Senior Software Engineer
Permanent Senior Java engineer role building high-throughput, event-driven microservices with Java 21, Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes and AWS for a large Australian technology organisation. Engineers own services end to end, hybrid from Sydney CBD, with AI coding tools embedded in daily delivery.
- Compensation
- A$195K / yr
- Location
- Sydney NSW
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Strong hands-on Java experience with Java 17 or 21 and Spring Boot in production
- Experience designing and building microservices and event-driven systems
- Solid AWS production experience including EKS, Lambda, RDS, or SQS
- Kubernetes and containers in production
- Design-first mindset: turns a problem into a defensible system design and owns the outcome
- Strong Java fundamentals and a platform builder mindset
Nice to have
- Kafka experience
Full description
Salary: Perm salary up to $195k + Bonus + Super
- Engineers from Atlassian, AWS, Canva and Google on your team
- Java 21, Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes, AWS, event-driven microservices
- Permanent up to $190k base plus bonus plus super, hybrid Sydney CBD
Full Job Description:
The engineers joining this team are coming from Atlassian, AWS, Canva, and Google. That tells you everything about the engineering culture.
This is a permanent Senior Java Engineer role on a fast-growing digital platform team inside one of Australia's most well-resourced technology organisations. Engineers own their services end to end. Architecture decisions, production quality, and observability all sit with the engineer who built it. No ticket queues. Real ownership from day one.
The work is genuinely hard. High-throughput, event-driven distributed systems built on Java 21, Spring Boot, Kafka, and Kubernetes on AWS. Platform-level engineering where downstream teams and users depend on what you build being correct and available. If you want to be building the infrastructure rather than consuming it, this is the role.
AI tooling is embedded into daily delivery, not on a roadmap. Every engineer uses Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Gemini CLI as part of how they ship. Strong TDD culture, full test pyramid, genuine IC progression from Senior to Lead to Staff to Principal without going into management.
What We Are Looking For
- Strong hands-on Java experience with Java 17 or 21 and Spring Boot in production.
- Experience designing and building microservices and event-driven systems, ideally with Kafka.
- Solid AWS production experience including EKS, Lambda, RDS, or SQS.
- Kubernetes and containers in production.
- A design-first mindset. Someone who takes a problem and turns it into a defensible system design, then owns the outcome.
- Strong Java fundamentals and a platform builder mindset matter more than ticking every box.
To Apply
Send your CV to ross@preacta.com or apply via the link below. We will be in touch within 48 hours.
Please note this role is managed exclusively by Preacta Recruitment. Do not contact the client directly.