Job no: 520755
Work type: Full time
Location: VIC - Metro
Categories: Information Technology

- Iconic Australian owned and operated global retail business
- 8+ years of software engineering experience delivering large-scale, high-transaction digital platforms.
- Hybrid role in a vibrant team culture where we embrace pace & encourage new ideas

Join Spotlight Retail Group as a hands-on Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Engineering, building scalable, secure, cloud-native solutions across our multi-brand, multi-country digital ecosystem. You'll work in a vibrant, fast-paced hybrid environment at our South Melbourne office.

What You’ll Be Doing

- Build maintainable, cloud-native AWS features using sound design principles.
- Deliver full-stack features across Next.js/React frontends, NestJS/Node.js BFF/backend services, and Java/Spring Boot applications.
- Design and consume event-driven components and APIs (e.g., Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB).
- Maintain code quality, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and clear technical documentation.
- Leverage AI agents and coding assistants to accelerate debugging, refactoring, and delivery.

What We’re Looking For

- Experience: 8–12 years in software engineering delivering large-scale digital platforms.
- Frontend: Strong TypeScript, React, Next.js, Redux, Tailwind CSS, SSR/SSG, and web performance expertise.
- Backend:



Solid expertise in Java, Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, SQL/NoSQL databases, and AWS-native architecture.
- Domain: Hands‑on e‑commerce experience; headless CMS (Content Stack) or Commerce tools experience is highly desirable.
- Mindset: Agile, adaptable, and comfortable thriving in a high‑availability retail environment.

Why Join Spotlight Retail Group?

- Flexibility: True hybrid working model in a modern South Melbourne office (steps from the South Melbourne Market).
- Rewards: Highly competitive base salary + super + profit-share eligibility.
- Perks: Generous team discounts across all our iconic brands—Spotlight, Anaconda, Mountain Designs, and Harris Scarfe—plus gym discounts and EAP support.
- Growth: Exposure across a diverse, market-leading retail portfolio with a explicit trajectory for career progression.

Who We Are

Spotlight Group Holdings (SGH) is a privately held $3bn+ Australian parent company which controls, operates and invests in a diverse set of businesses and assets.

As Australia's largest privately-owned and operated family business, SGH includes Spotlight Retail Group (Spotlight, Anaconda and Harris Scarfe), Spotlight Property Group, Spotlight Direct Investments and Spotlight Charitable Foundation.

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📌 Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Engineering (Melbourne)
🏢 Harris Scarfe
📍 Melbourne