Fullstack Software Engineer (Java, React)

Fortiro; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote and in-person options

Career development

Job summary

Fortiro is a growing fintech offering an award-winning enterprise SaaS platform focused on detecting financial crime and automating verification workflows. As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will design, build and improve the platform across backend, frontend and cloud, contributing to secure, scalable software in a hands-on mid-level role.

You’ll work across Java, React, APIs, and Agile delivery, with opportunities to deepen capability in cloud, microservices, CI/CD, and enterprise SaaS

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of commercial software engineering experience across the full stack.
• Strong Java skills (JEE, Hibernate, Spring MVC or similar).
• Strong React and JavaScript skills.
• Experience with microservices, distributed systems and API design.
• Experience with Docker and AWS.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, Gradle and Maven.
• Commitment to code quality, security and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Build Java backend services and React front ends powering fraud-detection workflows.
• Design and grow microservices and APIs at the heart of the product.
• Work with AWS and Docker to run scalable, secure environments and CI/CD pipelines.
• Review code, tackle technical debt and uphold engineering standards.
• Collaborate in an Agile team with engineers and product managers.

Skills

Java

React

API design

Docker

AWS

CI/CD

Tools

Hibernate

Spring MVC

Gradle

Maven

Job description

About us

Fortiro is a growing fintech with a highly experienced team, backed by significant investment, and giving you the opportunity to contribute to an award-winning enterprise SaaS platform. Our technology uses emerging technologies and AI to help detect financial crime and enable automation in processes like lending and insurance claim verification. It is trusted by leading banks and financial services businesses in Australia, New Zealand, and globally.

About the role

As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you'll help design, build and improve the platform behind our product. You'll work across backend, frontend and cloud, and ship secure, scalable and reliable software that helps customers detect fraud and automate complex verification workflows.

This role is ideal for a hands-on mid-level Full Stack Software Engineer who is confident contributing across Java, React, APIs, and Agile delivery, and is keen to deepen their capability across cloud, microservices, CI/CD, and enterprise SaaS engineering practices.

What you’ll be doing

• Build what customers see and rely on: Craft Java backend services and responsive React front ends that power real fraud-detection workflows.
• Shape the platform: Design and grow the microservices and APIs at the heart of our product.
• Build on the cloud: Work with AWS and Docker to run scalable, secure and resilient environments, and ship great software through CI/CD.
• Raise the bar: Review code, tackle technical debt and help set the engineering standards we all work to.
• Collaborate to deliver: Work in a fully Agile team with engineers and product managers to turn ideas into outcomes.

What you'll bring

• 3 to 6 years of commercial software engineering experience across the full stack
• Strong Java skills (JEE, Hibernate, Spring MVC or similar)
• Strong React and JavaScript skills
• Experience with microservices, distributed systems and API design
• Experience with Docker and AWS
• Familiarity with CI/CD, Gradle and Maven
• A commitment to code quality, security and scalability
• Clear communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively and transparently with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Hands-on AWS experience (ECS, Lambda, S3, CloudFormation and more) and Azure DevOps
• Experience contributing to enterprise SaaS platforms or products used by regulated customers.
• Exposure to fintech, financial services, fraud prevention or compliance environments
• Curiosity about customer problems and an interest in helping prevent financial crime

Why Fortiro

• Make an impact: help enterprise customers succeed with world-class fraud detection
• Work on cutting-edge solutions: build products that transform financial crime prevention
• Be yourself: flexible, inclusive culture with remote and in-person options
• Grow with us: real opportunities to learn and take on new challenges
• Long-term focus: we invest in our people, and our strong retention rate proves it