Senior Software Engineer (Java, Python, ML, AI)

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer you will lead the design and development of scalable high-performance systems that solve complex business problems. Youll own critical components drive technical decisions and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable software while mentoring team members and balancing short-term goals with long-term sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate complex requirements into effective software solutions
• Design build and maintain scalable high-performance components and services
• Take ownership of system components driving implementation and managing technical debt
• Ensure high availability and SLA compliance for services
• Collaborate with data scientists and engineering leadership in an agile environment
• Contribute to architectural roadmaps and capacity planning
• Define and implement comprehensive testing practices
• Champion continuous delivery practices and enhance team productivity
• Balance delivery priorities with architectural sustainability
• Design and run experiments to optimize algorithms and system performance

Qualifications :

Skills and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or equivalent experience
• 5 years of software development experience
• Proficiency in Java Python Rust or Go
• Strong AWS cloud platform experience
• Understanding of machine learning deep learning and LLMs
• Experience building scalable resilient systems
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Functional programming experience (preferred)

Professional Skills:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Cross-functional teamwork experience
• Commitment to continuous learning and industry awareness

Additional Information :

The Team

The AI & Platform Services (AIPS) team provides AI-centric core services that scale globally including search recommendations candidate matching and personalisation. AIPS works with internal partners who deliver products to candidates and hirers.

Team members work in squads combining three roles: AI (machine learning) Strategy (business/product) and Engineering (development/DevOps).

At SEEK we offer:

• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Support of flexible working including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days  as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
•  which includes a long-term emissions reduction target of net zero by FY2050
• The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year

At SEEK we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences especially as they relate to gender sexual identity culture faith disability and life stages. If you have the skills curiosity and an adaptable mindset but dont meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role only those with eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time