Senior Software Developer

About the role

Join a team that values technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.

BGL is looking for a
Senior Software Developer
to join our Ecosystem team. This is a hybrid role based out of our Canterbury, Melbourne office, offering you the flexibility to do your best work, whether in the office or from home.

We're after someone who enjoys solving complex problems with elegant, maintainable code - someone who values knowledge sharing, and thrives in a collaborative environment.

About the Team

You'll be joining a tight-knit, highly communicative group that collaborates on everything from architectural decisions to UI design. We don't just write code - we influence how features are shaped, how they look, and how users interact with them. If you're excited by shared ownership and making meaningful contributions across the stack, we'd love to hear from you.

About us

BGL delivers software solutions to over 12,700 businesses in 15 countries through its user-friendly and highly intelligent web applications, combining amazing UX with powerful technology.

We're a global team of 240+ professionals based in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom. With a strong reputation for excellence, we deliver high-quality Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions to the accounting industry, specialising in self-managed superannuation funds and corporate compliance.

We're proud to celebrate achievements that reflect our culture and our people, including:

• Great Place to Work certification
• AFR Best Places to Work (Technology, Top 10)
• Mental Health First Aid Workplace Recognition
• Australia's Best Workplaces for Women list
• AFR BOSS Most Innovative Companies – ranked four times in six years.

What you'll be doing

• Build and ship high-quality, well-tested features for our customers using
  Java, React
  , and modern development tools.
• Contribute to UI/UX discussions and help shape feature designs.
• Troubleshoot, identify, and fix bugs as part of a shared ownership model.
• Collaborate in planning sessions and help steer product direction.
• Mentor developers and help guide the technical direction of the team.

About You

Bring strong problem-solving skills, time management, and full-stack development experience. Ideally, you'll have:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Java (Spring preferred) and React.
• Experience across: React, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, MySQL, ORM tools (Hibernate or JOOQ), Spring MVC/Security, Java, Groovy, Kotlin.
• Familiarity with Agile, TDD, Continuous Delivery, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Cloud experience (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes preferred).
• Clean coding practices and a love for simple, elegant solutions.
• Strong communication and a team-first mindset.
• A desire to continuously learn and share your knowledge.

Our Hiring Process

We like to keep it transparent and efficient:

1. Take-home coding exercise and one-way video screening
2. Interview and pair programming session at our office

Culture & Benefits

We take pride in maintaining and continuously improving our culture which is why we welcome those who understand our values. We've consistently maintained an engagement score of 80% + and regularly ask our employees for feedback during engagement surveys, 1-on-1s, focus groups, and coffee catch-ups. Our average employee tenure is sitting at 5+ years and we have so many exciting things planned for the future

Benefits available to you include:

• Additional annual leave, RDOs + the option to purchase extra leave
• Hybrid working arrangement for all employees
• Learning and development opportunities including annual development budgets, development plans, paid study leave, and stretch opportunities
• Social events including monthly lunches and annual events
• Health and Wellbeing programs / EAP / Flu shots / Run club
• Paid volunteering leave

Please note we are only able to consider applicants with full working rights in Australia
.

• We review applications on an ongoing basis so encourage you to apply as soon as possible.