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Mid-Level Software Engineer-Full Stack

APLYiD

APLYiD

Software Engineering
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted on Jul 2, 2025

We are growing fast and looking for talented, self-motivated people that value collaboration, growth and learning to join our team in Australia.

This is a unique opportunity for someone who’s energised by what’s next. You’re excited by where tech is heading, keen to learn, and ready to adapt. You’ll work across our full stack, translating product requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions and you won’t shy away from bold architectural calls when they’re needed.

You care deeply about software craft, love solving meaningful problems, and want to make an impact that goes well beyond code.

Responsibilities

· Contribute to full-stack development: planning, design, coding, testing, deployment.

· Write clean, maintainable code and comprehensive tests (unit, integration).

· Review and provide constructive feedback on teammates’ code.

· Collaborate with senior engineers to shape architecture and customer solutions.

· Partner with the product team to scope features and provide technical insights.

· Triage and resolve support tickets, bugs and performance issues.

· Overseeing and guiding the analysing, writing, building, and deployment of software and supporting documentation.

Essential Skills

· Strong OOP fundamentals with a deep understanding of best practices, design patterns, and practical application to build scalable, maintainable solutions.

· Proficiency in frontend frameworks and Ruby on Rails.

· Solid experience with PostgreSQL: schema design, writing efficient queries, indexing and performance tuning.

· A passion for continuous learning, growth mindset and staying updated with emerging technologies.

· Demonstrated ability to own mid-sized features end-to-end.

· Growth mindset: you proactively seek feedback, learn new technologies, and share knowledge.

· Self-motivated and passionate: you thrive in environments where you can go above and beyond.

· Leadership potential: you’re eager to mentor juniors, influence technical decisions and step into more senior roles.

Desirable Skills

· Comfortable with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and automation tooling

· Hands-on AWS and Heroku experience: deploying, scaling and monitoring services