Software Engineer

Octopus Deploy sets the standard for Continuous Delivery, empowering software teams to deliver value in an agile way. Over 4,000 organizations globally – including Ubisoft, ASOS, Xero, Stack Overflow, NASA, and Disney – rely on our Continuous Delivery, GitOps, and release orchestration solutions.
Founded in Australia in 2012, our team of over 300 Octonauts now spans the globe. We combine high growth and big ambitions with a sustainable, balanced working environment. Our revenue has grown consistently between 30–50% every year for the past 8 years, and we've been profitable for 10 out of the past 11 years.
We've been remote-first since 2015 and work with an uncommon level of transparency. You can read our public handbook to learn how we work. We have a transparent approach to compensation that ensures people doing the same work with the same skill get paid the same, with well-defined career pathways. We foster a supportive,collaborative, and high-trust environment. We leave our job titles at the door and focus on doing what's best for our customers and team. Our leaders never shy away from answering the tough questions at our all-hands calls or in 1:1s. We conduct interviews and onboarding virtually as part of being a remote-first company.
Overview
Join our Cloud Platform team and apply your Software Engineering mindset and skills, in combination with DevOps, SRE, or similar knowledge, to solve infrastructure problems through code (mostly C#).
For example, you will manage and optimise various Azure resources, ensuring that the cloud-based infrastructure scales efficiently and remains reliable.
Additionally, you will contribute to improving infrastructure, whether that involves integrating new Azure services, refining deployment processes, or implementing best practices for continuous integration and continuous deployment.
You'll be supported in growing your skills and learning from more experienced engineers.
This is a remote role based in
Australia
or
New Zealand
.
Responsibilities:
Monitoring and Optimisation of Azure resources.
Contribute to infrastructure improvement initiatives.
Application Development:
Contribute to and enhance internal portal and custom modules in C#
Ensure smooth deployment and integration of features.
Operations and Maintenance:
Monitor infrastructure health.
Resolve operational issues and minimize downtime.
Respond to customer requests
Involved in incident management and on-call roster.
Key Technologies:
Azure (AKS, SQL, Storage Accounts, Azure Functions, and other cloud services), Kubernetes.
You will be a great fit for this role if:
You have a firm grasp of the software trade using C# and/or TypeScript
You apply concepts like dependency and extensibility with support from your team.
You enjoy automating builds, tests, deployments, infrastructure, and operational tasks.
You participate in a 'you built it, you run it' culture with guidance from senior engineers, where teams take pride in the quality of their work and the availability of their systems, with many people joining our humane on-call program.
You can work independently, motivating yourself to do high-quality work on time and communicating with your teammates when you need help or are ready for something new.
You enjoy collaborating with other people to solve problems, challenging each other to discover the best solution for a problem using a balance of passion, pragmatism, and empathy.
You are a results-oriented person, focused on iteratively delivering valuable things to your customers, willingly changing direction based on clear and transparent business information, and someone who helps others do the same.
Level 2 (Intermediate):
Maturing: $115k AUD / $125k NZD, Performing: $135k AUD / $145k NZD
Salaries
exclude
Super and KiwiSaver.
Benefits include a minimum of 25 days annual leave, up to 10 days of paid sick and carers leave, 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave with flexible return options, and stock options. Learn more.
Below is the interview process you can expect for this role. We know interviewing can seem daunting, but we designed our interview process to move quickly while still getting you all the information you need.
(30 min) Talent acquisition screen:
Meet with your Talent Acquisition team and get a feel for what it would be like to be an Octonaut
(2-4 hours) Technical assessment:
Complete a bespoke technical challenge at your own pace. This is evaluated by our Software Engineers to determine if we progress to the Live Code interview.
(75 min) Live Code Interview:
Discuss your solution with two of our Software Engineers. Pair program to extend your solution in the final 15 minutes.
If you're enthusiastic about this position, even if you don't meet all the criteria above, we wholeheartedly encourage you to submit your application. Our talent team is in-house, and we recognize that every individual brings something unique. We take the time to review every application and consider how you might add to the team.
We know your time is precious. If you apply, we promise to update you at least once per week about the status of your application and to give you clear expectations for each step in the journey.
Important Notice About Recruitment Scams
Please be aware that individuals and organizations may attempt to scam job seekers by offering fraudulent employment opportunities under the name of
Octopus Deploy
or
Codefresh by Octopus Deploy
. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, text messages, or other communications claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers.
Octopus Deploy will never:
Ask for sensitive personal information, such as credit card details, bank account numbers, or other financial information during the recruitment process.
Request payment, fees, or purchases from job seekers.
Send checks for equipment purchases prior to employment.
All communication from Octopus Deploy recruiters or hiring managers will come from official email addresses ending in @octopus.com. If you receive messages from other domains (e.g., name.sr.octopus.com or generic addresses like @yahoo.com), these are not from Octopus Deploy.
If you are unsure about the authenticity of a communication claiming to be from Octopus Deploy,
do not provide any personal or financial information
and contact us immediately at .
If you believe you have been a victim of a recruitment scam, please report it to the appropriate authorities:
The sender uses email domains that do not end in @octopus.com (e.g., name.sr.octopus.com or generic addresses like @yahoo.com or @hotmail.com).
Poor spelling and grammar in emails or official-looking documents.
Requests for payment, financial details, or fees to proceed in the hiring process.
Receiving a check and being asked to deposit it for equipment purchases before employment.
Contacting you through informal channels such as WhatsApp, particularly in the United States.
Pressure to act quickly or threats of losing the opportunity if immediate action is not taken.
We take fraudulent activities seriously and are committed to ensuring the integrity of our hiring process. Thank you for helping us protect our community and future Octonauts
(Note to Search Firms/Agencies)
Octopus Deploy does not compensate search firms for unsolicited assistance unless they have a written search agreement with Octopus Deploy and the requisition is position-specific. Any resumes, curriculum vitae and other unsolicited assistance from search firms that do not have a written search agreement or position-specific requisition submitted to any Associate of Octopus Deploy will be deemed the sole property of Octopus Deploy and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Octopus Deploy.
If you join Octopus, you'll be joining a high trust, remote-first team that helps over 150,000 people around the world to deliver working software to production.
We've been around since 2012 and we're used by over 25,000 companies, including ASOS, Xero, StackOverflow, NASA and Disney.
Growing, sustainable company
We're profitable and long-term oriented. And yet we're growing quickly. It's a unique opportunity to join a growing company without all the craziness. With that growth comes all kinds of opportunities for career progression and professional and personal development.
What to expect
What's it really like here? We've made our internal handbook public, so you can see for yourself. It will answer many of the questions you might have.
Trust and autonomy to do the best work of your life, in work that makes a meaningful difference.
Along with a pro-active salary review and feedback system. Learn more.
As we grow, new opportunities to learn, advance and contribute are continuously opening.
Laptop & home office
Choose your own laptop and home office program. Learn more.
Excellent health care, dental and vision. (US only)
Retirement
Work/life harmony
No crazy hours or arbitrary deadlines.
Paid parental leave for primary & secondary carers.
Don't see a role you're interested in?
If you share our core values but none of the roles above seem quite right, but you think you can bring something unique that might help, we'd love to hear from you. Just talk to us.
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