Software Engineer at SEEK in Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia

companyDescription 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. jobDescription About the role Our team champions SEO excellence by sharing best practices across the organisation so products are built SEO-ready. We focus on attracting high-quality visitors to the platform and guiding them toward the most meaningful next actions, whether that’s an app download, registration, login, JDV view or application. We specialise in understanding and serving non-loyal SEO visitors and bots ensuring their needs are met with precision. While our expertise is rooted in external search engines like Google, we’re equipped to apply SEO principles anywhere search happens from ChatGPT to YouTube to the App Store. What you’ll do Design, build, test, and ship scalable, cloud‑native services from dev to production. Improve platform health: reliability, resilience, performance, and cost efficiency. Build for search: crawlability, indexation, structured data, speed, and conversion. Investigate and resolve production incidents; participate in on‑call as needed. Collaborate in a cross‑functional squad with Product, Design, Data, and SEO specialists. Use data, experimentation, and observability to inform decisions and iterate quickly. Contribute to Agile rituals and a strong DevOps culture; communicate clearly and with empathy. Share knowledge, support onboarding, and help foster a healthy, inclusive team. qualifications What you’ll bring Essential Ability to write effective, testable, maintainable, and secure code in more than one language. Practical experience with modern engineering practices, design patterns, and data modeling. Proficiency with CI/CD and cloud‑native development. Experience delivering in Agile, cross‑functional teams. Strong collaboration, communication, and a customer‑centric mindset. Comfort with TDD/BDD and clean coding principles; you value code quality and clarity. Growth mindset: you mentor, invite feedback, and care about team wellbeing. Nice to have Shipping in two or more modern languages (e.g., Kotlin,TypeScript, Node.js, Go, Python). Experience with experimentation (A/B tests), analytics, and data‑driven decision making. Operational experience: incident response, observability, and on‑call. Contributions to communities of practice, open source, or speaking engagements. additionalInformation Perks and benefits At 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 Frequent events including sports days, annual Christmas party, hackathon, and trivia Free kick-start breakfast every morning and fresh fruit available all day in our offices 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.