Staff Software Engineer, Full-Stack - Casino team (Melbourne)

Engineering@Easygo

Easygo leads the world in crafting top-tier entertainment experiences. Within our engineering organisation, we foster a continuous learning environment, constantly pushing the boundaries of large-scale software design and development. Our culture revolves around fostering growth, nurturing learning, and upholding excellence in engineering, ensuring we consistently set the benchmark for engineering mastery.

Why join us?

Are you a passionate and ambitious software engineer ready to dive into an environment that fosters innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth? We're seeking talented individuals who are eager to tackle complex problems, build scalable solutions, and collaborate with some of the finest engineers in the entertainment industry.

• Complex Projects, Creative Solutions: Dive into intricate projects that challenge and push boundaries. Solve complex technical puzzles and craft scalable solutions.
• Invest in Mastery: Access tailored learning programs, dedicated mentorship, and over 9,000 courses to accelerate your professional growth and gain deep expertise in building large-scale, high-volume products.
• Collaborate with Industry Leaders: Work alongside exceptional engineers, exchanging ideas and driving innovation forward through collaboration.
• Maximum Impact: Your contributions will directly shape the future of top-tier entertainment experiences, solving complex technical puzzles and driving innovation across our global platform.
• Embrace Challenges, Celebrate Success: Take on challenges, learn from failures, and celebrate achievements together.

Join a team that thrives on innovation and craftsmanship, building cutting-edge games that entertain millions worldwide. At EasyGo, our team is at the heart of our games, creating immersive, high-performance experiences while integrating seamlessly with top-tier third-party providers. We tackle complex technical challenges with creativity and precision, ensuring every game we build is robust, scalable, and engaging. If you're passionate about pushing the boundaries of frontend development in gaming, collaborating with talented engineers, and delivering world-class entertainment, this is the team for you. If you're passionate about growth, innovation, and working with the best, we'd love to have you
on our team!

Key Responsibilities:

• Elevate Technical Strategy and Architecture
• Design and evolve large-scale, fault-tolerant distributed systems that handle high-volume traffic and degrade gracefully under failure or attack.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams, mentoring senior engineers and driving consensus on critical frontend and full-stack architecture decisions.
• Drive and lead cross-cutting platform initiatives, such as rendering strategy improvements, static asset delivery, and overall reduction of redundant backend load.
• Ensure System Health and Performance
• Optimise existing systems for world-class performance, scalability, and reliability, proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
• Deliver end-to-end platform improvements that directly address systemic bottlenecks and complex failure modes across the platform.
• Improve deployment safety, rollout strategies, and failure recovery to minimize platform-wide incidents.
• Partner with Platform and Infrastructure teams on large-scale efforts including scaling, load balancing, caching, and lifecycle management.
• Set the Bar for Execution
• Write and ship high-quality production code, primarily in TypeScript and Javascript (Node.js), establishing and upholding the standard for code quality, scalability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders, communicating complex technical concepts and project updates clearly and concisely.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, focusing on scalable system design and development.
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages and frameworks, preferably Typescript, JavaScript, Svelte or other server-side rendering frameworks (React, NextJS, Vue etc).
• Proficient in Node.js, Rest API, Kubernetes (K8), Design Patterns, Subscriptions (WebSockets, Pub/Sub etc) and related technologies.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts.
• Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring, and guiding teams.
• Exceptional problem-solving and critical thinking skills, with the ability to lead resolution of complex technical challenges and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration across teams and stakeholders.

