Job Description
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Own and evolve a business-critical retail POS platform
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Hands-on role across Java, Spring and React
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Progress towards technical leadership or architecture
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Own and evolve a business-critical retail POS platform
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Hands-on role across Java, Spring and React
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Progress towards technical leadership or architecture
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The opportunity
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We're partnering with a large organisation seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help own and evolve a critical POS platform operating across an extensive national store network.
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Working across Java, Spring and React, you'll contribute to the development, stability and scalability of POS, back-office and wider store systems. The role combines hands-on engineering with complex integrations, production problem-solving and technical leadership.
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This would suit a solid Senior Engineer ready for greater ownership or a hands-on Tech Lead looking to influence architecture and engineering standards.
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What you'll be doing
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Designing and developing backend services using Java and Spring
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Building and improving user-facing applications with React
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Taking ownership of components across POS, back-office and store environments
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Integrating with ERP systems, payment gateways, loyalty platforms and enterprise applications
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Supporting reliable transaction processing across distributed systems
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Investigating production incidents and leading root cause analysis
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Improving CI/CD pipelines, testing, releases and deployment automation
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Monitoring performance, reliability and platform capacity
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Contributing to architecture and technical decision-making
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Mentoring engineers and collaborating with technical and business stakeholders
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What we're looking for
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Strong commercial experience with Java and Spring
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Frontend development experience using React
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Experience with APIs, integrations and distributed systems
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Confidence working with complex, production-critical platforms
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Familiarity with CI/CD tooling such as Azure DevOps and Git
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Solid database, performance and troubleshooting knowledge
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Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
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Experience with retail or POS systems, ERP integrations, payments or loyalty platforms would be highly regarded. Exposure to observability tools, scripting, automation, Windows/Linux environments or infrastructure fundamentals would also be beneficial.
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Why consider this role?
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You'll have genuine ownership of a high-impact platform used across a large retail network, with the opportunity to solve complex engineering challenges and progress towards broader technical leadership or architecture.

📌 Senior Engineer / Tech Lead (Victoria)
🏢 Halcyon Knights
📍 Victoria