Golang Job: Associate Software Engineer

Stake is looking for an Associate Software Engineer to join our team at our HQ in Sydney. Stake is more than a brokerage, we're one global brand that stands for progress. This is true for our customers but also for our team members.

Stake is a digital brokerage offering seamless access to invest in shares. It is an exciting working environment where everyone is challenged to deliver high-quality execution. It's collaborative and high energy. It's a supportive environment where people are encouraged to take ownership and try things, even if they may fail. Our internal mantra is ‘never settle' and we all share an ambition to do whatever it takes to grow this business forward. We are growing quickly and have expanded outside of Australia to New Zealand, United Kingdom and Brazil. This is your opportunity to join a global brand rocketing forward and a team hungry to shake up an industry.

About this role

You will plan, design and deliver a scalable mobile/web application enabling Stake to scale globally across Asia, Europe and Latin-America. Our developers take ownership, work collaboratively and challenge each other to build best-in-class payment and trading solutions. You will build highly available and maintainable systems and have your say in how to architect solutions to solve customer problems.

In particular, you will:

• Deliver significant enhancements in trading and payment functionality to Stake customers;
• Develop across the entire product stack using technologies such as Java, Golang, Python, SQL/Postgres;
• Work within a high availability/security DevOps culture using technologies such as Terraform, Packer, CircleCI and NGINX in a multi-cloud environment (AWS and GCP).
• Have the freedom to implement suitable technologies to solve particular challenges associated with global expansion;
• Manage software products in a fast-growing business.

A bit about you

• You're a hands-on problem solver. Financial markets are complex and require creativity to provide a great customer experience whilst maintaining accuracy, compliance and availability.
• You have some experience with Java/Golang, SQL/Postgres and building RESTful APIs. Understanding of running within a Linux environment and comfortable on the Linux command line;
• You have some experience with one of AWS, GCP or Azure and understand of how modern web applications are structured end-to-end.
• 1- 2 years of experience in software engineering. We have multiple positions available for various levels of seniority (from mid level to lead and principal) so don't hold back!

Let us know if you also have the following experiences but if you don't, we'll show you the ropes!

• You have an interest in finance or the markets. Can be a curious interest or a lifelong passion;
• You have some experience working on multi-region products or in the financial services sector;
• You have built end to end applications. You understand how a modern web service is constructed, and you have experience beyond maintaining existing code.
• You understand FX/banking rails or have previous experience integrating payment gateways;
• You have experience with security and you know best practices.

At Stake, we value hustle over honours degrees, so we're more interested in you than your resume. If you believe this is a role you want to jump into head first and be part of our mission, please apply and let us know why in your cover letter!

Some of the ways we invest in you

• An Employee Stock Ownership Plan and an annual discretionary bonus
• An annual $2,500 professional development allowance to learn new skills
• An annual $1,000 wellbeing allowance to support you beyond work
• Flexible working arrangements
• 10 weeks' paid Parental Leave for either parent + 6 extra weeks for the birthing parent, with a no waiting period to qualify

For more information on all our benefits go to our careers page https://hellostake.com/au/care... (https://hellostake.com/au/careers)

Stake is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We aim at providing an inclusive work environment and do not discriminate based on race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status.

So what happens next?

Once we've received your application, we'll give it as much attention as it deserves and you'll hear from us either way. If we think you will be a good addition to our team, we will give you a call and from there, you'll cruise through our recruitment process.

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