The Senior Software Engineer will design, develop, and deliver SaaS solutions, focusing on both front-end and back-end components while collaborating with various stakeholders and supporting operational excellence.
About Objective:
At Objective, we create software that makes a difference. With over 400 people and five development labs spread across Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom, Objective is a leading developer of SaaS solutions for the government.
Our role:
We are currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team in Sydney. The Senior Software Engineer is a key member of the product development team, responsible for designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software products that meet customer needs. This role involves full-stack development, including both front-end and back-end components, with a strong emphasis on quality, security, and customer satisfaction.
This role reports to the Development Manager and does not have people management responsibilities.
A day in your role:
- Design and build scalable, secure, performant web applications and services.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to understand user needs and deliver results.
- Support roadmap and delivery planning by making pragmatic decisions and balancing customer value, business impact, and technical quality.
- Own operational excellence through monitoring, system observability, error management, documentation, and user analytics.
- Contribute to team and company culture through thought leadership, improving team practices, and involvement in new initiatives.
- Support fellow engineers through mentorship, feedback, code reviews, and improvement of internal tools and processes.
- Proactively learn new technologies, techniques and methods that may benefit the team, customers, or product and share these with others in the business.
Your skills, experience and beyond:
- Demonstrated commercial experience in building SaaS and contemporary web applications.
- Hands-on experience in Advanced Java development such as Spring Boot.
- Experience with frontend frameworks, particularly ReactJS.
- Good understanding of databases and RESTful web services.
- Solid experience with automated testing methodologies
- Exposure to contemporary cloud services, such as infrastructure (AWS), container orchestration, IaC, CI/CD, tooling, and monitoring.
Our benefits:
- Hybrid work arrangements to support work-life balance.
- Access to EAP for confidential counselling.
- Extensive learning resources to develop your skills.
- Regular social events to promote team bonding.
- We are recognized as an endorsed employer for women. Learn more about our benefits on WORK180.
If you do not tick every box, do not let that stop you. We value potential, learning agility, and diverse perspectives just as much as experience, and we encourage you to apply.
At Objective, we recognise and celebrate our diverse team as pivotal to our strong employee engagement and our high-performing culture, underpinned by Our Values.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristics or on any other basis prohibited by applicable laws in the regions where we operate.
To ensure a positive experience, please inform our Talent Team of any adjustments or accommodations you may require during the recruitment process, so we can support you effectively.
Top Skills
AWS
Java
React
Spring Boot
Objective Corporation North Sydney, New South Wales, AUS Office
Level 30, 177 Pacific Highway, North Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2060
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