Software Engineer

Join a dynamic team at the forefront of property innovation, where diverse ideas drive impactful solutions and cutting-edge technology shapes the future of real estate.
Permanent role based in Melbourne
We're REA
With bold and ambitious goals, REA Group is changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home.
Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we’re proud to have been named in Australia’s “Top 5” Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.
Where the team fits in
This Engineering role sits within our Advertising and Value part of the business. The role will sit in a team that believes in changing the way people experience property. They do this by connecting real estate agents with the largest property seeking audience in Australia. The team is responsible for driving sustainable growth in Residential’s core listing products and ensure we provide superior customer value on realestate.com.au.
What the role is all about
Working with a team of experienced full stack engineers (Melbourne and Xi’An)
Working with Principal Engineer, Engineering Manager and Staff Engineer to ensure our solution is line with our technical vision
Informing delivery planning and technical design by providing a balanced view of options, effort, and quality considerations
Keeping abreast of the latest technology advancements to inform product and technical design
Proactively contributing to the continuous improvement of products, technology, process and team development
Actively developing skills and experience through continual learning and evaluation
Who we’re looking for
We are looking for a mid-level Engineer who has a passion to learn new programming languages particularly functional programming (such as Kotlin and Typescript). Below are some of the attributes we are looking for in a candidate:
Developed skills in building full-stack web products
Developed skills in designing and building systems with cloud technologies (e.g. AWS EC2, Lambda, SNS, SQS, S3, basic networking etc..)
Developed skills in two or more programming languages - (e.g.TypeScript/React/Kotlin/Java)
Developed skills in modern software development techniques (e.g. functional programming, object oriented programming, test-driven development and CI/CD)
Experienced in agile environment and systems development life cycle
Ability to effectively work in pair programming and also independently
Able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other teams/tribes and stakeholders.
And some bonus points (and these are also things you can gain from this role):
Experience with functional programming
Work in a collaborative team environment and exercise pair programming on daily basis.
Able to provide business solutions with constrains/limits and adapt to changes
Work productively within tight deadlines in an agile environment
Experience working in a distributed team (e.g. remote team in China) is desirable
Experience in designing and building micro-services and distributed systems, (e.g. REST API, GraphQL, queue-based, event driven architecture with Kafka or SQS) with good performance and adequate security
Experience in building data pipeline with Airflow Breeze, Google BigQuery, Relational Databases
The REA experience