Senior Engineer

Senior Engineer – Search + Locations Senior Engineer plays a critical role in driving high-quality software development and technical innovation within the Search and Location squad. They help shape the squad's technical direction by architecting scalable, high-performance APIs, writing and reviewing high-quality code, and ensuring all technical solutions align with Domain's broader engineering strategy. Leveraging deep expertise in .NET, OpenSearch, and AWS, the Senior Engineer will lead the delivery of complex features, mentor and uplift junior engineers, and champion engineering best practices to continually enhance the search experience for our customers. What you’ll be doing Success in this role is measured by mastery across technical strategy, team empowerment, and operational rigor. Technical Excellence Delivery Quality: Consistently build high-quality, scalable, and reliable solutions in collaboration with peers and tech leads. Best Practices: Champion and adopt engineering best practices while staying current with industry trends and applying them judiciously. System Health: Actively contribute to the system health and technical debt backlog, driving engineering efficiency for owned services. Cross-Domain Influence: Contribute expertise to forums like the .NET Guild and Architecture Guild, collaborating with principal engineers on system improvements. Leadership and Collaboration Mentorship: Mentor junior engineers effectively in solution design and delivery best practices. Product Alignment: Develop a deep understanding of the product and business domain, collaborating with product owners to ensure solutions meet customer needs. Operational Rigor System Stability: Fulfill on-call duties by responding to and resolving incidents. Proactive Maintenance: Continuously improve processes and software quality to reduce incident frequency, and actively maintain, update, and patch systems. Education Degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field. Core Technical Expertise Deep expertise in .NET and C#, with strong experience building high-scale, high-performance backend services. Strong practical experience with AWS cloud services, including ECS, Lambda, and CloudWatch. Advanced understanding of object-oriented programming principles and their practical application in complex systems. Solid knowledge of modern architectural patterns such as microservices and distributed system design. Platform & Delivery Experience Experience designing software solutions built for high scale and high traffic websites. Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins) and Git version control. Familiarity with containerisation technologies like Docker. Experience working effectively within Agile environments. Proven ability to mentor and coach more junior engineers. Experience working in cross-functional teams (collaborating effectively with product and technology peers). Experience collaborating with tech leads to optimise engineering practices and processes for team efficiency. Desired (Bonus) Qualifications Security: Familiarity with modern application security practices (OWASP). Certifications: AWS, Azure, or GCP certification. Why join us? We’re the kind of place you can make a real impact, with a workplace culture where you can be yourself. It’s a fun, safe space where you’ll always feel you belong. Perks of the role include: First-rates parental leave Continuous opportunities to leap, learn and grow in a team that values creativity and innovation What’s next? We’ll give your application the thoughtful attention it deserves and get back to you as soon as possible. If there’s a match, one of our recruitment consultants will reach out so keep your phone handy We’re genuinely excited about the chance to work together and make a meaningful impact. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Domain Domain is enthusiastically and unapologetically committed to fostering an equitable, inclusive work culture which reflects our customers and communities. We are proactively looking for candidates from all lived experiences, including people with disability, and people of all ages, ethnicities, cultures, faiths, sexual orientations, and gender identities, including trans and non-binary people. We are committed to providing an equitable recruitment process for people with disability. If you require adjustments during the process we’re here to support. If you wish to receive this job advertisement in an accessible format, or have a confidential chat about workplace adjustments, please contact our equity-diversity-inclusion team at or leave a message on 1300 858 356 and we will get back to you. #J-18808-Ljbffr