Senior Software Engineer – Fintech Platform Reliability & Scale

Motion Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment client is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with an operations leaning lens to maintain, scale, and elevate TypeScript/React platforms across lending, risk, and customer service.

You will balance feature delivery with production reliability, tackle Level 2 support duties, and drive platform initiatives with Platform Engineering and infrastructure teams. Strong TS/React and microservices experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and React with full-stack fundamentals.
• Experience with distributed microservice architectures and production reliability.
• Ability to troubleshoot production bugs using metrics and logs.
• Commitment to clean code, testing, and maintainable practices.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale front-end and back-end services for fintech operations.
• Identify bottlenecks, perform root-cause analysis, and deploy durable fixes.
• Balance Level 2 support with code refactoring to improve performance.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering and infrastructure teams.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Microservices

Observability

Testing

Scripting

AI tooling

Collaboration

Job description

Motion Recruitment client is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with an operations leaning lens to maintain, scale, and elevate TypeScript/React platforms across lending, risk, and customer service.

You will balance feature delivery with production reliability, tackle Level 2 support duties, and drive platform initiatives with Platform Engineering and infrastructure teams. Strong TS/React and microservices experience are essential.