Software Engineer

About Us:

Zepto is a rapidly-scaling provider of real-time, account-to-account payments solutions for merchants and is reimagining the way money moves through the always-on, digital-first economy.

Our team across Australia allows for like-minded, talented, passionate people motivated to help us deliver on our brand promise to #LevelThePayingField

At Zepto we believe in the power of positive human experiences, and that a deep sense of belonging creates cohesion in our culture. So, even in a remote-first team, you will be a contributor and custodian of that culture. You will also enjoy solving complex problems, and play a key role in creating something truly special as we focus on delivering ‘a better way to pay’ at Zepto.

The Role You'll Play:

As a Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to play a significant role in creating a world-leading payments API. Reporting to an Engineering Manager, your focus will be writing, reviewing and thinking about scalable, secure and optimised code.

You will have proven experience contributing to solving technical problems and flexing your solutions focused mindset, to enable teams to do their best work. You have confidence in shipping code changes, and have experience working alongside other engineers to find robust, scalable and maintainable solutions.

You’re energised and enthusiastic. You are comfortable with working in a busy, high volume, competitive commercial environment. Your collaboration skills make you a valued member of the team and fundamentally a good colleague to work with. 

Working in a scale-up, means you get the opportunity to flex your skills in a variety of ways. We are agile and always willing to roll up our sleeves to get things done. You can, however, expect your day to day to be involved in the following:

• Creating a world-leading payments API, beloved by engineers, our merchants and their customers

• Constantly improving and shipping new software

• Collaborating and supporting your peers to create a team environment and alignment to our purpose

• Being passionate about processes for writing, reviewing and thinking about scalable, secure and optimised code

• Collaborating with dedicated Security, SRE and Incident Management teams to support a platform that is mission-critical to our customers, in a heavily regulated industry

• Providing technical insight to the customer support and onboarding teams

• Participating in our on-call rotation supporting mission-critical systems

What You'll Bring to the Table:

• Experience in a backend language such as Ruby + API development.

• Experience in building solutions using cloud-based technologies.

• Some experience in web development technologies such as JavaScript, Typescript, HTML, CSS

• Some experience in applying modern software development practices such as test driven development and continuous delivery while working with event driven systems, microservice architecture and data streaming platforms.

• Able to be effective in a collaborative team environment.

• Able to adapt and thrive in an evolving environment.

• Strong learning agility.

• Someone who looks at challenging situations through a solutions-focused lens.

• Ability to work productively in a fast paced and agile environment.

What's on Offer:

Zepto has an inspiring Founder story and is a customer-focused, culture-first organisation.

We’re all striving to achieve our mission of enabling a better way to pay for consumers and merchants and do so while fostering an inclusive culture where you will work with and learn from world-class talent in their areas of expertise.

As a remote-first organisation, you’ll feel connected through our various initiatives and enjoy the flexibility that comes with remote work. To effectively support our enterprise customers, this role will ideally be based in Melbourne or Sydney where we also have premium Hub locations for co-working and connection.

You'll join a team that is on a mission to change the world of payments and work with incredibly talented people in the space. We offer an Employee Share Option Plan for all employees, access to an annual learning budget, Paid Parental Leave and wellbeing support.

Apply today to express your interest.

Please note that as an organisation in the regulated Financial Services industry, Background Checks will be required as part of the recruitment process.