Senior Software Engineer

Preacta; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Preacta is partnering with a leading Australian financial services organisation to hire Senior Java Engineers for their Core Digital teams in Sydney. The role focuses on new feature development, platform modernisation, and scalable backend systems within a mixed monolith and microservices environment.

You'll work on architecture-driven delivery, owning solutions from design through production, across cloud-native, high-performance systems on AWS.

Qualifications

• 6+ years backend experience in software engineering.
• Experience designing and developing APIs and microservices.
• Strong fundamentals in backend engineering and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Own architectural decisions and delivery of high-quality solutions.
• Develop scalable backend services and APIs.
• Collaborate across teams on platform modernisation and feature work.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Hibernate

APIs design

Microservices

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Looking for a contract where you're building new products, influencing architecture and working on systems used by millions of customers?

We're partnering with a leading Australian financial services organisation on the hire of several Senior Java Engineers to join their Core Digital engineering teams. With significant investment in new products and platform development, there's plenty of opportunity to get involved in meaningful engineering work from day one.

You'll be working across new feature development, platform modernisation and scalable backend systems, taking ownership of solutions from initial design through to production. The environment is technically complex, with a mix of monolithic and microservices architecture, cloud-native development and high-performance distributed systems.

What they're looking for:

Strong commercial experience with Java, Spring Boot and Hibernate, ideally with six or more years in backend software engineering. You'll have experience designing and developing APIs, working with microservices and building scalable applications within AWS environments.

They're looking for engineers who can take ownership, contribute to architectural decisions and deliver high-quality solutions, rather than simply picking up tickets. Experience within banking or financial services is beneficial, but strong engineering fundamentals are the priority.

The stack:

The details:

• Contract: 12 months, with potential to extend
• Location: Sydney, hybrid working