Staff Backend Software Engineer

Easygo; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

20% annual bonus potential

18 weeks parental leave

Free coffee and snacks

On-site amenities

Job summary

Easygo is seeking an experienced software engineer to architect and deliver scalable, high-performance backend systems from Melbourne. You will work with a world-class team building cloud-native services, APIs and platforms at scale, shaping system design and engineering practices.

You will lead, mentor and collaborate across teams, actively coding and ensuring quality, reliability and performance in a fast-moving, high-impact environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive backend experience in design and development.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to mentor and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design scalable, high-performance software solutions in line with project requirements.
• Optimise existing systems for performance, scalability and reliability.
• Actively contribute with hands-on coding and ensure code quality and maintainability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to communicate progress and decisions.
• Provide technical leadership, guiding and mentoring junior engineers.

Skills

Backend architecture

Team leadership

Performance optimization

Tools

Go

TypeScript

Python

Node.js

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

GraphQL

AWS

Job description

Join a team that thrives on innovation and craftsmanship, building cutting-edge games that entertain millions worldwide. Our engineers are at the heart of everything we ship — creating immersive, high-performance experiences and tackling complex technical challenges with creativity and precision. Every game we build has to be robust, scalable and engaging, and that's where you come in.

What you'll build with us:

Are you ready to get the Easygo Edge?

Join a team that thrives on innovation and craftsmanship, building cutting-edge games that entertain millions worldwide. Our engineers are at the heart of everything we ship — creating immersive, high-performance experiences and tackling complex technical challenges with creativity and precision. Every game we build has to be robust, scalable and engaging, and that's where you come in.

What you'll build with us:

You'll architect and build global, large-scale products operating at thousands of requests per second — over 2 billion requests daily. You'll work alongside the top 5% of engineering talent in Australia on a vast cloud-native stack: AWS, microservices, large-scale distributed systems, NATS, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Terraform, TypeScript, GraphQL and Node.js. Beyond the code, you'll provide technical leadership, mentoring junior engineers and championing engineering excellence across the organisation.

We know that innovation ignites when we build and create together, in person. This is a full-time opportunity at our Melbourne office. You'll work right where it all happens, surrounded by our fearless crew shipping high-impact work.

Who is Easygo?

We're a high-growth, high-velocity tech company with millions of eyeballs on us every day. We're building the future of fearless tech.

We're the creators behind some of the most popular brands including Stake, KICK and Easygo Games. While they command a fierce global following, our crew is employed directly by Easygo and that's where the real fun happens.

We're always looking for people who are hungry, humble and move fast. People who are ready to Unify, Disrupt and Evolve with us.

With us you'll grow faster and go further. Your work has impact. And that gives you an edge you can't get anywhere else.

The impact you'll make:

• Architect and design scalable, high-performance software solutions in alignment with project requirements and company standards.
• Optimise existing systems for performance, scalability and reliability — identifying and resolving bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
• Actively engage in hands-on coding and development, ensuring code quality, scalability and maintainability.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, communicating technical concepts and project updates.
• Provide technical leadership, guiding and mentoring junior engineers in the team.

Your track record:

• Extensive software engineering experience with a focus on scalable system design and development.
• Strong backend server development skills in a modern language such as Go, TypeScript or Python.
• Experience with Node.js, Docker, cloud services (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud) and related technologies.
• Proficiency in Kubernetes or equivalent container orchestration platforms (OpenShift, Nomad, Docker Swarm).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi or CloudFormation.
• Proven expertise building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with tools like AWS CodePipeline or GitHub Actions.
• Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring and guiding teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and excellent communication for collaborating across teams and stakeholders.

Bonus points if you also have:

• Familiarity with additional backend languages like Java or C#.
• Experience in gaming, entertainment or other high-traffic consumer platforms.

Here are our benefits and perks:

Sharpening your edge

• The ultimate sandbox. Exciting, on-the-job learning opportunities.
• 1 in 3 of our people level up their roles every year. If you deliver, you move.

Competitive pay and bonus scheme

• Market-synced pay that respects your craft and location.
• Performance-based bonus recognition based on your impact (up to 20%).
• Help us build our crew and get paid for it with our high-value referral bonus. Because great people know great people.

Other perks

• 18 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers
• Smooth Parental Return: Ease back into work with 12 weeks of transition support, including fully paid Fridays off during your first three months back
• Access to Employee Assistance Program
• Wednesday massages
• In-house baristas serve you free coffee, fresh juices and smoothies.
• Daily catered breakfast and regular company-wide events.
• Snack walls and drink fridges on every floor.
• Fun, modern office spaces. Pool tables, table tennis, gaming consoles and an F1 simulator.

We play fair. We hire fair.

True to our value of 'Play fair' we always hire fair. Our work and our brands are fuelled by our diverse culture. We hire for talent and grit. But we never discriminate. Your race, religion, nationality, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, or disability status won't affect our hiring decision, or your trajectory here. Come as you are and get the Easygo edge.