Senior Backend Engineer

Stake

full-time

Posted on: 9/11/2025

Origin: • 🇦🇺 Australia

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About the role

Plan, design, and deliver scalable software to provide an exceptional product experience for Stake
Build highly available systems and contribute to architectural solutions
Lead the design and architecture of complex technical projects, ensuring alignment with system-wide goals and standards
Set the standard for high-quality, maintainable, and testable code
Deeply own the systems you build, act as subject matter expert and point of escalation for high priority issues, and participate in on-call rotations
Provide reliable development effort estimates and ensure timely delivery of high-complexity solutions, balancing technical excellence with business needs
Work in a dynamic, fast-growing environment to implement technologies and manage software products
Mentor peers and champion best practices through code reviews and team collaboration

Proven experience designing and delivering scalable backend systems and complex technical projects
Leadership in design and architecture of complex technical projects
Strong software engineering skills with emphasis on high-quality, maintainable, and testable code
Experience operating in an on-call environment and acting as subject matter expert/point of escalation for high priority issues
Ability to provide reliable development effort estimates and ensure timely delivery of high-complexity solutions
Experience mentoring junior engineers and raising engineering standards
Pragmatic problem-solving and ability to pick the right tools for the job
Familiarity with technologies: Golang (preferred), CockroachDB, Pub/Sub, gRPC, Redis, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Datadog — or proven ability in other stacks and willingness to learn
Ability to work hybrid (Sydney CBD 3 days/week) or remotely across Australia’s East Coast