Software Engineer

About the Position

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team in Melbourne, Australia. At Netcraft, we are the global leader in cybercrime detection and disruption. Our mission is to protect the world from cybercrime, and we've successfully blocked almost 200 million cyber-attacks to date.

About Netcraft

Netcraft is a trusted partner for three of the four largest companies in the world and many large governments. Our purpose and passion are focused on protecting the world from cybercrime. We’ve built a workplace where people feel supported and inspired, offering strong benefits, wellness programs, and meaningful collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing new features and improvements to our products, considering performance, reliability, and security.
• Developing different scrapers for various sites/endpoints.
• Maintaining and improving existing systems (using languages like Go/Typescript), ensuring stability, maintainability, and operational reliability.
• Testing and documenting your work to a high standard with strong attention to detail.
• Taking responsibility for system maintenance, operational stability, and incident prevention.
• Responding to issues with urgency and ownership, identifying root causes and implementing long-term fixes.
• Identifying scaling bottlenecks and resolving them, while being conscious of running costs.
• Collaborating with other engineering teams to ensure services are well-integrated.
• Working with cross-functional stakeholders to propose, design, and implement solutions to meet business needs.
• Working independently and proactively, identifying opportunities to improve systems and processes over time.

Requirements

• Experience developing and maintaining production backend systems, required experience in Golang.
• Hands-on experience using TypeScript.
• The ability to work independently and take ownership of services and systems.
• Strong attention to detail, particularly when working with production systems.
• A proactive mindset with a sense of urgency when addressing operational issues or incidents.
• Experience working with SQL databases (such as MySQL or MariaDB), including schema design for both OLTP and OLAP workloads, and writing and optimizing complex queries.
• Familiarity with common Unix command line tools (such as sed, grep, and AWK) and shell scripting, Linux package managers such as RPM or dpkg, configuration management tools, such as Puppet.
• Experience using Amazon EC2, S3, RDS, and SQS, or equivalent services at other cloud providers.
• A good understanding of computer networking technologies, including TCP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, HTTP, and TLS.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly and concisely.

Bonus points for experience with:

• Terraform
• Android Emulator
• Scraper development
• Asynchronous or event-driven Perl
• OpenSearch
• OpenAPI
• AI tools such as Cursor or Claude
• Container technologies like Docker or Kubernetes

We Offer

• 20 days Annual Leave, and 15 days Personal Leave per annum
• 12% employer superannuation contribution
• Employer contributions to private health insurance
• Life Assurance at 4 x salary
• Generous enhanced Parental leave and pay entitlements
• Equity tracking scheme (eligibility criteria apply) - allowing you share in Netcraft's long term success
• (Sonder) Comprehensive health, safety, and wellness service available 24/7 for you and your family
• Two paid Learning & Development days per year plus access to learning resources such as Udemy and Coursera to support your career
• Two Volunteering Days per year, to allow you to contribute to your wider community or charity
• Meals, snacks, and drinks provided daily in the office
• Employee Referral Bonus scheme
• Hybrid and flexible working options
• Spot reward bonus scheme to reward truly outstanding contributions

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

This is deeply important to us. Through our ally network, we support under-represented groups and maintain a working environment free from bias, harassment, or discrimination. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

We’re also happy to make adjustments to the hiring process to ensure every candidate can participate fully.

Please note: Netcraft does not accept unsolicited approaches from external recruiters.