Some of the perks of working for us:

• Influence Culture and Excellence: Directly champion and drive cultural change across the organization to raise the bar for engineering excellence.
• Work alongside the top 5% of engineering talent in Australia, using a vast cloud native tech stack including AWS, Microservices, Large-Scale Distributed Systems, Kafka, K8's, Svelte, Typescript, Node.js, Golang, ArgoCD, Datadog & Cloudflare.
• Exposure to building global, large-scale volume products which operate at thousands per second frequency (3 Billion Requests per day!).
• Access to over 9,000 courses across our Learning and Development Platform.
• EAP access for you and your family.
• Be rewarded with lucrative annual bonuses.
• Give back with a paid volunteer day.
• Fuel your day with daily breakfast and open pantries brimming with unlimited snacks and refreshments, all on the house.
• Break up the week with on site remedial massage Wednesdays.
• In house full-time barista’s providing you your daily coffee needs.
• Weekly team lunches and happy hour in the office from 4pm on Fridays.
• Enjoy a bustling office with the option for up to 2 days work from home per week.
• Fun office environment with pool tables, table tennis and all your favourite gaming consoles.

We believe that the unique contributions of everyone at Easygo are the driver of our success. To make sure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience we never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. We are passionate about providing a workplace that encourages great participation and an equal playing field, where merit and accomplishment are the only criteria for success.

Senior Full Stack Engineer
Engineering@Easygo

Easygo leads the world in crafting top-tier entertainment experiences. Within our engineering organisation, we foster a continuous learning environment, constantly pushing the boundaries of large-scale software design and development. Our culture revolves around fostering growth, nurturing learning, and upholding excellence in engineering, ensuring we consistently set the benchmark for engineering mastery.

Why join us?
Are you a passionate and ambitious software engineer ready to dive into an environment that fosters innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth? We're seeking talented individuals who are eager to tackle complex problems, build scalable solutions, and collaborate with some of the finest engineers in the entertainment industry.

● Complex Projects, Creative Solutions: Dive into intricate projects that challenge and push boundaries. Solve complex technical puzzles and craft scalable solutions.
● Accelerate Your Growth: Access mentorship, training, and hands-on experiences to level up your skills. Learn from industry experts and gain expertise in scaling software.
● Collaborate with Industry Leaders: Work alongside exceptional engineers, exchanging ideas and driving innovation forward through collaboration.
● Caring Culture, Career Development: We deeply care about your career. Our culture prioritises your growth with tailored learning programs and mentorship.
● Embrace Challenges, Celebrate Success: Take on challenges, learn from failures, and celebrate achievements together.
● Shape the Future: Your contributions will shape the future of entertainment.

Join a team that thrives on innovation and craftsmanship, building cutting-edge games that entertain millions worldwide. At EasyGo, our team is at the heart of our games, creating immersive, high-performance experiences while integrating seamlessly with top-tier third-party providers. We tackle complex technical challenges with creativity and precision, ensuring every game we build is robust, scalable, and engaging. If you're passionate about pushing the boundaries of frontend development in gaming, collaborating with talented engineers, and delivering world-class entertainment, this is the team for you. If you're passionate about growth, innovation, and working with the best, we'd love to have you
on our team!

Key Responsibilities:

● Architect and design scalable, high-performance software solutions in alignment with project requirements and company standards.
● Optimise existing systems for performance, scalability, and reliability, identifying and resolving bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
● Actively engage in hands-on coding and development, ensuring code quality, scalability, and maintainability.
● Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, communicating technical concepts and project updates.
● Provide technical leadership, guiding and mentoring junior engineers in the team.

Qualifications:

● Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
● 5-8 years of hands-on experience in software engineering, focusing on scalable system design and development.
● Strong experience in backend server development with proficiency in a modern programming language such as Go, TypeScript, or Python. Familiarity with additional backend languages like Java, C#, or Rust is advantageous.
● Experience with Node.js, Docker, Cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and related technologies.
● Proficiency in Kubernetes or equivalent container orchestration platforms, including OpenShift, Nomad, or Docker Swarm.
● Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
● Proven expertise in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with tools like AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, or similar, ensuring efficient, scalable, and secure deployment workflows.
● Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring, and guiding teams.
● Strong problem-solving skills and ability to tackle complex technical challenges.
● Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration across teams and stakeholders.

