Back-End Developer

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We are an award winning, national $16B public offer industry fund focused on the education and community sectors. Working for NGS Super means being part of something bigger and working to make a difference to our members and their financial future.

Our people are key to our success, and as we expand, we're committed to finding and retaining the right talent to take on the journey. As well as a flexible and fun workplace, we offer competitive benefits including additional leave entitlements, personal & professional development and health & wellbeing programs.

The Role

We're looking for a dedicated Backend Developer to join the Engineering team in a pivotal role in delivering robust, scalable, and secure backend systems that enhance NGS Super's technology capabilities. A champion of efficiency and technical excellence, you will design, implement, and optimise server-side logic to support seamless integration with front-end components.

Leveraging expertise in modern backend frameworks and methodologies, you will build reusable codebases, ensure high system performance, and safeguard data integrity and security.

You will be deeply involved in the development cycle, contributing to the architecture of cutting-edge backend solutions for NGS digital products and digital initiatives, and play an instrumental role in delivering a new cloud-based data warehouse, related technologies, and supporting future workloads of AI / ML applications.

What you'll do :

• Design, develop and maintain scalable and secure RESTful and / or GraphQL APIs
• Build and maintain synchronous and asynchronous microservices / serverless functions using and Python
• Integrate with cloud, third party, SaaS or on-premise databases
• Design and manage secure authentication and authorisation flows using OAuth2 / OIDC / SAML
• Manage cloud components utilising infrastructure as code
• Develop and integrate AI and ML workloads within the cloud
• Automate CI / CD pipelines and monitor back-end services
• Write unit / integration tests, participate in code reviews and ensure best practices in API design & performance
• Maintain visibility into system health and security using logging / monitoring tools
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of internal DevOps practices, standards, guidelines and ways of working
• Respond to and manage incidents to minimise downtime and impact on users
• Continuously monitor the performance and availability of the systems
• Ensure strong documentation of all design decisions, procedures and playbooks
• Work closely with the broader technology team and other stakeholders to support application lifecycle management, data development and assist in broader technical collaborations
• Provide support to the Cloud Engineer

About you

A backend specialist with a strong technical foundation, you will bring the following key skills :

Strong programming skills in and Python with ability to write clean, maintainable, secure and testable codeSolid experience with cloud-native architectures and event-driven designExperience with SPA / PWA front-end integration patterns to back endsProficiency in designing RESTful APIs and or GraphQL endpointsExperience with authentication protocols (JWT, Oauth2, OIDC, passwordless – WebAuthN, FIDO)Familiarity with DevOps tools and processes (CI / CD pipelines, infrastructure as code)Strong understanding of data modelling for both SQL and noSQL databasesSound knowledge of defensive coding practices to address common security vulnerabilitiesStrong problem-solving skills and attention to detailExcellent communication and collaboration skillsHands-on experience with any of the following AWS resources : VPC, EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, Secrets, DynamoDB, Aurora, RDS, Redshift, SQS, SNS, Eventbridge, StepFunctions, Cloudwatch, X-Ray, Inspector, Lambda, Amplify, Appsync, AppFlow, Glue, Route53, ACM, Sagemaker, Cloudformation.

The following are nice to have but not essential :

Experience working in an APRA regulated or similar environmentAWS CertificationsExperience with Okta or Auth0 Customer Identity Management

If you are willing to take on challenges, problem-solve creatively and bring fresh ideas to the table, we would love to hear from you.

We are a super fund that has an exceptional work culture, provides a diverse offering in developing our people and you can be a part of it while earning an attractive remuneration package

Interested and suitably qualified candidates should submit a copy of their updated CV.

Please note that to be eligible for this role, you are required to have permanent Australian working rights and residency.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a workplace that values diversity, equity, and respect for all individuals.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Information Technology

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