Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Engineering

3 days ago

city of melbourne, victoria, Australia Spotlight Pty Ltd Full-time

Permanent Full Time role, Hybrid with Profit Share

  • Iconic Australian owned and operated global retail business
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience delivering large-scale, high-transaction digital platforms.
  • Hybrid role in a vibrant team culture where we embrace pace & encourage new ideas

Join Spotlight Retail Group as a hands‑on Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Engineering, building scalable, secure, cloud-native solutions across our multi-brand, multi-country digital ecosystem. You'll work in a vibrant, fast-paced hybrid environment at our South Melbourne office.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Build maintainable, cloud-native AWS features using sound design principles.
  • Deliver full-stack features across Next.js/React frontends, NestJS/Node.js BFF/backend services, and Java/Spring Boot applications.
  • Design and consume event-driven components and APIs (e.g., Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB).
  • Maintain code quality, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and clear technical documentation.
  • Leverage AI agents and coding assistants to accelerate debugging, refactoring, and delivery.

What We’re Looking For

  • Experience: 8–12 years in software engineering delivering large-scale digital platforms.
  • Frontend: Strong TypeScript, React, Next.js, Redux, Tailwind CSS, SSR/SSG, and web performance expertise.
  • Backend: Solid expertise in Java, Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, SQL/NoSQL databases, and AWS-native architecture.
  • Domain: Hands‑on e‑commerce experience; headless CMS (Content Stack) or Commerce tools experience is highly desirable.
  • Mindset: Agile, adaptable, and comfortable thriving in a high‑availability retail environment.

Why Join Spotlight Retail Group?

  • Flexibility: True hybrid working model in a modern South Melbourne office (steps from the South Melbourne Market).
  • Rewards: Highly competitive base salary + super + profit‑share eligibility.
  • Perks: Generous team discounts across all our iconic brands—Spotlight, Anaconda, Mountain Designs, and Harris Scarfe—plus gym discounts and EAP support.
  • Growth: Exposure across a diverse, market‑leading retail portfolio with a clear trajectory for career progression.

Who We Are

Spotlight Group Holdings (SGH) is a privately held $3bn+ Australian parent company which controls, operates and invests in a diverse set of businesses and assets.

As Australia's largest privately‑owned and operated family business, SGH includes Spotlight Retail Group (Spotlight, Anaconda and Harris Scarfe ), Spotlight Property Group , Spotlight Direct Investments and Spotlight Charitable Foundation .

Important: You must have unrestricted working rights in Australia to be considered for this position. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.