Some of the perks of working for us:

• Influence Culture and Excellence: Directly champion and drive cultural change across the organisation to raise the bar for engineering excellence.
• Work alongside the top 5% of engineering talent in Australia, using a vast cloud native tech stack including AWS, Microservices, Large-Scale Distributed Systems, Kafka, K8's, Svelte, Typescript, Node.js, Golang, ArgoCD, Datadog & Cloudflare.
• Exposure to building global, large-scale volume products which operate at thousands per second frequency (3 Billion Requests per day!).
• Access to over 9,000 courses across our Learning and Development Platform.
• EAP access for you and your family.
• Be rewarded with lucrative annual bonuses.
• Give back with a paid volunteer day.
• Fuel your day with daily breakfast and open pantries brimming with unlimited snacks and refreshments, all on the house.
• Break up the week with on site remedial massage Wednesdays.
• In house full-time barista’s providing you your daily coffee needs.
• Weekly team lunches and happy hour in the office from 4pm on Fridays.
• Enjoy a bustling office with the option for up to 2 days work from home per week.
• Fun office environment with pool tables, table tennis and all your favourite gaming consoles.

We believe that the unique contributions of everyone at Easygo are the driver of our success. To make sure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience we never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. We are passionate about providing a workplace that encourages great participation and an equal playing field, where merit and accomplishment are the only criteria for success.

Senior Software Engineer, Full-Stack - Engagement team (Melbourne)

Engineering@Easygo

Easygo leads the world in crafting top-tier entertainment experiences. Within our engineering organisation, we foster a continuous learning environment, constantly pushing the boundaries of large-scale software design and development. Our culture revolves around fostering growth, nurturing learning, and upholding excellence in engineering, ensuring we consistently set the benchmark for engineering mastery.

Why join us?

Are you a passionate and ambitious software engineer ready to dive into an environment that fosters innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth? We're seeking talented individuals who are eager to tackle complex problems, build scalable solutions, and collaborate with some of the finest engineers in the entertainment industry.

• Complex Projects, Creative Solutions: Dive into intricate projects that challenge and push boundaries. Solve complex technical puzzles and craft scalable solutions.
• Invest in Mastery: Access tailored learning programs, dedicated mentorship, and over 9,000 courses to accelerate your professional growth and gain deep expertise in building large-scale, high-volume products.
• Collaborate with Industry Leaders: Work alongside exceptional engineers, exchanging ideas and driving innovation forward through collaboration.
• Maximum Impact: Your contributions will directly shape the future of top-tier entertainment experiences, solving complex technical puzzles and driving innovation across our global platform.
• Embrace Challenges, Celebrate Success: Take on challenges, learn from failures, and celebrate achievements together.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership within the Engagement domain, collaborating closely with adjacent teams to deliver cohesive solutions.
• Actively engage in hands-on coding, testing, debugging, and troubleshooting to ensure code quality, scalability, and maintainability.
• Write efficient, scalable, and maintainable code, adhering to coding standards and best practices.
• Play an active role in technical discussions and propose solutions that drive team performance and contribute to team and company goals & objectives.
• Innovate within the team by pushing for improvements and driving constructive changes to enhance team performance and efficiency.
• Lead and independently own projects or components from start to finish.
• Share knowledge and best practices with the team, fostering a collaborative and learning-oriented environment.
• Mentor peers on the team, providing guidance and constructive feedback to support their growth.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, product managers, and engineering teams to effectively communicate  timelines, deliverables, blockers, project statuses.
• Actively investigate AI for automation of processes within the team.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 5-8 years of hands-on experience in software engineering, focusing on scalable system design and development.
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages and frameworks, preferably Typescript, JavaScript, Svelte or other server-side rendering frameworks (React, NextJS, Vue etc).
• Proficient in Node.js, Rest API, Kubernetes (K8), Design Patterns, Subscriptions (WebSockets, Pub/Sub etc) and related technologies.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts.
• Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring, and guiding teams.
• Exceptional problem-solving and critical thinking skills, with the ability to lead resolution of complex technical challenges and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration across teams and stakeholders.

