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Southern Matrix Technologies —West Melbourne VIC
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- Full-time
- Computer science
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Southern Matrix Technologies —West Melbourne VIC
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Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Southern Matrix Technologies
West Melbourne VIC

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Job Details

Permanent | Full-time
$11,670.34 - $14,174.54 a month
11 hours ago

Qualifications

CI/CD
Authentication
Performance tuning
Computer science
Kotlin
Data modelling
Azure
Computer Science
Systems design
NoSQL
Google Cloud Platform
AWS
Docker
Bachelor's degree
Terrafrom
Data pipeline
APIs
Scalability
Design patterns

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Senior Software Engineer (Backend) — Job Description

Position summary

Lead design and implementation of scalable, reliable backend systems and services; mentor engineers, drive architecture and technical decisions, and ensure delivery of high-quality server-side software.

Key responsibilities

System design &* architecture:* Architect backend services, microservices, APIs, data models, and integration patterns to meet scalability, availability, and maintainability goals.
Implementation: Write clean, performant, and well-tested server-side code (services, batch jobs, data processing) in the team's primary language (e.g., Java, Go, Python, Kotlin, C#, Node.js).
API design: Design and document robust RESTful or GraphQL APIs; ensure backward compatibility and versioning strategies.
Scalability &* performance:* Identify bottlenecks, optimize latency and throughput, and design systems for horizontal scaling and fault tolerance.
Reliability &* observability:* Implement logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting; participate in SRE practices and maintain SLAs.
Data management: Design data schemas, optimize queries, and collaborate with DBAs/data engineers on transactions, indexing, and sharding strategies.
Security &* compliance:* Apply secure coding practices, authentication/authorization (OAuth/JWT), input validation, and data protection measures.
CI/CD &* tooling:* Integrate automated testing and deployment pipelines; champion build, release, and rollback practices.
Mentorship &* leadership:* Mentor and coach mid/junior engineers, conduct code reviews, and drive technical growth in the team.
Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, QA, and DevOps/SRE to deliver features end-to-end.
Incident response &* postmortems:* Lead troubleshooting during incidents, drive root-cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes.
Technical strategy &* process:* Influence technical roadmap, evaluate new technologies, and improve engineering processes and standards.

Required qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
5+ years backend software engineering experience (or equivalent seniority).
Strong proficiency in at least one backend language and ecosystem (e.g., Java/Spring, Go, Python/Django/Flask, Node.js/Express, C#/.NET).
Deep understanding of distributed systems, system design patterns, concurrency, and scalability.
Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, caching, message queues, and asynchronous processing.
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
Strong testing discipline: unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
Excellent debugging, performance tuning, and problem-solving skills.
Effective communication and mentorship abilities.

Preferred qualifications

Experience designing high-throughput, low-latency systems or large-scale production services.
Prior work with event-driven architectures, stream processing (Kafka, Kinesis), and data pipelines.
Experience with observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, ELK) and SRE collaboration.
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and automated deployment strategies.
Advanced degree or relevant certifications.

Pay: $11,670.34 – $14,174.54 per month

Work Location: In person

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