Software Engineer

REA Group

Software Engineer at REA Group, building backend services for Financial Services. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance consumer experiences across platforms.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeMelbourne • 🇦🇺 AustraliaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GraphQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

As a Software Engineer, you will help build and operate the shared backend services and integrations that underpin Financial Services consumer experiences.
Design, build and maintain high-quality backend services, APIs, integrations and shared data capabilities.
Contribute to technical delivery end to end, from discovery and solution design through build, release, monitoring and continuous improvement.
Make pragmatic technical decisions across service, integration and data-flow concerns that balance customer value, maintainability, delivery pace, compliance and risk.
Help establish strong engineering practices, healthy team ways of working and operational readiness in a new squad.
Partner closely with product, design, analytics and engineering peers to shape simple, scalable solutions, especially where multiple channels or teams depend on the same core services.
Contribute through code review, pairing, technical design, documentation and ownership of production outcomes, including incident response and follow-up improvements.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience building and operating backend services, APIs, integrations or shared platform capabilities in a cross-functional product environment.
Strong software engineering fundamentals, including solution design, code quality, debugging, refactoring and sound technical judgement.
Experience working in typed backend or service-oriented environments, with interest in GraphQL, REST APIs, asynchronous data flows or domain services.
Experience contributing to systems used by multiple products, channels or teams, especially where ownership, service boundaries and reliability matter.
Confidence working in existing production systems and improving them incrementally.
A strong quality mindset, including automated testing, CI/CD, safe deployment practices and maintainable, well-observed systems.
Practical experience improving production security, reliability, performance and observability, and confidence participating in operational support, incident response and follow-up remediation.
The ability to work effectively with product managers, designers, analysts, architects and other stakeholders in a regulated and operationally mature context.
A collaborative mindset, with a willingness to learn, share knowledge, raise questions early and help create clarity where ownership or patterns are still emerging.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A hybrid and flexible approach to working.
Flexible leave options including birthday leave and the option to purchase additional leave.
Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers.
Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity.
Hackdays so you can bring your big ideas to life.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Solution DesignCode QualityDebuggingRefactoringGraphQLREST APIsAsynchronous Data FlowsDomain ServicesProduction SecurityObservability

Soft Skills

Collaborative MindsetEffective CommunicationProblem-SolvingWillingness to LearnKnowledge Sharing