Some of the perks of working for us:

• Influence Culture and Excellence: Directly champion and drive cultural change across the organization to raise the bar for engineering excellence.
• Work alongside the top 5% of engineering talent in Australia, using a vast cloud native tech stack including AWS, Microservices, Large-Scale Distributed Systems, Kafka, K8's, Svelte, Typescript, Node.js, Golang, ArgoCD, Datadog & Cloudflare.
• Exposure to building global, large-scale volume products which operate at thousands per second frequency (3 Billion Requests per day!).
• Access to over 9,000 courses across our Learning and Development Platform.
• EAP access for you and your family.
• Be rewarded with lucrative annual bonuses.
• Give back with a paid volunteer day.
• Fuel your day with daily breakfast and open pantries brimming with unlimited snacks and refreshments, all on the house.
• Break up the week with on site remedial massage Wednesdays.
• In house full-time barista’s providing you your daily coffee needs.
• Weekly team lunches and happy hour in the office from 4pm on Fridays.
• Enjoy a bustling office with the option for up to 2 days work from home per week.
• Fun office environment with pool tables, table tennis and all your favourite gaming consoles.

We believe that the unique contributions of everyone at Easygo are the driver of our success. To make sure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience we never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. We are passionate about providing a workplace that encourages great participation and an equal playing field, where merit and accomplishment are the only criteria for success.

What is Kick?

Kick is a global live-streaming platform for all types of entertainment content. Our mission is to empower content creators, event organisers, and content rights holders by providing them with the tools and revenue-sharing structures they need to monetise and grow their audiences. 

As a result, we are quickly becoming a household name, attracting top-tier creators and expanding rapidly worldwide. You may have seen us in the UFC octagon or on the side of an F1 car, as we seize every opportunity that comes our way. 

Kick is now recognised in the big four of live streaming platforms globally, standing tall alongside YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch. In 3 years, we’ve already made a significant impact and have plenty more to achieve. We’re at the beginning of an exciting journey and are looking for brilliant minds to join us.

Why this role in the Discovery & Presence team might interest you:

• World leading product: KICK sits among the big 4 global live streaming platforms, alongside YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch
• Hyper growth: Reached 100M+ users in just 3 years since launch
• Massive scale: This team powers the public facing APIs serving 1B+ requests monthly, within a platform handling 5B+ backend requests daily
• Core impact: Build systems powering discovery, real-time engagement, search, and presence
• Engagement at scale: Drive Drops, Channel Points, and global badges, expand search, build AI-driven personalisation & recommendations, and build campaigns with major game studios (e.g. Rockstar)
• Modern full-stack environment: Microservices, AWS, Kubernetes, Golang, Kafka, React, Next.js, GraphQL, CI/CD, and scalable distributed systems.
• Ownership: Full lifecycle ownership - You Build It, You Run It

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and design scalable, high-performance software solutions in alignment with project requirements and company standards.
• Optimise existing systems for performance, scalability, and reliability, identifying and resolving bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
• Actively engage in hands-on coding and development, ensuring code quality, scalability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, product managers, and engineering teams to effectively communicate technical concepts.
• Innovate within the team by pushing for improvements and driving constructive changes to enhance team performance and efficiency.
• Provide technical guidance and mentor mid level engineers in the team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 6-7+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, focusing on scalable system design and development.
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages and frameworks relevant to the role (Go, PHP and React/NextJS).
• Strong understanding of code architecture and design principles.
• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration across teams and stakeholders
• Positive attitude and eagerness to learn new technologies to grow as a full-stack engineer.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience as a Senior Software Engineer in a large-scale product company
• Experience building web applications and debugging production applications

Some of the perks of joining us: 

• Innovate without red tape - have an idea on Monday and push it to production by Friday, while championing engineering excellence across the organisation.
• Work alongside the top 5% of engineering talent in Australia, using a vast cloud native stack including AWS, Microservices, Large-Scale Distributed Systems, Kubernetes, Kafka, Terraform, ArgoCD, Cloudflare, Datadog, Golang and React/Next.js.
• Exposure to global, high-scale products handling 3 billion+ requests per day.
• Explore your career options with opportunities to grow laterally and vertically.
• Access to over 9,000 courses across our Learning and Development Platform.
• Lucrative annual bonuses.
• EAP access for you and your family.
• 30 days personal leave bundled - use it how you like.
• Paid volunteer day.
• Daily catered breakfast, unlimited snacks and refreshments, plus an in-house full-time barista, fresh juices and smoothies.
• Massage Wednesdays.
• Weekly team lunches and happy hour in the office from 4pm on Fridays.
• Enjoy a buzzing office with pool tables, table tennis, gaming consoles, product testing tournaments, plus up to 2 days work from home and flexible start/finish times.

