-based production platforms that enable secure integration between systems.

The Senior Software Engineer will provide technical advice, guidance and mentorship to other engineers within the organisation. They will act as a technical expert in event driven systems  & identity architecture  and drive the adoption of best-practices. 

This role will be responsible for developing highly scalable and efficient platform solutions, related to Events and Identity, and will work closely with the Platform Services Engineering Team Lead to ensure the success of the function.

As our Senior Software Engineer - Platform, your key responsibilities include, but may not be limited to:

• Effectively deliver on requirements, ensuring the agreed outcomes are achieved within determined timeframes
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement and maintain platform solutions that are resilient, scalable and secure
• Contribute to the design and management of cloud infrastructures through CI/CD pipelines and automation
• Advocate for and implement best practices for Continuous Delivery, including automated testing (BDD, TDD), build and deployment pipelines and observability, cultivating a culture of DevOps.
• Develop automation strategies to monitor and adjust performant platform solutions
• Develop and maintain data security processes to ensure networks, data stores, and applications remain secure
• Assist with technical problem solving and provide technical guidance to other engineers and team across the organisation
• Mentor junior engineers and train them on best practice, cloud technologies, software architecture and tools
• Act as a point of escalation during incidents, helping to resolve issues and risks, including taking part in a 24/7 On-call roster
• Stay up to date with industry trends, technologies and market changes
• Work in alignment with Pepperstone’s values

About you

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in a software engineering role
• Proven ability to manage and drive change in a team environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills both written and verbal including the ability to present to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• 3+ years experience in Golang preferred, or other statically typed languages, with a deep understanding of software development best practices
• Experience in designing and managing cloud architectures, applications, and services, predominantly on AWS.  
• Experience in Product-driven development, Event-driven architecture, Contract-driven development, REST and gRPC web services
• Experience in Application Identity standards and related tooling such as Oauth, JWT & Authn/Authz
• In-depth knowledge of automation, orchestration, container and serverless technologies
• Experience with Continuous Delivery, including automated testing, build and deployment pipelines.
• Committed to ongoing learning and development
• Ability to live the Pepperstone values

Bonus Skills

• Depth of experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experience with Auth0, AWS Cognito, Amazon Verified Permissions
• Experience with Apache Kafka, Kinesis, Streams and Eventbridge
• Experience with other programming languages such as Javascript/Typescript, PHP, Python & Java

Why you will enjoy working with us

• Competitive salary structure including company bonus scheme
• Genuinely collaborative and friendly culture
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Remote working option - work from anywhere for up to 6 weeks per year, in addition to hybrid working as standard
• Ongoing personal development & learning opportunities
• 15 weeks paid primary carers parental leave & 4 weeks paid secondary carers leave
• 3 paid volunteering days per year & Workplace Giving Program
• Frequent events and celebrations including a standard weekly social
• Beautifully renovated large office at Collins Square - 727 Collins Street, Melbourne
• Best in class end of trip facilities including bicycle parking, change rooms & showers
• A full stocked kitchen, onsite coffee machines with locally sourced coffee beans (this is Melbourne after all) and curated specialty teas

About Pepperstone 

We’re a regulated online Forex and CFD trading platform. With the scale of a global fintech and the agility of a start-up, we arm our clients with everything they need to take on the global markets with confidence. You will be part of a wider passionate and friendly team, and whilst things may not always go to plan, we learn quickly and move forward with impact. To learn even more visit Pepperstonecareers and www.linkedin.com/company/pepperstone/

We understand it’s important to do due diligence on a prospective employer, see what our team are saying on Glassdoor. We respect our team members’ experiences and will never pay to remove a negative review.

Pepperstone is an equal opportunity employer. We are passionate about building a diverse workplace and strongly encourage applications from any background.

“We are a 2023 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we respond to every applicant”.

We will be reviewing applications as they come through, so if this is an opportunity that excites you, don't wait. Express your interest by clicking the apply button below as soon as possible.

Note to external agencies: While we appreciate the efforts of external recruitment agencies, we prefer to engage directly with applicants for this opportunity.

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Last updated on Jul 31, 2024