Senior Software Engineer - Lead & Mentor (Hybrid, 25 Days)

Sportsbet; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave pro rata

Hybrid working policy (Mon & Fri from 

Access to outstanding career dev. prog

Hack Days

Weekly concierge service onsite in our

Free breakfast, daily fruit & weekly 0

End of trip facilities with onsite gym

Discounted health insurance and flu jJ

Onsite in Melbourne

Job summary

Sportsbet is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Melbourne to join on a fixed-term contract of about 8 months. You’ll be a hands-on full‑stack engineer, driving complex features from design through production and partnering with Product to shape smart technical solutions.

In our new pod structure you may step up as a Pod Leader, mentoring teammates and guiding delivery. You’ll contribute across the stack, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Product to deliver high‑quality customer

Qualifications

• Strong full‑stack engineering experience with React on the front end and Java on the back end.
• Proven experience taking the lead on technical design and implementation, turning complex problems into high‑quality solutions.
• Solid experience across modern engineering technologies and practices, including AWS, REST APIs, microservices, event‑driven architecture, Kafka, Docker, CI/CD, automated testing and observability.
• Experience with streaming/video technologies and an understanding of betting or wagering products and environments is favourable.
• Track record of mentoring engineers, influencing technical decisions and partnering with Product stakeholders to get great outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own it end-to-end, leading the design and delivery of complex features from technical exploration through to production.
• Partner with Product and technical stakeholders to unpack problems, challenge thinking and turn ideas into scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Play a key engineering leadership role within your pod, helping triage work, set direction and keep delivery moving.
• Get hands‑on across the stack while championing quality, reliability, security and strong engineering practices.
• Lift the capability of the team through mentoring, thoughtful code reviews, knowledge sharing and plenty of collaboration.

Skills

React

Java

REST APIs

Microservices

Event-driven architecture

Kafka

Docker

CI/CD

Automated testing

Observability

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Sportsbet is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Melbourne to join on a fixed-term contract of about 8 months. You’ll be a hands-on full‑stack engineer, driving complex features from design through production and partnering with Product to shape smart technical solutions.

In our new pod structure you may step up as a Pod Leader, mentoring teammates and guiding delivery. You’ll contribute across the stack, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Product to deliver high‑quality customer