Senior Software Engineer

Our client is a fast-growing global technology company transforming how the energy sector operates. Their platform helps energy providers modernise core operations, improve customer experiences, and optimise energy usage across connected devices.

By building advanced software that supports renewable energy systems and smarter energy management, they are helping accelerate the transition to a more sustainable, affordable, and accessible energy future.

With teams across multiple regions, the business is expanding its engineering presence in Australia and investing heavily in building a highly capable local team. The Melbourne team works closely with international colleagues to deliver a world-class SaaS platform used by energy retailers globally.

The company supports a flexible hybrid working model, with teams typically collaborating in the Melbourne CBD office 2-3 days per week.

The Role:

As a senior engineer, you will play a key role in designing, building, and operating a large-scale SaaS platform that powers next-generation energy retailers.

You’ll work within a high-performing engineering community of product-focused and data-driven engineers who are passionate about building reliable, scalable systems.

While in a senior position, you will work to support and inspire junior-mid level team members, however this role will not have any direct reports or people management responsibilities.

The senior engineers may occasionally collaborate across time zones with global teams across different time-zones.

Key responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable services supporting customer lifecycle and metering data management
• Contribute to architecture and technical discovery for new platform capabilities
• Write high-quality, maintainable code and lead by example in engineering best practices
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from discovery and prototyping through to deployment and operational monitoring
• Ensure services are reliable, observable, and performant in production environments
• Work collaboratively within agile teams using tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Miro
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing.

Key skills and experience:

• Strong hands-on software engineering experience, ideally with TypeScript or modern backend technologies
• Experience building scalable, resilient cloud-native systems
• Strong understanding of modern engineering practices, including CI/CD and automated testing
• Experience working within agile product development teams
• A passion for ownership, from technical design through to production support
• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to team capability
• Curiosity and a continuous learning mindset

Benefits working with the company:

• Annual discretionary bonus
• Flexible hybrid working (2-3 days per week in Melbourne CBD office)
• 26 days annual leave
• Progressive leave policies for life’s important moments
• Learning & development budget
• Home office allowance
• Novated leasing options
• Purchase additional leave

***Candidates must have full working rights in Australia, and be Melbourne based to work in a hybrid setting (CBD office location) to be eligible for this opportunity.***

Acknowledgement of Country

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We pay our respects to all First Nations Australians and their Elders past and present.

We’re proud to have won the Best Mid-Sized Recruitment Company to Work For at the 2023 TIARA Recruitment Awards, and to have been finalists, for the second year in a row, in the Client Service and Recruitment Leader of the Year categories! At Salt, our mission is Creating Futures by putting our clients, candidates, partners, and team members at the heart of everything we do. We extend our sincere appreciation to everyone who has contributed to our continued success.

Salt acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia as the continuing custodians of country and culture. We pay our respects to all First Nations Australians and their Elders past and present.