Software Engineer

carsales; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible working arrangements

24 weeks paid parental leave

Job summary

carsales is seeking a Software Engineer to join the ACIL tribe, focusing on high availability systems for dealership inventory and sales funnels. You will contribute to planning, building, and supporting scalable software solutions with modern agile practices.

Ideal candidates have strong .NET backend and frontend experience, plus knowledge of AWS, CQRS/Event Sourcing and DevOps. The role supports hybrid work arrangements with a flexible environment and a commitment to wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Experience with backend development in .NET ecosystems (C#).
• Strong frontend development experience with Angular or React.
• Proven track record building event-driven and distributed systems (CQRS, Event Sourcing, message queues).
• Strong knowledge of AWS cloud platform.
• Applied knowledge of DDD, TDD, and modern engineering practices.
• Performance tuning at application and database levels.
• Passion for clean code, continuous improvement and scalable design.
• Knowledge of AI tooling to enhance productivity and solution design.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, containers, and infrastructure as code.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Work within the ACIL tribe contributing to planning, building and supporting high-quality software solutions at scale.
• Engage in all software engineering practices including decompose work, code reviews, testing, source control and build processes.
• Collaborate with your team, the wider ACIL Group, and carsales to deliver integrated solutions.
• Share knowledge and provide constructive feedback to strengthen team culture.

Skills

Backend .NET

Frontend Angular/React

Event-driven systems

AWS

DDD/TDD

Performance tuning

Clean code

AI tooling

DevOps CI/CD

Observability

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Containers (Docker/Kubernetes)

Infrastructure as Code

Logging/Monitoring tools

Job description

Are you ready to be a big part of something big?

At carsales, we're all about making buying and selling a great experience. Since 1997, we've been evolving with the new economy to help people choose how they move-today and tomorrow.

When it comes to your career, we want tooffer meaningful opportunities that empower you to make a lasting impact. But for that to happen, we strive to feel small, small enough to stay agile, learn across teams, and connect authentically with each other.

With a vision to be the global leader in online vehicle marketplaces, we're transforming how people buy and sell across the world. We discover new ideas and bring them to life. We continue to grow, and we continue to evolve and we're not afraid to take bold steps to get there.

This position is within our ACIL (Auto Corporate Industry & Leisure)Tribe. The ACIL Tribe, In a nut shell, focuses on high availability product for Dealership customers to manage their inventory and prospects. It plays a vital role in allowing them to maximise their online customer interaction and sale funnels.

From integrations and billing to user management and authorizations, the tribe are responsible for a high availability, low latency platform built for client success.

We embrace hybrid working combining the flexibility of remote work with the energy and connection of in-person collaboration. We champion flexibility and offer a range of policies and leave options to support your wellbeing.

What's on offer

• A place where you can move your career forward, where you'll be continuously backed to make new ideas happen, and the chance to do work that makes real, significant impact in the world.
• We're proud to be recognised as one of Australia's Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work, a Family Friendly Workplace and a WORK180 endorsed employer for women.
• The support of a highly engaged, high-performing team including a leadership team that you'll actually have face time with.
• 24 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers, four weeks paid secondary caregivers leave and paid family & fertility planning leave.

What you'll be doing

• Working within the ACIL tribe you will use your expertise in modern agile practices to contribute to planning, building and supporting great software solutions that deliver quality at scale, automating where possible.
• Be involved in all aspects of software engineering practices including breaking down work, code review, testing, source control, build processes
• Collaborate and build great connections with your own team, the wider ACIL Group, and the larger carsales family
• Create and enhance team culture, by sharing your knowledge and ideas, giving and receiving constructive feedback

What we're looking for

We build distributed systems using a wide range of tools and technologies. As a Software Engineer, you'll bring deep technical expertise and lead by example. You won't need to know every tool we use, but strong experience is always highly regarded.

• Experience with backend development in .NET ecosystems.
• Strong frontend development experience, Angular or React.
• Proven track record building event-driven and distributed systems (e.g. CQRS, Event Sourcing, message queues).
• Strong knowledge of AWS cloud platform.
• Applied knowledge of DDD, TDD, and modern engineering practices.
• Performance tuning at both application and database levels.
• Passion for clean code, continuous improvement, and scalable design.
• Knowledge of applied AI tooling (e.g. using AI, agentic systems) to enhance productivity and solution design.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices such as CI/CD, containers, and infrastructure as code.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools.

We know not everyone will meet every requirement, and that's okay. If you're excited about the role and believe you can make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.

A few other things we want you to know...

• As an equal opportunity employer, carsales welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, abilities, and life experiences. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.
• If you have a disability or require adjustments to participate fully in the recruitment process, please let us know - we're here to support.
• We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements, including part-time options. If you'd like to explore this, just ask during the process.
• We're also a proud Circle Back Initiative employer, which means we commit to responding to every applicant.
• Successful candidates joining the carsales team will need to complete a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights.

So come and join our team - because every role is a big role in our plans to go big.