Stake - Graduate Software Engineering Program

Stake; Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Stake in Sydney is seeking graduate software engineers who completed their degree in 2024, 2025 or 2026 to join our Technology team in Sydney. You’ll contribute to production code from your first week, alongside engineers who build Stake every day, and work on distributed systems and financial infrastructure.

The program features an online application with AI interview, live coding, onsite day in Sydney, and offers in December 2026 with a February 2027 start at Stake HQ, Sydney CBD.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related field completed in 2024/2025/2026
• Interest in software engineering and ability to demonstrate projects

Responsibilities

• Contribute to production code from day one, collaborating with experienced engineers
• Write clear, maintainable, well-tested code following engineering best practices
• Participate in design reviews, planning sessions and retrospectives
• Learn to support scalable services in production and grow ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

We’re an Australian investing platform that helps ambitious people confidently grow their wealth. By offering seamless, immersive access to ASX and Wall St, we’ve empowered a new wave of investors. Today, we have 750,000+ customers and more than A$8B under administration. Join us as we continue to reshape the financial industry, inspire investor confidence and unleash the investor in everyone.

About the program

We’re looking for graduate software engineers who have completed their degree in 2024, 2025 or 2026 to join our Technology team in Sydney.

• Start date: February 2027
• Location: Stake HQ - Sydney CBD
• Background: Graduated in 2024, 2025 or 2026 with a degree in Computer Science or another relevant degree
• Application and interview process: will take place in Oct/Nov 2026 with offers going out in Dec 2026

Why engineers choose Stake

• Ship from day one - contribute to production code from your first week, alongside the engineers who build Stake every day.
• Build at scale - your work will help power an investing platform downloaded by more than 1 million customers.
• Solve real problems - from distributed systems to financial infrastructure, you’ll work on technical challenges that demand thoughtful engineering and attention to detail.
• Accelerate your growth - real responsibility, regular feedback, and experienced mentors mean you’ll develop faster. You’ll learn more in 3 months than in 2 years at a bank.

What success looks like

Early in your career at Stake, you’ll have:

• Contributed production code that improves the experience of customers, working alongside experienced engineers
• Written clear, maintainable and well-tested code, following Stake’s engineering best practices
• Taken part in design reviews, planning sessions and retrospectives, and built your understanding of how we run reliable, scalable services
• Learned to support the systems you help build in production, with guidance from more experienced engineers
• Grown through thoughtful code reviews, giving and receiving feedback with equal confidence
• Built strong working relationships across Product, Design and Engineering
• Shown the curiosity, ownership and consistency that set you up for an ongoing role as an Associate Software Engineer

You’ll thrive here if…

• You completed your degree in 2024, 2025 or 2026 – ideally in computer science, though we welcome applicants from other disciplines – and you’re hungry to kick-start a career in software engineering
• You enjoy building software – through coursework, side projects, internships or open source – and can show us what you’ve made
• You value simplicity and understand that the best solutions are often the ones that are easiest to operate, maintain and evolve
• You take ownership and follow through on what you start
• You enjoy collaborating, asking good questions and sharing what you learn
• You welcome feedback and use it to improve quickly
• You’re curious, adaptable and excited to learn new technologies and approaches
• Contributed to open source or built something people actually use

So what happens next?

Once we’ve received your application, we’ll give it the attention it deserves.

If we think you’d be a good addition to our team, here’s what to expect:

• Online application with AI interview - A first touchpoint to understand your background, motivation and skillset.
• Live coding interview - Oct/Nov 2026. Solve a real problem with one of our engineers, thinking out loud as you go.
• Stake Onsite Day - Nov 2026. One day at our Sydney office to meet the team you could join and spend time with Stake’s founders and leadership. You’ll also take part in group exercises, including system design, alongside other candidates.
• Offers - Dec 2026. Successful candidates receive an offer, complete standard right-to-work checks and lock in a start date for Feb 2027.