Senior Software Engineer

We’re an Aussie-born, global fintech disruptor focused on opening up a world of possibilities for businesses seeking simple, seamless, all-in-one payments. What does this mean? We take the complexity out of gift cards, providing new ways to connect merchants and consumers.

Our start-up is well funded, and as we scale, we are bringing together a collective of like-minded people. Our platform is scalable globally and bolstered by a multi-year strategic partnership with Mastercard. Recognising the opportunity, CommBank formed a new strategic partnership with Karta in October 2021. In 2022 we launched our B2C gift card product, Special. Thanks to our partnership with Waivpay and the GPT Group, gift cards powered by Karta are now offered at many of Australia’s largest shopping centres.

With ground-breaking technology that simplifies gift cards for consumers and businesses, we are bringing together an amazing team of engineers to further develop and support new products and services.

Diversity at Karta

At Karta we believe in diverse and inclusive teams. In addition to employing engineers from many different backgrounds, we are working towards improving our gender gap.

About the opportunity

To bring these concepts to life, we will need talented, curious software engineers, who will be responsible for setting the scene with quality coding, and application design.

The Senior Software Engineer (Backend) will focus on key API infrastructure (endpoints, storage, and database solutions) whilst also lending a hand as required with a range of internal admin panels. You and the team will also be responsible for ensuring ongoing code quality, SLA delivery, high availability and improving our data pipelines, all in line with the documented needs.

You have a collaborative mindset, and excellent problem-solving skills. You can think outside the box, finding creative and efficient solutions. You have excellent communication skills and enjoy sharing where you are up to, and what lies ahead openly and transparently, contributing to a high performing engineering culture.

What you will lead

– The development of a range of API’s
– Engaging with operations, marketing, finance and sales teams on the development, QA, and releases
– Collaboration, liaising with internal team members, management, and external suppliers to ensure projects are completed to standard and in line with our requirements, the strategic goals, and ambitions
– Ensuring customer needs are always at the centre of all we do
– Improving our technical and API documentation
– Writing code alongside your team, always improving our products, in line with best practice
– The identification of bottlenecks, and risks, raising these openly, forming contingency plans where necessary
– Functionality testing and debugging code
– Participating in agile ceremonies, including retrospective, demos & stand-ups
– Supporting your team – participating in regular one on one and group meetings, training sessions and meetings to discuss improvements
– Transparency around challenges, learning from failures, and celebrating successes
– Team output, creating a culture of performance, living up to commitments and having a focus on continuous improvement
– Being up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies
– A happy, healthy, and safe work environment
– Being an advocate. For Karta, for the product ‘Special’, for our people and for our values

What you can demonstrate

– Proven experience developing high traffic RESTful API’s and top-notch programming skills
– A solid understanding of how decentralised systems work including security, session management, and best development practices
– Strong organisational skills to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timelines and budgets with business acumen
– Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, learn rapidly and master diverse web technologies and techniques
– Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills
– Familiarity with the Agile/Scrum tools framework

Your Technical Expertise

– Expertise in Node JS, Typescript, Lambda, noSQL, API Gateway, and S3 is essential
– Knowledge and experience with AWS cloud infrastructure, and CloudFormation templates
– Experience in API design and software architecture for large scale applications
– Familiarity with microservices and knowledge of cloud architecture principles
– Knowledge of current security best practices
– Familiarity with Postman or similar tools
– Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines
– Previous experience with Confluence, Jira or other similar tools is a plus

Your qualifications

Master’s or bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or a related field
Previous software and web development experience
Proven experience working in a fast moving, fast paced fintech start up

About you

– You inspire those around you with your positive mindset
– You have a contagious energy, and engaging style
– You are a structured thinker, able to bring clarity of thought
– You apply structured problem solving to any issue
– You use sound judgement using data combined with your intuition
– You are comfortable with ambiguity whilst working in an evolving environment
– You are perceptive and enjoy the ‘hustle’ required to get things done
– You take accountability, living up to your commitments
– You know it’s not just what you deliver, it is how – you do things the right way, every time

Why is working with Karta so special?

We are a growing team, with the customer at the heart of all that we do. We are a welcoming and friendly bunch, on the cusp of something pretty special! Inspired by the journey ahead and our supportive leadership team, we are all in. We are building our Company culture together to ensure we can achieve our goals and have fun along the way. We are a true start up, figuring everything out as we go, making progress as we face the usual growing pains.

We are pretty excited about our products, the tech stack, and our suit free, open mike no ‘bs’ work style and approach. We are a truly flexible organisation, with the option of remote or hybrid work styles that reflect your role and your personal circumstances.