About CSG
CSG is a multinational organisation headquartered in the United States with employees in countries around the world.
Were a SaaS platform company that helps some of the worlds most recognizable brands solve their toughest business challenges. Our innovative solutions and trusted experts enable companies to create customer experiences that set them apart.
At CSG youre more than your resume. We want your diverse perspective and unique background to help us enrich the work we do together. We believe that by channelling the power of all we make ordinary customer and employee experiences extraordinary. This is your opportunity to join one of our high-performing teams. Channel the power of YOU and begin the journey to becoming a CSGer.
Our product & team
This role is within the team that designs and develops CSQ Quote & Order a cutting-edge order management and quoting platform. Built using the latest technology our platform modernizes industries like telecommunications and banking.
Our team promotes a collaborative culture where everyones contributions are valued and diversity is celebrated. We prioritize continuous learning and improvement to keep our product competitive and ensure CSG remains an exciting workplace.
Due to growing demand from high-profile customers our team is expanding in 2025 and thats where you come in!
About our technology
Our product adopts a microservice architecture for scalability and flexibility using Kafka for event streaming and PostgreSQL for data storage.
We use Kubernetes to orchestrate our containers allowing us to offer cloud (AWS & Azure) and on-premise deployment options of our platform. Our infrastructure is maintained by a state-of-the-art gitops/IaC pipeline.
We heavily lean on open-source tools and libraries as well as maintaining our own to make development faster simpler and more consistent. Our code is managed using Git undergoes peer review before we test package and deploy through our CI/CD pipelines.
About the role
As a Lead Java Software Engineer you will drive our platform architecture and technical direction mentor and empower your team and collaborate across squads to deliver robust scalable solutions for the CSG Quote & Order product.
Youll be the go-to person for technical decisions and will play a key role in defining our development standards architecture and best practices.
In your first 90 days youll get comfortable with our system build strong relationships across the Quote & Order team and design new features to deliver awesome outcomes for our customers.
Hi Im Zandile Vanqa your Recruiter and guide to joining CSG. At CSG youre more than your resume. We want your diverse perspective and unique background to help us enrich the work we do together. We believe that by channeling the power of all we make ordinary customer and employee experiences extraordinary. Channel the power of YOU and begin the journey to becoming a CSGer.
What youll do:
- You will report to the Software Development Manager
- Help shape our technical roadmap aligning system architecture and development priorities with long-term business goals.
- Work with the latest technology (Microservices Event based architectures Kubernetes etc.)
- Code software! We want 40% of your time to be spent working on R&D projects / product development
- Collaborate with development testing and UI design teams to translate customer needs into impactful user-friendly features by composing complete design documentsBuild and grow your team provide technical guidance / coaching and develop the knowledge/skills of your team
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Software Engineering or equivalent experience
- At least 7 years of technical experience in product (software) design product development and/or product implementation with modern Java SE (17)
- Solve complex problems quickly. Experience gathering and analyzing data to inform high-impact technical decisions
- Highly effective at communicating in English have collaborating across multiple teams and strong comprehension of written/verbal material
- Proficiency in development packaging and release toolchains (Java Docker Linux/unix (in general or command line) Git / github maven.)
- A plus if you are familiar with: AWS/Azure Kubernetes PostgreSQL Apache Kafka Micoservices and REST API frameworks
Employee benefits:
- Work from anywhere: CSG has a global policy called Flexibility First that allows employees to work from wherever they feel most productive. The Quote & Order team does not maintain a dedicated office space so your position will be 100% remote with the exception of several in-person workshops during the year (in Bali see below and Melbourne).
- Twice-yearly workshops in Bali: Twice a year the whole Quote & Order team gets together in Bali Indonesia for dedicated in-person time including team presentations hackathon sessions training and team-building activities.
- Paid volunteer days: Everyone at CSG gets two paid days per year to volunteer at a community organisation of your choice.
Who will love this job:
- A trusted team player you know how to connect and communicate with your audience(s) around the world and create safe environments to voice diverse opinions foster diversity and belonging and above all treat people with respect
- A growth driver you have a mindset that anticipates and adapts to changing needs and can bring partners together to contribute and work toward a shared vision
- A game changer you dream big and push the limits of whats possible to improve for yourself and others
- A leader you excel leading your own projects and produce impactful outcomes while dedicating time to mentor those around you to help them grow
- A strategist youre curious and find inventive ways to implement ideas that lead to business simplification outcomes and solutions