THE ROLE

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities
Design and develop software supporting research, trading and portfolio management.
Build cloud-native applications and distributed systems on AWS.
Design APIs and data pipelines processing large volumes of market data.
Build real-time systems supporting investment workflows.
Improve platform scalability, performance and security.
Work directly with PMs, traders and quantitative researchers.
Drive engineering standards and best practices.
Contribute to long-term architecture decisions.

Focus Areas

This is heavily focused on:
Greenfield engineering
Ownership
Product thinking
Building systems from scratch

Technology Stack

Core:
Python
Django
PostgreSQL
AWS
React
TypeScript
Docker
GitHub
CI/CD

Nice to have:
Event-driven systems
Messaging systems
Low latency systems
Financial markets experience

Must have:




Robust Python engineering experience
Experience building products from inception through production
Demonstrable ownership of systems and architecture decisions
Solid backend engineering experience
Distributed systems experience
Cloud experience (AWS preferred)
Reliable career history with long-term commitment
Strong communication skills

Preferred:
Financial markets experience
Trading systems experience
Real-time systems experience
Startup or scale-up experience
Experience in smaller engineering teams with high ownership

Candidate Expectations

The client is specifically looking for candidates who can clearly answer: "What products have you built?" and "What was your contribution from idea through production?"
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📌 Senior Software Engineer Melbourne
🏢 Pearson Carter
📍 Melbourne