Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Java/AWS)

Hassett Group; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Hassett Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its growing engineering team in Melbourne. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable software powering public transit systems, collaborating with platform specialists, hardware experts, and cross-functional teams.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience, strong Java skills, and hands-on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, ECS, ECR) with CDK. You will design APIs, implement CI/CD pipelines, and mentor junior engineers in an Agile

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proficient in Java and building scalable applications.
• Hands-on AWS experience with serverless and container platforms.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Bitbucket.
• Design and integrate RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures (Kafka).
• Familiar with relational and non-relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL).
• Strong automated testing across unit/integration/UI (JUnit, Jest, Selenium, Cucumber Studio, Allure).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain secure, scalable, and reusable software solutions aligned with customer and business needs.
• Actively contribute to Agile development practices, including sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with the Team Lead and Principal Engineer on system design, technical direction, and delivery planning.
• Mentor and support junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve production incidents to ensure system reliability and customer satisfaction.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly across multidisciplinary teams, providing constructive and solution-focused feedback.

Skills

Java

RESTful APIs

Event-driven architectures

Automated testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / IT

Tools

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

ECS

ECR

CDK

Bitbucket

CI/CD pipelines

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Oracle

JUnit

Jest

Selenium

Cucumber Studio

Allure

Job description

Hassett Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its growing engineering team in Melbourne. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable software powering public transit systems, collaborating with platform specialists, hardware experts, and cross-functional teams.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience, strong Java skills, and hands-on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, ECS, ECR) with CDK. You will design APIs, implement CI/CD pipelines, and mentor junior engineers in an Agile