Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Sydney, NSW
Permanent
Full-time

16 days ago

Company DescriptionLendi Group is a market-leading digital platform business that is focused on revolutionising the entire property journey. It operates Lendi - Australia's original and #1 digital mortgage brand - and the iconic Aussie franchise.Powered by an advanced AI proprietary platform, a national network of 1,300 brokers, 230 retail stores, a team of experienced buyer's agents, integrated property search and conveyancing, Aussie is supporting customers at every step of their property journey to find, buy and own with more confidence than ever before. Lendi Group's loan book is more than $100b and it was named Australia's Aggregator of the Year for 2024.To learn more about life at Lendi Group check out our blog:Why Join Us?

Innovation at Our Core - We challenge the status quo and push boundaries to create better solutions.
Work with the Best - Collaborate with some of the brightest minds in fintech, financial services, and strategy.
Make an Impact - Contribute to meaningful projects that shape our business and the future of property finance.
Grow & Evolve - Develop your skills and advance your career in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment.

About the roleLendi Group is evolving into an AI-native fintech, embedding artificial intelligence at the heart of how we work. This transformation is about more than tools - it's about empowering our people. By integrating AI across the business, we're freeing our teams to solve more complex problems, build smarter products faster, and deliver even greater value to our customers.We're investing heavily in upskilling and reskilling, giving our engineers access to cutting-edge AI capabilities and the freedom to experiment, learn and lead in this new era. If you're curious, collaborative, and excited by what AI can unlock - this is your moment to get involved.We're looking for an enthusiastic Senior Software Engineer to be part of our Partner Product team.You'll report to the Partner Product Team Leader, solving exciting and challenging product and engineering problems alongside a group of passionate, experienced engineers. It's a team that values collaboration, fast learning, and delivering real value to Lendi Group's customers - all while having fun along the way.Job Description

We value evidence-backed opinions and as a valued member of our engineering team, you will have the opportunity to play an integral part in influencing the engineering team's rhythm, culture and processes with opportunities of impacting architecture and design, coding, deployment, and support.
Owning major parts of the system, designing and delivering robust and scalable solutions.
Actively practising a “you build it, you own it” mentality by supporting, debugging, monitoring the code you and your team built.
Developing clean, maintainable code that is suitable for continuous integration and deployment, following best practices and software guidelines.
Be a full-stack developer with back-end services in NodeJS and React front-ends.
Collaborating with Product Manager, Designers, BAs, and others as part of a cross-functional agile team.
Working with our Product and UX teams to imagine the visual and interaction patterns appropriate for our customers.
Communicating effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences both verbally and in written form.
Helping to drive the engineering rhythm and process of the team from planning, resource allocation, design, coding, deployment, and support.
Mentoring less experienced engineers in your team or other parts of engineering.

Qualifications

5+ years of backend development experience.
Strong proficiency in Node.js (TypeScript) and associated backend technologies.
Strong API development skills, including RESTful services, schema-first design, Graphql, webhooks, and Auth (Auth0, JWT).
Deep understanding of microservices architecture and messaging patterns (e.g., event-driven, request-response, pub/sub).
Hands-on experience with Kafka, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Experience with AWS cloud services, particularly IAM, Lambda, DynamoDB, ECS, and SSM.
Experience with DevOps and IaC patterns and approaches
Nice to have: Experience with Kotlin and Python.

Additional InformationLendi Group teams operate across Australia and the Philippines. Bringing together diverse expertise, innovative technology and a customer-first approach, our teams work seamlessly to simplify the property journey, helping Australians find, buy and own property with confidence.We support our people in a variety of ways, but a few of the benefits that our people rave about include:

A vibrant, relaxed, yet professional culture.
Hybrid working arrangement designed to support work-life balance, while fostering meaningful connection and collaboration.
A holistic wellbeing programs offering 24/7 support, including medical, mental health, and financial wellbeing services to enable our workforce to thrive at home and work.
generous paid Parental Leave: we celebrate our growing Lendi Group family with 18-26 weeks leave for primary carers and up to 4 weeks for secondary carers.
An additional week's Loyalty Leave each year after reaching 3 years' service.
Wellness initiatives with a strong focus on psychological safety.

Our culture is guided by our three core values: We Are Stronger United; Act Like You Own It; and Keep Home Loans Human. These values are part of our DNA-helping us attract, engage, and grow the right talent while building best-in-class products. Together with our principles, they guide how we collaborate, support one another, and make decisions to drive progress with purpose.We're committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community at Lendi Group. We believe that a team reflecting the world around us leads to greater innovation, stronger collaboration, and a more engaging workplace.This is an opportunity to shape the future of a fast-growing, purpose-driven company that's transforming the homeownership journey.Ready to contribute to Lendi Group's next chapter? Apply now and be part of something big!#Lendigroup #LI-GR2 #LI-Hybrid

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