Hybrid Software Engineer II – Backend

at SafetyCulture

• Job title: Software Engineer II – Backend
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Distributed Systems, Postgres, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Sydney, Australia

About the role

• Software Engineer II developing reliable, scalable solutions for customers at SafetyCulture. Collaborating with teams while addressing challenges in a distributed workforce.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain large-scale SaaS and cloud services, including distributed systems and data stores.
• Use a tech stack that includes AWS, Golang, PostgreSQL, along with datastore designs, data warehousing, and distributed systems.
• Take ownership of features from inception to delivery, collaborating with stakeholders, product, and design teams.
• Participate actively in code reviews, testing, and continuous improvement of engineering practices.
• Be expected to apply a practical understanding of AI technologies, identifying simple opportunities to leverage automation or intelligence in feature development.
• Bring a user-centric mindset, ensuring that engineering decisions support better user experiences, even in platform-facing work.
• Work in a hybrid environment, including time at our HQ based in Surry Hills, Sydney.
• Demonstrate SafetyCulture’s values: Think Customer, Open Honest Always, Better as a Team, Be Bold Bring Action.

Requirements

• Solid experience in back-end programming languages and frameworks, with growing expertise in building scalable systems; prior experience with Golang is highly desirable.
• Practical experience owning and delivering software features end-to-end in a collaborative environment.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS and common data stores like PostgreSQL.
• An understanding of distributed systems concepts and datastore design principles.
• A user-centric approach and a commitment to writing clean, maintainable code.
• Experience working in fast-paced, SaaS-oriented teams and environments.

Benefits

• Equity with high growth potential, and a competitive salary,
• Flexible working arrangements, we encourage you to create the best work blend while working from your home and the local SafetyCulture office;
• Access to professional and personal training and development opportunities; Hackathons, Workshops, Lunch & Learns;
• We encourage involvement in the community, open source work, attending talks and events, and experimenting with new technologies.
• In-house Culinary Crew serving up daily breakfast, lunch and snacks
• Wellbeing initiatives such as subsidised fitness programs, EAP services and generous parental leave policy
• Quarterly celebrations and team events, including the annual Shiplt! global offsite
• Table tennis, board games, gym sessions, book club, and pet-friendly offices.