Backend Engineer (Infrastructure)

Operations      ·      Brisbane/ Remote     ·    Full time

Why Max Kelsen?

We are a rapidly growing company that believes in providing opportunities for career progression. Culturally we want our team to be open, honest, and challenge each other to be better. This does not mean we are perfect, but it does mean that we have a burning desire to keep on improving. When you come on board at Max Kelsen, you will tackle challenging problems and work with interesting clients including Fortune 500 companies, often building solutions that have never been implemented before. Recently, these have included an application that helps to slow degenerative eye disease in children and another that improves the effectiveness of skin cancer therapies.

The Role:

We are looking for a permanent Software Engineer who has a keen interest in backend engineering and cloud infrastructure to join our growing team developing and maintaining cutting edge solutions for Max Kelsen’s enterprise clients and/or our own products. You’ll be actively delivering projects developed for large user bases with a focus on translating business logic into code, designing and implementing new features, and designing and deploying and production cloud solutions. You will be responsible for working with frontend engineers to develop backend API endpoints, working with other backend/platform engineers to design and deploy cloud solutions, and continuously improving development/deployment workflows and approaches. 

What You’ll Do:

• Translate business problems (encompassing people, process and technology) and feature requirements into backend software solutions
• Collaborate on design and deployment of cloud infrastructure to host/run software solutions
• Continuously seek to improve current development and deployment practices and workflows

Max Kelsen is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are aware that some individuals tend to only apply for jobs when they meet 100% of the criteria. If you think you have what it takes, but don’t necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. We’d love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit!

Minimum Qualifications

• A proven track record delivering backend services and APIs in a major language or framework (e.g. Python/Go/NodeJS) OR designing and deploying cloud solutions using Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g. Terraform, Pulumi, Cloudformation)
• A strong desire to learn and upskill in the less experienced option in the above dot point
• Working knowledge/experience with containerized applications
• Good solution design skills, with an emphasis on designing robust, reliable and highly available online services
• Some experience/exposure to building CI/CD pipelines for solutions
• Familiarity with security best practices (authentication, key management, observability etc)
• Strong technical communication and documentation skills
• Exposure to automated unit and integration testing

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid understanding of relational database design fundamentals and SQL
• Experience in BOTH backend software development and cloud solution development/deployment
• Experience working in an Agile environment with Iteration Managers / Product Owners to refine the backlog, prioritise features and plan sprints
• Experience working in a consulting/professional services environment
• Experience/Participation in open-source projects 

About Max Kelsen

Some companies are product or service centric, but we are people centric. Without our unique, diverse team we wouldn’t be able to do the work we do. Every day we strive to make Max Kelsen a place where everyone feels seen, heard and valued. Our team is encouraged to ask questions, offer solutions and be included in our journey.

In terms of flexible working/working from home, we fully endorse this and support our teams to work from wherever they do their best work. We provide all the necessary equipment to work from home including monitors, keyboard, mice, and noise-cancelling headphones. Our focus is on delivering great outcomes for our clients, not clocking up excessive hours each week.

Enjoy an additional day of birthday leave, 2 days of charity leave to support a cause you’re passionate about, and utilise 5 days of professional development leave to ensure your career prospects continue to grow.

We value spending time together and creating strong connections, so we bring the team together a few days a month for what we call Deep Bond Days. We hold a monthly Town Hall and team BBQ at the office to ensure everyone is kept up to date on changes across the organisation. We also have an active social club with frequent lunches, talks and free social events. Previous events have included private cinema screenings, trivia nights, various sporting activities, and more.

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