[Hiring] Software Engineer @OFX

Hi. We’re OFX, a global provider of online, international payment services. We solve the complexity of moving money and enable better decisions. Headquartered in Sydney with offices worldwide, we’re a customer-focused business that is all about inspiring customer confidence.

At OFX, you’ll have the opportunity to reach beyond your role and function across disciplines. Make use of your diverse skill set at a business that values your expertise and turn your potential into reality.

Purpose of your role 

At OFX, we have a highly productive technology team and enjoy an agile, innovative and collaborative work environment. We take cloud first approach and develop our client and consumer facing products utilizing the latest technology and platforms – .Net/.Net Core, Serverless, AWS, Graph QL, JavaScript (React) and REST API’s, Docker, continuous delivery and DevOps practices.

As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering high quality code and business value, working alongside engineering peers and technical leads as part of a high performing team. Working in an agile environment you will provide technical expertise and support while delivering quality software.

On a day to day basis the Software Engineer is actively contributing to the continuous improvement of our technical delivery and participating in the agile processes while positively contributing to discussions and team dynamics. The Software Engineer is responsible for delivering high quality applications, automation and testing code in accordance with industry best practice and OFX guidelines.

What you’ll be doing:

• Working with the tech leads and senior engineers to help improve our coding practices while delivering code, participating in code reviews and driving design of our products and solutions in line with our overall technical roadmap and industry best practices
• Part of a full-stack team dealing with onboarding, compliance and due diligence.
• Ensuring code is efficient and adheres to OFX coding standards and guidelines and industry best practices
• Participating in design reviews and proof of concepts
• Identifying complex areas of code that require refactoring and technical debt and ensure these are addressed as appropriate
• Engaging with other members of the team including QA, tech leads and product owners and assisting outside of your core skills including deployments, QA and level 3 support when appropriate
• Working collaboratively within the agile team to deliver user stories

What you’ll bring:

• 2-3 years of commercial software development
• Proven .NET (Core and Framework) commercial development experience
• Experience with AWS solutions and environments
• An understanding and passion for engineering fundamentals within a DevOps culture
• Sound knowledge of web technologies
• Excellent understanding of Agile development methodology and development practices such as TDD, Kanban, Lean, etc.
• Sound analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Experience with unit testing and acceptance criteria frameworks
• Knowledge of relevant application architectures and frameworks
• Experience designing, building and working with RESTful APIs
• Experience working with a Microservices architecture
• Experience with Software as a Service (SaaS) product development desired
• Experience in distributed source control system (Git) required
• Commercial experience working with containers such as Docker
• Experience with Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment and Configuration Management
• Experience working with modern JavaScript, specifically React.js desirable

What it's like working at OFX

We’re OFXers because we want to make a difference. We see challenges as opportunities and we’re not afraid to roll up our sleeves to get stuff done. We’re committed to making things easier for our clients, pushing boundaries and continuing to move with the times so that we can continue to inspire confidence every day and through every transaction.

We operate as one team, cross-functionally and globally to drive outcomes that deliver excellence for our customers. We're curious self-starters who love learning and sharing our knowledge with others. We embrace change and use our initiative and resilience to overcome challenges.

• Always keep learning. We offer LinkedIn learning programs, which all OFXers have access to. We offer a variety of other learning programs and host an annual Open Day to encourage cross functional and soft skill learning
• Giving back, we encourage OFXers to give back to causes and communities that are important to them. We celebrate this with an annual volunteer day, that OFXers can use together or individually
• We promote an environment of reward and recognition, OFXers are encouraged to celebrate their peers’ effort, technical expertise or support through a range of channels and awards
• Our Good Vibes employee-led committees organize events to keep our employees engaged inside and outside the office. Whether it’s participating in our weekly yoga class (now also on Zoom), office happy hours, end of year celebrations. Our team wants you to feel welcome!

At OFX, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where we value, respect, and encourage our people to be their authentic selves. With an employee base as diverse as the clients we serve, we know that being an inclusive workplace is fundamental to our continued success.

We encourage you to apply if this role aligns with your career aspirations.