Senior Java Software Engineer

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Empowering Australian scale-ups by growing their Engineering teams

Location: Sydney, Australia

Type: Full-time | Early-stage Startup | Well-funded

At 8pod, we're reimagining digital engagement. Our AI-powered platform creates hyper-personalised, immersive experiences that connect brands directly with consumers, breaking free from the limitations of traditional advertising.

We partner with some of the world's biggest brands across travel, retail, and hospitality, helping them reach over 2 billion people through advanced AI and strategic zero-party data partnerships. Backed by strong funding and global traction, we're preparing for launch across the US, UK, EU and EMEA.

We're building a world-class Engineering & Product team in Sydney and looking for a third founding Senior Backend Engineer, who's aspiring to be a Technical Team Lead within the next 12-18 months, to help shape the foundations of our platform.

Why join 8pod?

• Work on cutting-edge problems in AI, personalisation, and decentralisation.
• Be one of the first backend hires, with direct influence on architecture and tech decisions.
• Collaborate with an experienced leadership team (ex-startup founders, AdTech, data, and product experts).
• Fast-paced, flat, and transparent culture where your voice matters.
• Career growth: with rapid expansion planned in 2025, you'll have opportunities to grow into a Technical Team Lead as we form another Product Engineering team in 2026.

What you'll do

• Design, build, and scale backend services in Java (17+)
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs
• Develop and design scalable microservices and make pragmatic architectural decisions
• Deploy and manage services on AWS (ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, Aurora)
• Implement infrastructure with IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation)
• Contribute to CI/CD, observability, automation tooling and testing
• Collaborate with Product, Frontend, and Data teams to deliver impactful features
• Use AI-powered coding tools to boost efficiency and code quality
• Participate in system architecture discussions and help shape technical direction

Bonus points for experience in:

• Event-driven architecture (SNS/SQS, Kafka)
• Familiarity with observability tools (CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Datadog)

What success looks like

• You ship scalable, reliable systems that can handle growth
• You collaborate seamlessly across teams, aligning engineering with product goals
• You take ownership, drive outcomes, and adapt quickly in a lean startup environment
• Applications must be Comfortable in fast-moving startup environments with a high degree of ownership

We're a distributed team with hubs in Australia, South Africa, India, the UK, and the US. The culture is fast-paced, agile, and product-first led by experienced startup leaders who value autonomy, transparency, and solutions-focused engineering.

If you're a senior backend engineer who loves building at scale, thrives in ambiguity, and wants to be part of reshaping how people interact with brands. We'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and help us build the future of digital engagement.

Seniority level

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• IndustriesTechnology, Information and Media and Software Development

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