Senior Software Engineer (Java/AWS/React)

  • Sydney
  • Permanent
  • Wed Feb 4 23:25:22 2026
  • JO-2601-358875

Senior Software Engineer (Java/AWS/React)

  • Australian FinTech Company
  • Small team environment with flat company structure
  • Permanent role paying $140 - $180K + Super
  • Sydney CBD Office, 4 days in-office, 1 day WFH

Join a growing Australian FinTech company as their new Senior Full-Stack Engineering hire!

What’s in it for you?

  • Join a growing FinTech company
  • Take ownership of software solutions end-to-end
  • Contribute to software architecture and design
  • Flat company structure where you get to interact with all team members, both technical and non-technical
  • Product-focused company
  • Role paying between $140K - $180K + Super dependent on experience

What you’ll bring?

  • Genuine Full Stack Software Engineering experience
  • Experience building Java-based microservices and experience with Springboot or the Quarkus framework
  • Experience with AWS services
  • Experience with React JS, Typescript
  • Experience with REST APIs
  • Application testing experience using the likes of either Jest, Karma, Playwright
  • A strong understanding of secure software (understanding OWASP)
  • A willingness to ‘roll your sleeves up’ and jump in across all areas of the software development cycle
  • The ability to own software projects end-to-end
  • Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals and architecture principles

Nice to Have:

  • Experience with CI/CD using Github Actions
  • Experience with IaC, either Terraform/Ansible
  • Experience in the financial services or banking domain

What you'll be doing:

  • Working in a small, tight-knit, agile software team environment
  • Building secure and scalable Java-based microservices.
  • Contributing to software design and architecture
  • Contributing across all aspects of full-stack software engineering and to planning, building and shipping
  • Working in a flat organisational structure and interacting with Cyber, Finance, Operations and Risk teams
  • Owning projects end-to-end and working both collaboratively with the team as well as autonomously

How to Apply?

To apply online, please click on the link below!

Alternatively, for a confidential discussion or to discuss other software engineer roles in Sydney, please contact Jimmy Flynn on 0488 732 269.

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