Senior Backend Software Engineer

The Role

You’re a senior engineer who is well respected by your peers, and know how to lead effectively. You find joy in making a product that customers love. You love taking ownership over your work and can balance managing technical debt with improving the user’s experience / adding product features. You are interested in the newest technology and you’d like an environment where you can share your skills with like minded people on a no ego team. We’re a tech company at our core and we have an interesting domain we work in. And we want you to join us!

About Megaport

Megaport has transformed the way IT gets connected. We're global leaders in Network as a Service (NaaS), changing the way businesses reach the cloud. We're also a leading partner to Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM, Oracle, NYSE, and many other leading technology companies. Megaport is a publicly traded company on the Australian Stock Exchange. We’re a lean, high-achieving team made up of over 300 members globally. While the company is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, employees are spread out across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Staff enjoy an environment that is collaborative, supportive, and fun.

Our Team Culture

Join a team of globally-positioned industry experts that lead by example. We do not compromise our values for commercial gain; we are all custodians of our culture, and the customer is at the centre of everything we do. Our employees are motivated, adaptable, persistent, hard-working, and dynamic. Our culture permeates everything we do and this, in turn with a global vision, forms a commitment to each other, our customers, and shareholders alike.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Product Development & Ownership – Contribute to the evolution of our core product, including modernising legacy components, adding new features, and helping shape long-term architectural direction.
• System Maintenance & Technical Improvements – Identify and reduce technical debt, improve performance and reliability, and participate in scaling decisions across our platform.
• API Design & Delivery – Build and maintain secure, scalable RESTful APIs used by customers and partners. Ensure adherence to API standards, versioning practices, and monitoring instrumentation.
• Quality & Release Engineering – Play a key role in our release process by writing reliable tests, reviewing code rigorously, and contributing to CI/CD pipeline improvements.
• Mentorship & Technical Leadership – Support the growth of junior engineers through pairing, thoughtful code reviews, and informal coaching. Promote sound design principles and foster a culture of continuous technical learning.

What We Are Looking For

• 5+ years of software development experience in Java and/or Kotlin - OO design and associated design patterns.
• Proven experience building backend services and tools within web application ecosystems.
• Ability to act as a technical lead for small projects (typically up to 4 developers), offering architectural and design guidance.
• Strong data modelling skills with significant experience working with relational databases using SQL, ideally Hibernate.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Sharp logical reasoning skills and a habit of asking the right questions, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and succinctly.
• Bonus: Familiarity with networking concepts such as IP routing or MPLS.

What We Offer

• Flexible working environments
• Birthday Leave, 12 weeks parental leave, and 5 days of study leave.
• Free, barista-made coffee
• Creative, fun, and contemporary workspaces
• Motivated team of industry experts and plenty of learning opportunities
• Celebrated success with internal awards programs
• Health and wellness program

If you have any questions, please reach out to Megaport's Talent Acquisition Team at [email protected]

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