Senior Site Reliability & Backend Engineer (Java/AWS)
Location
Australia (Sydney or Melbourne preferred)
Contract
Initial 6-month contract with strong potential for extension based on business requirements and performance.
Join a leading cloud platform team responsible for provisioning and managing customer environments at scale.
We're looking for a hands-on
Senior Site Reliability & Backend Engineer
to help operate, troubleshoot, and improve a mission-critical cloud provisioning platform. This role combines software engineering, production support, automation, and distributed systems problem-solving, making it ideal for engineers who enjoy owning complex systems and driving operational excellence.
You'll be working on a platform responsible for the activation, suspension, lifecycle management, and retirement of cloud-based customer environments. Your work will directly improve reliability, reduce operational overhead, and enhance the customer experience.
What You'll Be Doing
Investigate and resolve production issues across distributed services and cloud infrastructure.
Diagnose failures, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes.
Support critical provisioning workflows and customer lifecycle operations.
Develop tools and automation that reduce manual intervention and improve operational efficiency.
Build and enhance Java-based backend services and APIs.
Improve monitoring, reporting, dashboards, runbooks, and operational processes.
Drive resolution of complex technical incidents by gathering evidence, analysing logs, identifying impact, and proposing solutions.




Collaborate closely with engineering and platform teams to improve system reliability and scalability.
Automate recovery workflows, bulk operations, and repetitive operational tasks.
What We're Looking For
3+ years of software engineering experience supporting production systems.
Strong commercial experience with
Java
and
Spring Boot
.
Experience building and supporting
REST APIs
and microservices.
Strong AWS experience, including:
Step Functions
SQS
SNS
DynamoDB
Proven production troubleshooting expertise using logs, metrics, dashboards, and monitoring tools.
Experience performing root cause analysis and incident resolution.
Strong scripting and automation capabilities.
Nice to Have
Gradle
OpenAPI
Contract testing (Pact)
Experience working with large-scale distributed systems
Key Success Traits
Solid ownership mentality.
Excellent problem-solving and investigative skills.
Ability to communicate technical findings clearly to stakeholders.
Passion for automation and continuous improvement.
Comfortable operating in complex cloud environments with high reliability requirements.
Why This Role?
This is a unique opportunity to work on a highly critical cloud platform that impacts thousands of users and services. You'll solve real distributed-systems challenges, improve operational resilience, and build automation that delivers measurable business value. You'll have the autonomy to drive improvements, influence platform reliability, and make a visible impact from day one.
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📌 Senior Site Reliability & Backend Engineer (Java/Aws) (Sydney)
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