Golang Job: Expression of Interest: Software Engineer

Although Stake isn't actively hiring for a Backend Engineer right at this moment, we will be in the future, so if you meet our criteria, register your interest by applying today.

We recruit engineers either for our HQ in Bondi Junction ( hybrid model) or 100% remote anywhere across Australia or New Zealand. 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 our engineers:

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 payment functionality to Stake customers;
• Develop across the entire product stack using technologies such as Golang
• 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 have experience with Golang, and building RESTful APIs.
• You have some experience with one of AWS, GCP or Azure and understand of how modern web applications are structured end-to-end.

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

• You understand FX/banking rails or have previous experience integrating payment gateways;
• 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 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!

Benefits of working at Stake

At Stake you'll have the opportunity to work with autonomy while learning from some of the best talent in the industry, playing a meaningful role in building a company that has loads of positive momentum and excitement around it.

But we also have perks. Not long ago, we proudly introduced new benefits under the Grow with Stake program. Please see the whole list on our Careers website (https://hellostake.com/au/careers), including:

• $2,500/year professional development allowance
• $1,000/year wellbeing allowance
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Childcare allowance of up to $18,000 in value over 24 months after having a baby while being employed at Stake
• Extra paid leave during tough times
• Discretionary performance bonus and talent referral bonus
• Employee Share Options scheme

Stake is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We are proactive about providing an inclusive work environment and do not discriminate based on race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status. We're also endorsed by WORK180 as a great employer for women.

So what happens next?
Once you apply, will be added to our EOI talent pool, if you are suitable we will be in touch when we are back on the market for an engineer to get an update on your availability and work situation.
To all recruitment agencies - Stake does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias or directly to Stake employees. Stake is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.