We believe that the unique contributions of everyone at Easygo are the driver of our success. To make sure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience we never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. We are passionate about providing a workplace that encourages great participation and an equal playing field, where merit and accomplishment are the only criteria for success.

Staff Software Engineer, Full-Stack - Engagement team (Melbourne)

Engineering@Easygo

Easygo leads the world in crafting top-tier entertainment experiences. Within our engineering organisation, we foster a continuous learning environment, constantly pushing the boundaries of large-scale software design and development. Our culture revolves around fostering growth, nurturing learning, and upholding excellence in engineering, ensuring we consistently set the benchmark for engineering mastery.

Why join us?

Are you a passionate and ambitious software engineer ready to dive into an environment that fosters innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth? We're seeking talented individuals who are eager to tackle complex problems, build scalable solutions, and collaborate with some of the finest engineers in the entertainment industry.

• Complex Projects, Creative Solutions: Dive into intricate projects that challenge and push boundaries. Solve complex technical puzzles and craft scalable solutions.
• Invest in Mastery: Access tailored learning programs, dedicated mentorship, and over 9,000 courses to accelerate your professional growth and gain deep expertise in building large-scale, high-volume products.
• Collaborate with Industry Leaders: Work alongside exceptional engineers, exchanging ideas and driving innovation forward through collaboration.
• Maximum Impact: Your contributions will directly shape the future of top-tier entertainment experiences, solving complex technical puzzles and driving innovation across our global platform.
• Embrace Challenges, Celebrate Success: Take on challenges, learn from failures, and celebrate achievements together.

Key Responsibilities:

• Elevate Technical Strategy and Architecture
• Design and evolve large-scale, fault-tolerant distributed systems that handle high-volume traffic and degrade gracefully under failure or attack.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams, mentoring senior engineers and driving consensus on critical frontend and full-stack architecture decisions.
• Drive and lead cross-cutting platform initiatives, such as rendering strategy improvements, static asset delivery, and overall reduction of redundant backend load.
• Ensure System Health and Performance
• Optimise existing systems for world-class performance, scalability, and reliability, proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
• Deliver end-to-end platform improvements that directly address systemic bottlenecks and complex failure modes across the platform.
• Improve deployment safety, rollout strategies, and failure recovery to minimize platform-wide incidents.
• Partner with Platform and Infrastructure teams on large-scale efforts including scaling, load balancing, caching, and lifecycle management.
• Set the Bar for Execution
• Write and ship high-quality production code, primarily in TypeScript and Javascript (Node.js), establishing and upholding the standard for code quality, scalability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders, communicating complex technical concepts and project updates clearly and concisely.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, focusing on scalable system design and development.
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages and frameworks, preferably Typescript, JavaScript, Svelte or other server-side rendering frameworks (React, NextJS, Vue etc).
• Proficient in Node.js, Rest API, Kubernetes (K8), Design Patterns, Subscriptions (WebSockets, Pub/Sub etc) and related technologies.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts.
• Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring, and guiding teams.
• Exceptional problem-solving and critical thinking skills, with the ability to lead resolution of complex technical challenges and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration across teams and stakeholders.

