Python Developer

Kogan.com; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Complimentary Kogan First Membership

Team exclusive discounts

Health & Wellness program

Lunch & Learns

Hackathons

Career development opportunities

Job summary

A leading Australian eCommerce company is seeking a Python Developer to build robust backend systems and design event-driven architectures. You will work with technologies like FastAPI and AWS while developing scalable order management systems and ensuring their reliability and performance. This mid-senior level role requires strong backend experience, with a focus on collaborative problem solving and accountability. The position offers competitive compensation and a full-time employment structure.

Qualifications

• Strong backend experience with an interest in learning frontend.
• Experience with microservices and serverless architectures.
• Familiarity with unit testing and test-driven development.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Build order management systems with real-time state tracking.
• Design architectures for order lifecycle management.
• Develop scalable backend processing systems.

Skills

Backend Development

Microservices architecture

Event-driven architecture

Unit testing

Observability

Tools

Python

FastAPI

AWS

Job description

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Kogan.com is a pioneer of Australian eCommerce. Our vision is to leverage and build technology to deliver personalised, innovating and fast customer experiences and whilst doing so being pragmatic with our solutions, scalable with our architecture, strong with our quality and not being afraid to fail quickly. As a team, we are empowered to make change, share our opinions and build each others capability.

Why Kogan.com?

• Our culture is unlike anywhere else and regardless of where you are in your career journey, we empower you to do your best work and have a big impact. Check us out https://devblog.kogan.com/ & https://goodteams.app/teams/kogan.com.
• Work with an incredible team to solve important challenges, helping to drive Australia and New Zealand’s eCommerce future.
• Your role has a lot of ownership, autonomy and little red tape. You’ll be empowered to achieve positive outcomes and your work will have a real impact.
• You’ll be at the forefront of the eCommerce industry and be part of a company that are the Pioneers of eCommerce in Australia.
• Be an Intrepreneur, playing a hands on role in shaping our strategy at our HQ.
• A range of employee benefits such as; complimentary Kogan First Membership, team exclusive discounts, Health & Wellness program, Learning & Development and Lunch & Learns, Hackathons, Team member referral program, Company and team events and celebrations, community engagement (volunteering) and extensive career development opportunities plus loads more!

What you'll do:

• Build order management systems that process orders with real‑time state tracking.
• Design event‑driven architectures for order lifecycle management, fraud detection, inventory allocation, and WMS integration.
• Develop scalable ecommerce backend processing supporting complex business workflows and transaction processing.
• Implement real‑time order tracking and customer notifications with state machine‑driven workflows and transport management integration.
• Lead observability and monitoring projects to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Work with Python, FastAPI, and AWS services to build robust backend systems.

What you'll need:

• Backend Development – strong backend experience with interest in learning frontend.
• Architecture – microservices and serverless patterns, event‑driven architecture.
• Testing & Quality – unit testing, integration testing, test‑driven development.
• Observability – structured logging, monitoring, and distributed tracing.
• Demonstrate a strong sense of responsibility and dedication to projects. See tasks through to completion, monitor them post‑implementation, and proactively take accountability for identifying and resolving any issues or bugs.
• Comfortable working within a fast‑paced, dynamic environment, and the ability to be agile and adaptable, which is key to success in this role.

To find out more about how we work, our tech stack, processes and company culture, visit https://careers.kogan.com and https://devblog.kogan.com

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Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Engineering, Information Technology, and Management

Industries

• Retail, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Information Services

South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

A$95,000.00-A$135,000.00