Associate Software Engineer — Hybrid Work & Hackdays

REA Group Ltd.; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Birthday leave

Parental leave provisions

Volunteer leave

Job summary

REA Group Ltd. in Melbourne is seeking an Associate Engineer to contribute to the design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance of software systems within the Content Moderation Platform squad.

You’ll work in an agile cross-functional team reporting to the Engineering Manager, delivering secure, scalable software and participating in the full SDLC. Day-to-day you’ll design features, write clean code, develop automated tests, review peers, monitor production issues and contribute to

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related discipline.
• Minimum 12 months’ software development experience in at least one language (Scala, Kotlin or Java).
• Working knowledge of Agile/Kanban and cross-functional teamwork.
• Foundational full-stack development skills across front-end, back-end and data-driven systems.
• Strong fundamentals: coding standards, design principles, version control and automated testing.
• Good problem-solving, debugging and stakeholder communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement software features, enhancements and bug fixes per specs.
• Write clean, maintainable, testable code with approved languages/frameworks.
• Develop and maintain automated tests (unit/integration/e2e) for CI/CD.
• Participate in peer code reviews to ensure quality and performance.
• Maintain and improve existing applications and services, with defect resolution.
• Assist in monitoring, troubleshooting and resolving production issues.
• Follow security, compliance and change management practices.
• Contribute to technical documentation and development processes.
• Participate in agile ceremonies and collaborate with Product Managers and Designers.
• Communicate progress, risks and issues clearly and timely.
• Engage in continuous professional development and apply engineering standards.

Skills

Scala

Kotlin

Java

Agile/Kanban

Full-stack development

Software engineering fundamentals

Debugging

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Tertiary qualification in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Git

CI/CD

JUnit

Job description

REA Group Ltd. in Melbourne is seeking an Associate Engineer to contribute to the design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance of software systems within the Content Moderation Platform squad.

You’ll work in an agile cross-functional team reporting to the Engineering Manager, delivering secure, scalable software and participating in the full SDLC. Day-to-day you’ll design features, write clean code, develop automated tests, review peers, monitor production issues and contribute to