Senior Java Developer

About the role

Sydney | Hybrid | Up to $160K + Super (flexible to $170K + Super for exceptional candidates)

Are you a Senior Java Engineer who thrives on complexity, loves solving deep technical problems, and wants to influence both engineering culture and product direction?
This is a rare opportunity to join a scaling Australian tech company at a pivotal moment — and help shape the future of a mission-critical enterprise platform used across major industries.

We’re searching for a female-identifying Senior Java Developer to join a highly collaborative engineering team and raise the bar technically, culturally, and operationally.
If you’re curious, detail-orientated, and love diving into challenging backend systems (not just surface-level UI), this team will feel like home.

What You’ll Work On

You’ll take ownership of a deeply complex, metadata-driven backend platform — solving large, interesting engineering problems that genuinely move the needle for customers.

Expect to be involved in:

Designing and improving backend architecture

Introducing engineering best practices and new ways of working

Helping scale a maturing platform and development function

Building new features across Java, Groovy, Spring/Guice, JPA/Hibernate

Collaborating with senior engineers, product owners, and principal engineers

Mentoring mid-level devs and influencing broader engineering culture

This isn’t a BAU or feature-factory role — you’ll be joining during a major uplift in platform capability, engineering maturity, and innovation.

About You

You’re someone who enjoys the hard problems and wants more than just building UI components. You love getting into the “why” behind the system, understanding how everything connects, and making things better — technically and culturally.

You’ll thrive here if you:

Have 5+ years’ Java experience, including 2+ at Senior/Lead level

Enjoy complex backend engineering and large-scale system design

Are highly curious and love unpacking how systems work

Can mentor others and act as a role model for engineering excellence

Are comfortable influencing, collaborating, and introducing improvements

Want to join a team where your voice genuinely matters

Tech Stack

Your experience doesn’t need to match everything — but strength across the JVM ecosystem is key.

Java, Groovy

Spring or Guice

Hibernate/JPA

JUnit, Mockito

SQL (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL)

REST/SOAP APIs

Liquibase

Ant, Maven, Gradle, Git

Tomcat, Wildfly/JBoss

CI/CD pipelines

What’s on Offer

Up to $160K + Super

Flexibility to $170K + Super for exceptional candidates

Hybrid working (Sydney-based)

Join a scaling team with huge technical ownership and influence

Career pathways into Principal Engineer or Tech Lead roles

Real opportunity to shape engineering standards, practices, and culture

A collaborative leadership team with zero micromanagement

How to Apply

If you’re a Senior Java Engineer who wants deeper technical challenge, more influence, and the chance to drive real change in a scaling tech environment — we’d love to speak with you.

📩 Send a message or apply directly to start the conversation (strict confidentiality guaranteed).