About The Role

We’re scaling development here at Sportsbet and are looking for a Senior and Mid-level Software Engineer – Java to join our Betting Product Technology team in Melbourne.

This is an exciting opportunity for a backend engineer who thrives on designing and building reliable, scalable systems and wants to make a meaningful impact in a fast‑paced, technology‑driven environment.

You will bring solid technical capability, sound engineering judgement and a genuine sense of ownership. You’ll contribute not only through hands‑on development, but also by uplifting engineering standards and helping drive a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

- Design, build and evolve scalable backend services and platforms.
- Deliver high-quality software with a focus on maintainability, reliability and performance.
- Own and improve CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and DevOps practices.
- Lead technical design and solutioning for complex business problems.
- Identify and proactively manage technical debt, system risks and opportunities for improvement.

About You

You combine technical depth with professionalism and accountability. You enjoy solving meaningful problems, working collaboratively across teams and lifting the capability of those around you. You are adaptable, delivery-focused and motivated by building great systems and strong engineering practices.

- Proven experience in technical ownership and leadership for the senior position.
- Experience in Java and Spring Boot.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems,



microservices and event‑driven architecture.
- Experience with messaging and streaming technologies such as Kafka.
- Working knowledge of AWS, including services such as EC2, ECS, VPC, CloudFormation, CloudWatch and RDS.
- Experience with CI/CD, automated testing and engineering tooling such as Docker, Jenkins and Ansible.
- Understanding of observability, secure coding and up-to-date software engineering practices.

Benefits

- Competitive salary and generous performance‑based bonus for permanent staff.
- 25 days annual leave.
- Hybrid working policy (Monday and Friday from home) and a $1,050 home office allowance for new starters.
- Industry‑leading parental leave support program with 26 weeks paid leave for primary carers and a progressive return‑to‑work benefit in the first six months.
- Hack Days – opportunities to explore creative projects.
- Career development programs, expert‑led internal training and external learning opportunities with staff allowance.
- Weekly concierge service including free massages and nail appointments onsite in the Melbourne office.
- Free breakfast, daily fresh fruit and weekly rotating socials.
- Onsite table tennis and pool tables.
- Discounted health insurance and free annual flu jabs.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Sportsbet is fully committed to diversity and inclusion. We value and celebrate the unique perspectives each individual brings to our team. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration, and we are an equal opportunity employer.

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📌 Software Engineer - Java (Melbourne)
🏢 Sportsbet
📍 Melbourne