About SEEK

SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses, which includes Jobstreet and JobsDB in Asia, make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.​

​Life at SEEK

SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Place to Work 2023 In Tech (third year in a row). In Malaysia, where SEEK’s Asia HQ is located, we received four accolades at the TalentCorp Life at Work Awards 2023, including first runner-up for Best International Organisation and champion for Best CHRO. We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

The Role

Staff Engineer is a technology leader and member of our engineering teams. In this leadership role you will shape the vision of the team, as well as ensuring our solutions are meeting our business and needs across SEEK’s Asia and Pacific markets. You will own the overall technical alignment, health, capability and performance of the platform. You will also provide people leadership through mentoring, developing or line managing other engineers.

Key partners include:

• Engineering Manager
• Product Manager
• Engineers
• UX Designers

Key responsibilities include:

• Contributing to Jora’s overall technology strategy and aligning systems with that strategy.
• Ensuring systems are fit for purpose, well architected and follow current Jora development practices.
• Maintaining platform health, ensuring that our systems are secure, reliable, resilient and cost effective.
• Driving customer focus to ensure we are delivering valuable outcomes for our customers.
• Growing the team’s technical capabilities through coaching and mentoring.
• Helping to drive cross-team collaboration, decision making and accountability

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Leadership:

• Leading diverse engineering teams.
• Enhancing software development and deployment.
• Designing scalable, secure solutions.
• Operating in distributed environments.
• Coaching and mentoring engineers.

Personal Attributes:

• Influential and motivational.
• Committed to continuous improvement.
• Comfortable with uncertainty.
• Problem-solving and creative thinking.
• Collaborative, pragmatic, and growth-minded.
• Clear communicator and effective stakeholder manager.
• Outcome-focused, trust-builder.

Technical Proficiency:

• Proficient in TypeScript, Node.js, React.
• Experienced with AWS (SNS, SQS, Lambda, EventBridge).
• Skilled in PostgreSQL, DynamoDB.
• Knowledgeable in continuous delivery (e.g., Buildkite).
• Adheres to secure coding practices and data-driven decisions.

Join us to lead, innovate, and make a significant impact in a dynamic, collaborative environment!

The Team

The Engineering team is the largest team in Jora with more than 30 engineers. The team is split across the four main domains of aggregation, candidate, employer and native apps. Operating in a true start up environment and culture, we love to take a data driven and analytical approach to developing, prioritising and monitoring production features that drive outcomes for our customers.

Split between offices in Melbourne, Sydney and KL, the team values and embraces working across multiple locations and flexible working arrangements and boasts a large diversity in team members from different cultures and nationalities.

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 don't 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.

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