Staff Engineer - Developer Experience

3w3 weeks ago

SEEK

Cremorne, AU · Full-time · A$180,000 – A$220,000

About this role

At SEEK, we serve a noble purpose: to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and to help organisations succeed. As a Staff Engineer on the Developer Experience team, you will set the technical direction and raise the engineering bar across cross-functional squads, shaping how SEEK builds world-class technology solutions.

You will lead the technical design and delivery of complex, cloud-first software solutions, shaping and evolving golden paths, self-service tooling, and internal platforms so teams can ship safely and quickly. You will be a trusted technical authority, shaping architecture, driving best practices, and ensuring systems are reliable, scalable, and fit for the future.

Part of Engineering Enablement in Engineering Platforms, the Developer Experience team exists to unlock the full potential of every engineer at SEEK. You will collaborate with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Data Engineers, and multidisciplinary squad members across the Candidate, Hirer, and Platform domains within SEEK's APAC matrix structure.

Beyond delivery, you will actively grow the capability of engineers around you, mentoring and modelling best-practice behaviour while contributing to SEEK's broader communities of practice. Expect a great investment in your career development with access to workshops, conferences, and courses while you work alongside seasoned experts.

Requirements

A product mindset for internal tools, treating internal platforms like consumer products and prioritising internal developer experience
Empathy-driven problem solving, genuinely bothered by engineering friction and tedious tasks, and naturally looking for ways to fix pain points others experience
Systems thinking, able to identify bottlenecks and articulate the ripple effect of improvements across the engineering org
Future thinking, happy working at the frontier of the fast-evolving space of AI-augmented engineering and excited to help shape how SEEK does software engineering
Technically deep and influential, with the ability to set technical direction and raise the engineering bar across squads
Experience leading technical outcomes end-to-end, from architecture decisions through to production

Responsibilities

Lead the technical design and delivery of complex, cloud-first software solutions
Shape and evolve golden paths, self-service tooling, and internal platforms so teams can ship safely and quickly without reinventing the wheel
Set the technical direction and raise the engineering bar across cross-functional squads
Act as a trusted technical authority, shaping architecture, driving best practices, and ensuring systems are reliable, scalable, and fit for the future
Collaborate with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Data Engineers, and multidisciplinary squad members across the Candidate, Hirer, and Platform domains
Lead technical outcomes end-to-end, from architecture decisions through to production
Champion a culture of engineering excellence and actively grow the capability of engineers around you through mentoring and modelling best-practice behaviour
Contribute to SEEK's broader communities of practice

Benefits

Be part of a multi-national tech company with strong core values and a start-up working culture
Opportunity to solve high-impact problems for millions of people within the Asia Pacific region
Great investment in your career development with access to workshops, conferences, and courses
Work alongside seasoned experts in a large-scale, modern, and agile environment
Strong investment in responsible AI and innovation