Software Engineer - Mid Level

About SEEK Pass

As a SEEK startup, SEEK Pass is revolutionizing the use of verified data in the labour market. Through our deep integrations with SEEK, we enable job seekers to standout by sharing verified qualifications, licences and credentials early in the recruitment process. For employers, this makes it much easier for them to find people that truly meet their role requirements.

We have a high-powered team with significant autonomy and focus which can also tap into the huge reach, capabilities and assets of SEEK. This puts SEEK Pass in an excellent position to move fast, deliver real value, and scale up quickly. Find out more about SEEK Pass by visiting: https://certsy.com/

Life at SEEK

SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (2021-2024). We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.

The Team 

SEEK Pass is a trusted digital passport used by over 3 million people to manage and share their verified identity, credentials, and documents. We aim to integrate across the HR ecosystem to provide more value, security and convenience for individuals and organisations in employment-related processes.    

Our primary use case today is helping job seekers to stand out on SEEK by pre-verifying their qualifications, licences and other credentials so that employers can shortlist them with confidence and speed. We operate as a distinct cross-functional business unit, with integrations into SEEK’s job marketplaces across Asia-Pacific.  

Learn more about SEEK Pass at: https://seekpass.co 

About the role 

Our teams build products and solutions for internal and external customers across SEEK Pass and the wider SEEK Group. A Mid-Level Software Engineer is an experienced member of our SEEK Pass Engineering teams. A Mid-Level Software Engineer is a fully autonomous professional, responsible for improving the technical alignment, health and engineering practices within a team.  

You will develop software within product delivery/systems/platform teams, contributing to engineering quality, coaching and mentoring entry-level Software Engineers, and demonstrate passion for your craft through user centric, reliable and scalable solutions. 

Responsibilities 

You'll play a meaningful role in: 

• Helping builds, maintain and improve our platforms 
• Protecting the security and privacy of the user data 
• Integrating with partners and authorities 
• Have real involvement in the business direction of the product 

Some of the technology we're using includes: 

• Ruby on Rails 
• Node.js 
• GraphQL 
• PostgreSQL and Redis 
• All aspects of AWS

For this role, we have a very open mind in terms of specific work experience. If you have the right mindset and capabilities, then we strongly encourage you to apply. Here are some things we would regard highly: 

• Significant back-end development experience in Ruby on Rails 
• 5 to 8 years of software development experience 
• Writing testable, effective and communicative code 
• Architecting and building highly available, scalable, secure & performant systems 
• Data modelling, design patterns, understanding trade-offs 
• Strong experience in agile software development practices 
• Experience in developing and expanding microservices architecture 
• Experience in integrating with third-party systems 
• Strong data & application security knowledge and skills 
• Solid understanding of and experience with AWS services 

As a team member we value the following traits: 

• Passion and happiness in learning new things (if you don't know something - you find out. If you can't do something - you learn) 
• A keen curiosity about the overall business context and building phenomenal user experiences 

Nice to have (but not essential): 

• Experience in a start-up / scale-up environment 
• Experience with identity or document verification and compliance 

At SEEK we offer:

• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners
• SEEK is committed to operating sustainably, certified carbon neutral for its business operations (through Climate Active), purchasing renewable energy for our office and working-from-home emissions and a target for net zero by 2030. 
• The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.