Why This Role, Why Now
Ignition is growing and growing consistently.
As we scale our platform to serve more tier-1 financial institutions across Australia, the UK, and Europe, we're expanding our engineering team to match that ambition.
This isn't a role where you maintain the status quo.
Research and development is embedded in how we build, we continuously explore and implement modern techniques and patterns across our microservices and event-driven platform.
If you want to work on meaningful financial technology problems with a team that values engineering rigour and moves fast without cutting corners, this is that opportunity.Your Responsibilities
Lead development of new features across the core financial advice platform, from design through to delivery
Contribute to architecture decisions in close collaboration with the Principal Engineer
Design and implement services within our microservices and event-driven architecture
Apply and champion engineering practices including TDD, trunk-based development, and continuous delivery
Own automated testing across unit, integration, and E2E as a core part of your development workflow
Actively participate in code reviews, raising the quality bar across the team
Contribute to the evolution of engineering standards, design patterns, and development practices
Play an active role in DevOps including CI/CD pipeline management, platform work, and incident response
Share knowledge and experience with colleagues, informally mentoring and supporting the growth of those around you
You will bring
10+ years of development experience with C# and .
NET (including .NET 6+)
Experience with microservices and event-driven architectures,



applying a database-per-service model across polyglot data stores
Hands-on experience with AWS data services including DynamoDB, OpenSearch, and Aurora Serverless (PostgreSQL)
Strong understanding of API design including REST and gRPC
Experience with observability practices including structured logging, distributed tracing, and metrics
Security-conscious development with a sound understanding of authentication, authorisation, and secure coding standards
Experience with Docker and containerised workloads
Experience with third-party integrations and common integration patterns
Deep knowledge of software design patterns and engineering best practices
Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing across unit, integration, and E2E
Familiarity with the Atlassian toolset including Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket
Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery teams
On any given day you might....
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Contribute to a daily async standup over Slack, keeping aligned with team members
Join a bi-daily team catchup to share progress, raise blockers, and align on what you need from each other
Develop new features and improvements across existing services, with occasional new service creation on a per-needs basis
Review a pull request, giving considered feedback that raises the quality of the codebase
POC a recent feature or explore a modern pattern as part of an R&D; spike
Work through a complex technical problem independently, pulling in the Principal Engineer when you need a sounding board
Contribute to CI/CD pipeline improvements or help respond to a production issue
Sync with the frontend or client delivery team to align on an integration point

📌 Senior Back End Developer (Sydney)
🏢 Ignition Advice
📍 Sydney