Senior Java Developer

4 hours ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Bluebird Full time $160,000 per year

Sydney | Hybrid | Insurance-Tech | SaaS | Up to $160K + Super

Are you a Senior Java Engineer who
thrives
on complexity, loves solving deep technical problems, and wants to influence both engineering culture and product direction?

This is a rare opportunity to join a scaling Australian tech company at a pivotal moment — and help shape the future of a mission-critical enterprise platform used across major industries.

If you're curious, detail-orientated, and love diving into challenging backend systems (not just surface-level UI), this team will feel like home.

What You'll Work On

You'll take ownership of a deeply complex, metadata-driven backend platform — solving large, interesting engineering problems that genuinely move the needle for customers.

Expect to be involved in:

  • Designing and improving backend architecture
  • Introducing engineering best practices and new ways of working
  • Helping scale a maturing platform and development function
  • Building new features across Java, Groovy, Spring/Guice, JPA/Hibernate
  • Collaborating with senior engineers, product owners, and principal engineers
  • Mentoring mid-level devs and influencing broader engineering culture

This isn't a BAU or feature-factory role — you'll be joining during a major uplift in platform capability, engineering maturity, and innovation.

About You

You're someone who enjoys the
hard problems
and wants more than just building UI components. You love getting into the "why" behind the system, understanding how everything connects, and making things better — technically and culturally.

You'll thrive here if you:

  • Have
    5+ years' Java experience
    , including 2+ at Senior/Lead level
  • Enjoy complex backend engineering and large-scale system design
  • Are highly curious and love unpacking how systems work
  • Can mentor others and act as a role model for engineering excellence
  • Are comfortable influencing, collaborating, and introducing improvements
  • Want to join a team where your voice genuinely matters

Tech Stack

Your experience doesn't need to match everything — but strength across the JVM ecosystem is key.

  • Java, Groovy
  • Spring or Guice
  • Hibernate/JPA
  • JUnit, Mockito
  • SQL (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL)
  • REST/SOAP APIs
  • Liquibase
  • Ant, Maven, Gradle, Git
  • Tomcat, Wildfly/JBoss
  • CI/CD pipelines

What's on Offer

  • Up to $160K + Super
  • Flexibility to
    $170K + Super
    for exceptional candidates
  • Hybrid working (Sydney-based)
  • Join a scaling team with huge technical ownership and influence
  • Career pathways into
    Principal Engineer
    or
    Tech Lead
    roles
  • Real opportunity to shape engineering standards, practices, and culture
  • A collaborative leadership team with zero micromanagement

How to Apply

If you're a Senior Java Engineer who wants deeper technical challenge, more influence, and the chance to drive real change in a scaling tech environment — we'd love to speak with you.

Send a message or apply directly to start the conversation (strict confidentiality guaranteed).

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