Some of the perks of working for us:

• Influence Culture and Excellence: Directly champion and drive cultural change across the organization to raise the bar for engineering excellence.
• Work alongside the top 5% of engineering talent in Australia, using a vast cloud native tech stack including AWS, Microservices, Large-Scale Distributed Systems, Kafka, K8's, Svelte, Typescript, Node.js, Golang, ArgoCD, Datadog & Cloudflare.
• Exposure to building global, large-scale volume products which operate at thousands per second frequency (3 Billion Requests per day!).
• Access to over 9,000 courses across our Learning and Development Platform.
• EAP access for you and your family.
• Be rewarded with lucrative annual bonuses.
• Give back with a paid volunteer day.
• Fuel your day with daily breakfast and open pantries brimming with unlimited snacks and refreshments, all on the house.
• Break up the week with on site remedial massage Wednesdays.
• In house full-time barista’s providing you your daily coffee needs.
• Weekly team lunches and happy hour in the office from 4pm on Fridays.
• Enjoy a bustling office with the option for up to 2 days work from home per week.
• Fun office environment with pool tables, table tennis and all your favourite gaming consoles.

We believe that the unique contributions of everyone at Easygo are the driver of our success. To make sure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience we never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. We are passionate about providing a workplace that encourages great participation and an equal playing field, where merit and accomplishment are the only criteria for success.

What is Kick?

Kick is a global live-streaming platform for all types of entertainment content. Our mission is to empower content creators, event organisers, and content rights holders by providing them with the tools and revenue-sharing structures they need to monetise and grow their audiences. 

As a result, we are quickly becoming a household name, attracting top-tier creators and expanding rapidly worldwide. You may have seen us in the UFC octagon or on the side of an F1 car, as we seize every opportunity that comes our way. 

Kick is now recognised in the big four of live streaming platforms globally, standing tall alongside YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch. In 3 years, we’ve already made a significant impact and have plenty more to achieve. We’re at the beginning of an exciting journey and are looking for brilliant minds to join us.

About the team

This team sits at the core of Kick’s user experience, owning and evolving the frontend platform that powers every interaction across the product. Their mission is to build a high-performance, resilient, and scalable web foundation that enables teams to ship faster while delivering seamless experiences to millions of users in real time.

Going beyond feature development, they define architecture, establish engineering standards, and strengthen reliability across the entire frontend ecosystem, optimising rendering strategies, improving deployment safety, and ensuring the platform performs under extreme traffic, live events, and failure scenarios.

Acting as a force multiplier across Kick engineering, they drive consistency, elevate code quality, and remove systemic bottlenecks at scale, directly impacting speed to market, platform stability, and overall user experience.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Own and evolve the web frontend platform architecture (React / Next.js) with a focus on scalability, reliability, and performance 
• Write and ship high-quality production code, setting the standard for React, TypeScript, and frontend engineering best practices 
• Deliver end-to-end platform improvements that directly address system bottlenecks and failure modes 
• Establish and enforce guardrails and standards for React patterns, state management, data fetching, and performance 
• Design systems that handle large-scale traffic, burst events, and degrade gracefully under failure or attack 
• Improve deployment safety, rollout strategies, and failure recovery to prevent platform-wide incidents 
• Partner with Platform and Infrastructure teams on scaling, load balancing, caching, and lifecycle management 
• Drive cross-cutting initiatives such as rendering strategy improvements, static asset delivery, and reducing redundant backend load 
• Contribute to feature development using React and Next.js to ensure platform decisions are grounded in real use cases 
• Provide technical leadership across teams, mentoring engineers and influencing frontend architecture decisions

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
•  8+ years of software engineering experience with strong frontend focus 
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript fundamentals, NextJS and TypeScript.
• Experience with server-side rendering (SSR), modern frontend architecture, and testing frameworks 
• Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership, mentoring, and guiding teams. 
• Experience designing scalable systems, not just implementing features 
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to tackle complex technical challenges. 
• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration across teams and stakeholders 
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership and deliver complex initiatives end-to-end. 
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Proven ability to drive systematic change in frontend engineering across multiple teams (e.g. establishing standards, improving consistency, raising engineering quality at scale) Experience operating frontend systems under high traffic or adversarial conditions (e.g. DDoS) 
• Familiarity with performance optimisation techniques for frontend systems Experience debugging production applications and managing incidents 
• Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts

Some of the perks of working for us: 

