Backend Software Engineer

About Megaport

Megaport has transformed the way IT gets connected. We're global leaders in Network as a Service (NaaS) changing the way businesses reach the cloud. We're also a leading partner to Amazon Microsoft Google IBM Oracle NYSE and many other leading technology companies. Megaport is a publicly traded company on the Australian Stock Exchange. We’re a lean high-achieving team made up of over 250 members globally. While the company is headquartered in Brisbane Australia employees are spread out across North America Europe and Asia-Pacific. Staff enjoy an environment that is collaborative supportive and fun.

Our Team Culture

Join a team of globally-positioned industry experts that lead by example. We do not compromise our values for commercial gain; we are all custodians of our culture and the customer is at the centre of everything we do. Our employees are motivated adaptable persistent hard-working and dynamic. Our culture permeates everything we do and this in turn with a global vision forms a commitment to each other our customers and shareholders alike.

Megaport is growing! We are actively recruiting multiple Backend Software Engineers in the US to join Megaport’s Global Development team!

About the role

​We are looking for a Backend Software Engineer with an understanding of software engineering principles and commercial experience using Spring Java and ideally Kotlin to join team Megaport. You'll be working in one of our product-focused agile teams enhancing and maintaining our existing API platform integrating with external and partner systems and helping to design and deliver new features.

What You'll Be Doing

• Working in a highly collaborative environment to maintain and improve Megaport systems.

• Designing and building RESTful APIs using OpenAPI & Java/Kotlin/Scala.

• Designing and documenting systems using C4.

• Participate in Megaport's agile development process.

• Supporting quality assurance and release processes.

• Keep abreast of appropriate technologies and best practices.

What We Are Looking For

• 3+ years of experience developing software in one or more of the following: Java or Kotlin (Scala is a bonus).

• Experience in building services and tools in the context of web applications.

• Experience working with relational databases using SQL.

• Enjoys working in a fast moving collaborative environment

• Understanding of best practices and software engineering principles

• Demonstrated collaboration and communication skills.

• An ability to reason logically question appropriately and present technical information clearly and concisely.

• Bonus: An active GitHub account/examples of prior work.

• Bonus: Knowledge of Single page application frameworks e.g. VueJS AngularJS or React.

• Bonus: Experience/Knowledge about networking.

$125000 - $150000 a year

**Please note that as per the Fair Labor Standard Act this role is classified as exempt under Computer Exemption**

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What We Offer

·       Competitive Compensation Packages

·       Flexible working environments

·       Birthday Leave

·       Generous study and training program + 5 days paid study leave

·       Additional Leave via Purchased Annual Leave Scheme

·       Health and Wellness Program

If you have any questions please reach out to Megaport's Talent Acquisition Team at [email protected]

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