About the company:At Gumtree Group, home to Gumtree, CarsGuide, and Autotrader, we are on a mission to create Australia's leading classifieds marketplace and editorial lifestyle network.We reach one in three Australians every month as they buy, sell, and transact across more than two million live listings.But our greatest superpower?Our people.We're a smart bunch of problem-solvers, doing cool things, using the latest technologies to build the ultimate destination for anyone looking for an awesome deal, perfect find, or new opportunity.We live and breathe our values of Think Like the Customer, Make Things Better, Empower & Trust, Teamwork Makes OUR Dream Work, and Be Good People.About the role:As part of our growth journey, we are looking for a talented Software Engineer (Java) to join our Engineering team.The tech team is responsible for solving customer problems on the Gumtree platform in innovative and efficient ways leveraging cloud development patterns to build highly scalable and self-healing solutions.This role works as part of a cross-functional, agile team where you'll have the ability to create new features that engage and delight our customers.This isn't just any job - it's a career in a team and place that is committed to supporting your growth, where you will get to know our awesome customers, be supported with training and development, and be given the guided autonomy to solve problems and create new ways of doing things.What you'll do: Be a key team member working with delivery leads, other developers, product managers, QA, and operations teams to develop solutions that drive our OKRs Delight our customers and deliver good performance, scalability, and reliability Participate in and help drive the best possible ways of working for software development including Continuous Improvement, CI/CD, test automation, A/B testing, and experimentation Collaborate with your colleagues about architecture decisions and work through solutions together What you'll bring: 2+ years of experience with Java Experience creating, maintaining, and modifying back-end APIs Experience with CI/CD pipelines, unit testing, and databases The passion to work in a dynamic AGILE team environment Good knowledge of what it means to work with large and/or distributed systems The mindset of a self-starter and be able to work autonomously The drive to seek out new opportunities, you love a challenge Energy and enthusiasm for your team and the work you do The ability to always think like a customer and keep that at the forefront of every decision you make Creative ways to solve problems fast What we offer: Meaningful work with diverse, highly skilled and passionate teams enables you to make a difference in our customers' lives Competitive compensation package including an annual bonus A healthy work-life balance, flexible working hours, and a hybrid working environment with access to our beautiful office on Sydney Harbour A monthly $150 allowance to support your chosen health insurance policy Access to significant health insurance discounts through Bupa We support parents.You'll have access to 20 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers and 12 weeks for our secondary caregivers Learning and Development budget to help you level up!An additional day off for your birthday!Lots of events (there is something for everyone) Fortnightly work socials allow you to unwind and get to know the team better Interested?We always welcome applications - even over the holidays.However, please note, we will be closing from 20 December 2024 returning 6 January 2025 so we won't be coming back to you over this period.Once we're back, our Talent Team will carefully review your application and assess suitability for the opportunity, coming back to you as soon as possible.From the moment you apply, we'll do everything we can to ensure your employment experience is awesome and engaging.If you are enthusiastic and thrive in a collaborative and friendly environment, then we would love you to apply!Unfortunately, we cannot offer sponsorship for this role but are open to considering anyone with a current Australian work VISA, PR, or Citizenship.To all the agencies out there thank you for thinking of us but we've got this one covered!Come join us at Gumtree Group.A world of opportunity awaits you.#J-18808-Ljbffr