Senior Software Engineer (12-Month Contract) - Remote-First

Sidekicker; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Sidekicker, acquired by SEEK, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for a 12-month fixed-term contract. You’ll build and maintain systems used by thousands of workers and businesses across Australia and New Zealand.

Join a cross-functional team delivering end-to-end features with a focus on quality, architecture, and scalable software. Experience with PHP backend, React, and TypeScript is highly valued.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in software development, owning systems end to end.
• Comfortable making architectural decisions and navigating tradeoffs.
• Track record of driving technical improvements beyond immediate tasks.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred).
• Strong PHP backend experience, or comparable language with ability to pick up PHP quickly.
• Full-stack experience, especially with React and TypeScript, a plus.

Responsibilities

• Write code that thousands of Sidekicks and businesses rely on daily.
• Collaborate with Product and Design to shape product specs.
• Contribute to the quality and maintainability of long-lived systems while shipping regularly.
• Help shape how we build software, including testing, observability, maintainability and AI tools.
• Be part of a tight-knit, high-performing team that values trust and respect.

Skills

Pragmatic software

Problem solving

Agile adaptability

Clear communication

Clean code

Architectural decisions

AWS familiarity

Tools

PHP backend

React

TypeScript

AWS

Job description

Sidekicker, acquired by SEEK, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for a 12-month fixed-term contract. You’ll build and maintain systems used by thousands of workers and businesses across Australia and New Zealand.

Join a cross-functional team delivering end-to-end features with a focus on quality, architecture, and scalable software. Experience with PHP backend, React, and TypeScript is highly valued.