Senior Software Engineer

About us

Scentre Group is the owner and operator of 42 Westfield living centres in Australia and New Zealand; partnering with the world’s leading retail and luxury brands to create a unique shopping and leisure experience for our customers. A career with us fosters the chance to be a part of a company that is transforming the digital and physical retail space.

We are also ambitious to grow, by expanding and enhancing the total Westfield experience through technology, digital products, data, and differentiated customer experiences.

Join the team focused on growing and improving our Membership program which helps to attract 512 million visits by customers annually to our destinations in Australia and New Zealand.

Our people are the key to our success. Our focus on operational excellence means we have the capabilities and expertise within our team to design, construct, operate, manage, and market our platform. Our workforce includes more than 70+ job types reflecting the diversity of our capabilities and talent.

Your opportunity

Your Role: As the Senior Software Engineer, you will be a key member of our Membership Program team, where you will:

• Design, build, test, deploy, and support new and existing features, owning the complete lifecycle of each feature.
• Conduct peer reviews and understand the impact of overall design choices.
• Contribute to system architecture.
• Address system bugs, performance problems, and production issues.
• Mentor other engineers.
• Facilitate communication throughout the software lifecycle, including stand-ups and retrospectives.
• Influence the direction of the team.
• Optimize work completion.
• Estimate effort and contribute to prioritization.

Technical Skills and Knowledge Required:

• Solid experience with the modern JavaScript ecosystem (Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL).
• Hands-on experience with modern HTML frameworks.
• Deep understanding and experience with relational database models.
• Strong grasp of modern programming design patterns and practices.
• Experience with major cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Strong development testing knowledge (unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing).
• Experience with modern architectures such as microservices and event-driven architecture.
• Proficiency in modern version control practices using tools like Git and GitHub.

Why Join Us:

At Scentre Group, we believe our diverse and inclusive workforce is key to our success. We are committed to supporting our employees in bringing their ‘whole selves’ to work every day. Our initiatives include:

• Executive and employee-led working groups: All Abilities, LGBTI, Mental Health & Wellness, and Gender Equity.
• Reconciliation Action Plan to grow our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce.

Be Part of Our Team: Bring your skills and passion to a company where you can see the value you add. Work with great people and help us shape the future of retail.

Apply Now: Join Scentre Group and contribute to a dynamic, innovative team that is transforming the retail experience.

We are the place where talent thrives

We are committed to providing a range of benefits that support our people in all aspects of life. Our benefits include financial assistance, family support, community engagement, growth and development opportunities and health and lifestyle support to create a positive work life balance as you grow your career with us. Some of our most exciting and unique benefits include:

• Life Leave – additional 5 days paid leave to use however you like on top of your 4 weeks annual leave
• Gender neutral parental leave – 18 weeks paid with no qualifying period
• Free parking at your local Westfield destinations

Our diverse and inclusive workforce is not only something we’re proud of but something we’re committed to. We encourage and support our people to bring their ‘whole selves' to work every day. This is because we believe all our differences contribute to our success and ensure a workforce that reflects the customers we serve. Our commitment is backed by executive and employee-led working groups including All Abilities, LGBTI+, Mental Health and Wellness and Gender Equity alongside other initiatives such as our Reconciliation Action Plan to grow our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce. 

Scentre Group exclusively recruits for roles based in Australia and New Zealand. If you are contacted regarding employment opportunities with Scentre Group based in any other country, we encourage you not to disclose any personal information.

Any email communication regarding an employment opportunity with us will come from a scentregroup.com email address. If you receive any suspicious emails regarding employment with Scentre Group, please forward them to: ***************@scentregroup.com.