Software Engineer– SRE

Software Engineer– SRE Department:

Technology

Employment Type:

Permanent - Full Time

Location:

Melbourne

Description About the Role:

As a Software Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer within the Betashares Direct core platform team, you’ll help ensure the reliability, scalability and security of our investing and superannuation platform. You’ll work across cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines and backend services that support critical capabilities including trading, cash management, corporate actions, portfolio investing and user management.

This role blends platform engineering and hands‑on software engineering, with a strong focus on operational excellence. You’ll design, build and operate the systems that underpin our platform, improving observability, resilience and performance while reducing operational toil through automation and engineering‑led solutions.

Working closely with engineering, operations and product teams, you’ll help shape platform capabilities that support an ambitious product roadmap. You’ll bring an SRE mindset to incident response, monitoring and reliability, and a software engineering approach to building robust, secure and scalable systems that perform at scale.

This is a strong opportunity for an engineer who enjoys working close to the core of a platform, cares deeply about system quality and reliability, and wants to have a real impact in a fast‑growing, product‑led environment.

Role Responsibilities

Manage the deployment and provisioning of cloud resources using AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

Lead initiatives to strengthen platform security, reducing risk through preventative controls and automation.

Own service reliability targets (SLIs/SLOs) and error budgets; drive improvements using data and incident learnings.

Build and maintain monitoring/alerting for infrastructure and applications (metrics, logs, traces) to ensure fast detection and diagnosis.

Perform capacity planning, performance testing, and cost optimisation.

Must be willing to contribute to backend development as a software engineer when required.

Work to best practice engineering standards, with a focus on writing clean, robust, and secure code.

Skills & Experience

Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.

Two or more years’ experience as a software engineer, with a focus on backend development.

Four or more years’ experience in an SRE‑type role with experience in provisioning, scaling, securing and maintaining infrastructure.

High level of proficiency in at least one programming language, with a willingness and ability to learn Go and Rust.

Hands‑on AWS operations (compute, networking, IAM, logging/monitoring) and ability to debug real production issues.

Kubernetes experience (cluster upgrades, networking/ingress, autoscaling, troubleshooting).

Terraform proficiency (modules, state management, workspaces, best practices, CI validation).

Solid networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/TLS, load balancing, routing).

Genuine passion for technology and software development, and an interest in the financial services industry.

Reasons To Join Us What We Offer:

At Betashares, we believe people do their best work when they feel supported, trusted and challenged.

We’re a values‑led, high‑performing, collaborative team where purpose drives performance, connection matters, and growth is actively supported. As we continue to evolve, we’re focused on creating an environment where people can build meaningful careers, navigate change together, and feel proud of the work they do.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer:

Real career development with opportunities to take ownership, learn quickly and stretch yourself.

A culture that balances performance and humanity, where collaboration, honesty and humility matter.

Health and wellbeing support across physical, mental, social and financial programs.

Volunteering leave to support causes that matter to you.

Collaborative workspaces with team breakfasts and weekly catered lunches.

A genuinely social, inclusive culture with events that bring people together.

Our Values:

Our values guide how we work and treat each other. We value ambition and drive, balanced with honesty and humility. We support one another, respect our clients and competitors, and believe strong outcomes come from collaboration, trust and accountability.

Innovation is core to who we are. We’re curious, challenge ourselves to do things better, and take measured risks, learning and improving as we go. Above all, we’re committed to building a workplace that is enjoyable, resilient and inclusive, where people grow together and do work that genuinely matters.

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