• Champion Engineering Excellence to influence cultural change across the organisation.
• Work alongside the top 5% of engineering talent in Australia, using a vast cloud native tech stack including AWS, Microservices, Large-Scale Distributed Systems, Kafka, K8's, React, Next.js, Golang, ArgoCD, Datadog & Cloudflare.
• Exposure to building global, large-scale volume products which operate at thousands per second frequency (3 Billion Requests per day!)
• Access to over 9,000 courses across our Learning and Development Platform
• EAP access for you and your family
• Be rewarded with lucrative annual bonuses
• Give back with a paid volunteer day
• Fuel your day with daily breakfast and open pantries brimming with unlimited snacks and refreshments, all on the house
• Break up the week with on site remedial massage Wednesdays
• In house full-time barista’s providing you your daily coffee needs
• Weekly team lunches and happy hour in the office from 4pm on Fridays
• Enjoy a bustling office with the option for up to 2 days work from home per week
• Fun office environment with pool tables, table tennis and all your favourite gaming consoles

We believe that the unique contributions of everyone at Easygo are the driver of our success. To make sure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience we never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. We are passionate about providing a workplace that encourages great participation and an equal playing field, where merit and accomplishment are the only criteria for success.

What is Kick?

Kick is a global live-streaming platform for all types of entertainment content. Our mission is to empower content creators, event organisers, and content rights holders by providing them with the tools and revenue-sharing structures they need to monetise and grow their audiences. 

As a result, we are quickly becoming a household name, attracting top-tier creators and expanding rapidly worldwide. You may have seen us in the UFC octagon or on the side of an F1 car, as we seize every opportunity that comes our way. 

Kick is now recognised in the big four of live streaming platforms globally, standing tall alongside YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch. In 3 years, we’ve already made a significant impact and have plenty more to achieve. We’re at the beginning of an exciting journey and are looking for brilliant minds to join us.

About the team:

The Viewer Engagement and Experience feature development team powers the heart of Kick’s platform and the real-time, high-volume features that keep millions of viewers coming back. We own the core customer experience: seamless live stream viewing, rapid fire live chats, and the real-time community interactions that make Kick, Kick.

From delivering lightning fast chat messaging across massive global events (think 4M+ concurrent viewers) to architecting systems that scale, this team pushes technical limits daily. You’ll tackle complex backend challenges, build and ship user-facing features at scale, and help evolve our architecture as we migrate toward high-performance Golang based services.

If you want to build products used by millions the moment you deploy, and solve some of the most demanding concurrency, performance, and scalability problems in technology, this is where you can make immediate impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and design scalable, high-performance software solutions in alignment with project requirements and company standards.
• Optimise existing systems for performance, scalability, and reliability, identifying and resolving bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
• Actively engage in hands-on coding and development, ensuring code quality, scalability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, product managers, and engineering teams to effectively communicate technical concepts.
• Innovate within the team by pushing for improvements and driving constructive changes to enhance team performance and efficiency.
• Provide technical guidance and mentor junior engineers in the team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 6-7+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, focusing on scalable system design and development.
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages and frameworks relevant to the role (Go, PHP and React).
• Strong understanding of code architecture and design principles.
• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration across teams and stakeholders
• Positive attitude and eagerness to learn new technologies to grow as a full-stack engineer.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience as a Senior Software Engineer in a large-scale product company
• Experience building web applications and debugging production applications

Some of the perks of joining us: 

• Champion Engineering Excellence to influence cultural change across the organisation.
• Work alongside the top 5% of engineering talent in Australia, using a vast cloud native tech stack including AWS, Microservices, Large-Scale Distributed Systems, Kafka, K8's, Terraform, Golang, ArgoCD, Datadog & Cloudflare.
• Exposure to building global, large-scale volume products which operate at thousands per second frequency (3 Billion Requests per day!)
• Access to over 9,000 courses across our Learning and Development Platform 
• EAP access for you and your family
• Be rewarded with lucrative annual bonuses
• Give back with a paid volunteer day
• Fuel your day with daily breakfast and open pantries brimming with unlimited snacks and refreshments, all on the house
• Break up the week with on site remedial massage Wednesdays
• In house full-time barista’s providing you your daily coffee needs
• Weekly team lunches and happy hour in the office from 4pm on Fridays
• Enjoy a bustling office with the option for up to 2 days work from home per week
• Fun office environment with pool tables, table tennis and all your favourite gaming consoles

We believe that the unique contributions of everyone at Easygo are the driver of our success. To make sure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience we never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. We are passionate about providing a workplace that encourages great participation and an equal playing field, where merit and accomplishment are the only criteria for success.

