AddressThe Pepperstone story started in 2010. We know what it’s like to trade the world’s markets. Our team describes us as a place for the curious and the driven, and we like to do things a little differently; as a transformative global fintech we’re digital, nimble, connected, and united in our vision to create a better way to trade.
We thrive on progress – for our clients and for ourselves. Our organizational culture is ever-evolving, vibrant, diverse, global and results focused. You’ll find our 350+ team currently across 9 locations and various time zones.
The Role:
Our technology team thrives on inclusivity and collaboration, believing that diverse perspectives lead to great solutions. We foster a culture that champions individual growth, professional development, and work-life harmony. We're invested in your success and dedicated to supporting you every step of the way. We encourage our team to bring challenge thinking and fresh ideas to the table and our Agile approach empowers us to focus on outcomes. When we hire someone its because they are bring the skills, attitude and experience we're looking for....so we let you do what your best at! Join us and be part of a community that's passionate about harnessing technology's potential to drive market leading solutions for our clients. Elevate your career in an environment where your ideas matter, your growth is nurtured, and your potential is limitless.
Our Engineering team in Melbourne is looking for a seasoned Senior Fullstack Engineer specializing in PHP to join our IT team and contribute to the development of high-quality software solutions in our core PHP Symfony platform. As a champion of Continuous Delivery practices within the team driving modern, collaborative engineering practices, you will be leading technical initiatives and facilitate best-in-class engineering outcomes.
In this role, you'll work closely with product managers, business analysts, and designers to develop outstanding, data-driven software solutions. Along with your Engineering Team Lead, you will own the technical solution and design of software, develop and execute on a roadmap to uplift the application over time, and play a key role in influencing our engineering function to promote and foster high-quality engineering practices.
We value open communication and teamwork, and in order to be a champion of the success of the team, you will drive thoughtful conversation during tech huddles, retrospectives and Dojos, and encourage others to develop their knowledge of modern engineering practices.
As our Senior Engineer- PHP, your day-day responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Developing, supporting, and maintaining software applications using best practices across a range of technologies ensuring high-quality, easily maintainable, efficient, tested, and scalable code.
- Providing support for the applications owned by the team as part of a rotating roster.
- Providing input into uplifting the existing core application to improve system reliability.
- Developing a robust, automated, and modern Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery practice within the team.
- Developing high-quality solutions collaboratively with the team and appropriate members throughout the engineering function using a mix of front-end (web and mobile) and back-end technologies.
- Working incrementally towards delivery of the roadmap. Collaborating closely with Product using customer data and insights to drive the solution.
- Establishing strong quality and automation practices and processes.
- Leading technical projects, including architecture and design decisions, code reviews/pairing, and mentoring of junior team members.
About You:
- Expertise in PHP having worked with Symfony or similar modern PHP frameworks (e.g. Laravel).
- Hands-on experience with AWS preferred.
- Experienced in Continuous Delivery practices (CI, TBD, TDD, etc.)
- Hands on knowledge of testing methodologies (e.g., TDD, BDD, mocking) and/or a willingness to develop further in that area
- Experience using automation tools to build robust, automated build/release/deploy processes (e.g. Github Actions)
- Solid grasp of software design patterns (e.g., SOLID, Strategy/Observer/Facade) and both object-oriented and functional programming.
- Understanding of containers and container orchestration (docker, ECS, EKS, docker-compose)
- Commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with software engineering trends.
- Experience in designing team and service interfaces.
- Proven ability to work with distributed, global teams.
- Commitment to ongoing learning and development by staying up to date with cloud industry trends, technologies and market changes
- Current and full working rights in Australia.
Why you will enjoy working with us:
- Competitive salary structure including company bonus scheme
- Genuinely collaborative and friendly culture
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Remote working option - work from anywhere for up to 6 weeks per year, in addition to hybrid working as standard
- Ongoing personal development & learning opportunities
- 15 weeks paid primary carers parental leave & 4 weeks paid secondary carers leave
- 3 paid volunteering days per year & Workplace Giving Program
- Frequent events and celebrations including a standard weekly social
- Beautifully renovated large office at Collins Square - 727 Collins Street, Melbourne
- Best in class end of trip facilities including bicycle parking, change rooms & showers
- A full stocked kitchen, onsite coffee machines with locally sourced coffee beans (this is Melbourne after all) and curated specialty teas
More about Pepperstone
We’re a regulated online Forex and CFD trading platform. With the scale of a global fintech and the agility of a start-up, we arm our clients with everything they need to take on the global markets with confidence. You will be part of a wider passionate and friendly team, and whilst things may not always go to plan, we learn quickly and move forward with impact. To learn even more visit Pepperstonecareers.com and www.linkedin.com/company/pepperstone/
We understand it’s important to do due diligence on a prospective employer, see what our team are saying on Glassdoor. We respect our team members’ experiences and will never pay to remove a negative review.
Pepperstone is an equal opportunity employer. We are passionate about building a diverse workplace and strongly encourage applications from any background.
“We are a 2023 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we respond to every applicant”.
Research shows that women tend to apply for jobs only when they meet 90% of the qualifications, and we want to encourage you to break through that barrier. At Pepperstone, we value and support diverse approaches to work, recognizing that flexibility is unique to each individual. Should you need any support/adjustments during the hiring process, please do not hesitate to contact us on talent@pepperstone.com.
We will be reviewing applications as they come through, so if this is an opportunity that excites you, don't wait. Express your interest by clicking the apply button below as soon as possible.
Note to external agencies: While we appreciate the efforts of external recruitment agencies, we prefer to engage directly with applicants for this opportunity.
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