What is Kick?

Kick is a global live-streaming platform for all types of entertainment content. Our mission is to empower content creators, event organisers, and content rights holders by providing them with the tools and revenue-sharing structures they need to monetise and grow their audiences. 

As a result, we are quickly becoming a household name, attracting top-tier creators and expanding rapidly worldwide. You may have seen us in the UFC octagon or on the side of an F1 car, as we seize every opportunity that comes our way. 

Kick is now recognised in the big four of live streaming platforms globally, standing tall alongside YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch. In 3 years, we’ve already made a significant impact and have plenty more to achieve. We’re at the beginning of an exciting journey and are looking for brilliant minds to join us.

About the team

Join the team that powers the heart of Kick’s platform - the real-time, high-volume features that keep millions of viewers coming back. We own the core customer experience: seamless live-stream viewing, rapid-fire live chats, and the real-time interactions that make Kick, Kick. 

From delivering ultra responsive experiences across massive global events (think 4M+ concurrent viewers) to building interfaces that stay smooth under extreme load, this team pushes technical limits daily. You’ll tackle complex frontend challenges using React and Next.js, obsess over performance, accessibility, and rendering speed, and build products that scale effortlessly. 

If you thrive on creating polished, high-performance, highly interactive user experiences and want your work to have immediate impact to millions, this is where you'll prosper.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Architect and design scalable, high-performance software solutions in alignment with project requirements and company standards. 
• Optimise existing systems for performance, scalability, and reliability, identifying and resolving bottlenecks and inefficiencies. 
• Actively engage in hands-on coding and development, ensuring code quality, scalability, and maintainability. 
• Collaborate with stakeholders, product managers, and engineering teams to effectively communicate technical concepts. 
• Innovate within the team by pushing for improvements and driving constructive changes to enhance team performance and efficiency. 
• Provide technical guidance and mentor junior engineers in the team. 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 6-7+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, focusing on scalable system design and development. 
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages and frameworks relevant to the role (TypeScript, React, Next.js). 
• Strong understanding of code architecture and design principles. 
•  Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration across teams and stakeholders 
• Positive attitude and eagerness to learn new technologies to grow as a full-stack engineer. 
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience building web applications 
• Experience debugging production applications 

Some of the perks of working for us: 

• Champion Engineering Excellence to influence cultural change across the organisation.
• Work alongside the top 5% of engineering talent in Australia, using a vast cloud native tech stack including AWS, Microservices, Large-Scale Distributed Systems, Kafka, K8's, React, Next.js, Golang, ArgoCD, Datadog & Cloudflare.
• Exposure to building global, large-scale volume products which operate at thousands per second frequency (3 Billion Requests per day!)
• Access to over 9,000 courses across our Learning and Development Platform
• EAP access for you and your family
• Be rewarded with lucrative annual bonuses
• Give back with a paid volunteer day
• Fuel your day with daily breakfast and open pantries brimming with unlimited snacks and refreshments, all on the house
• Break up the week with on site remedial massage Wednesdays
• In house full-time barista’s providing you your daily coffee needs
• Weekly team lunches and happy hour in the office from 4pm on Fridays
• Enjoy a bustling office with the option for up to 2 days work from home per week
• Fun office environment with pool tables, table tennis and all your favourite gaming consoles

We believe that the unique contributions of everyone at Easygo are the driver of our success. To make sure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience we never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. We are passionate about providing a workplace that encourages great participation and an equal playing field, where merit and accomplishment are the only criteria for success.