Senior Engineer - Cloud T500-21679

About REA Group : In 1995, in a garage in Melbourne, Australia, REA Group was born from a simple question : “Can we change the way the world experiences property?”

Could we? Yes. Are we done? Never.

• Fast forward 30 years, REA Group is a market leader in online real estate in three continents and continuing to grow rapidly across the globe. The secret to our growth is staying true to that ‘day one’ mindset;

the hunger to innovate,the ambition to change the world, and the curiosity to reimagine the future.

Our new Tech Center in Cyber City is dedicated to accelerating REA Group’s global technology delivery through relentless innovation. We’re looking for the best technologists, inventors and leaders in India to join us on this exciting new journey.

If you’re excited by the prospect of creating something magical from scratch, then read on.

What the role is all about :

We're seeking a Senior Engineer - Cloud (3-5 years’ experience) who will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of REA's cutting-edge products. You'll take a multifaceted approach to ensure technical excellence and operational efficiency within the infrastructure domain. By strategically integrating automation, monitoring and incident response, you facilitate the evolution from traditional operations to a more customer-focused and agile approach.

This is your chance to work on impactful projects that drive customer satisfaction and company growth. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies alongside talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, fostering a dynamic and collaborative environment.

Being a leader in Australia and India in the property portal space, REA is a large and challenging technical environment, we are multi-cloud at scale with the best-in-class approach to managing at this scale. A place that is both supportive and exciting.

While no two days are likely to be the same, your typical responsibilities will include :

Analyze both technical and business needs to remedy, design and implement solutions that enhance system reliability, fault tolerance, and response times.

Collaborate across REA with development teams to ensure reliable system design from the start and recommend best practices.

Identify and troubleshoot complex technical issues, driving continuous improvement and optimizing system performance.

Provide detailed technical analysis of issues, lead remediation plans for mitigation and prevention.

Take ownership and accountability of deliverables.

Mentor other team members.

Who we are looking for :

3+ Experience writing developer tooling in a general-purpose programming language such as Go or Python with a focus on Kubernetes, migration automation, and improving developer user experience.

3+ years of experience in cloud platforms like AWS, containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure automation tools.

Deep expertise in troubleshooting, wielding logs, tracing, and monitoring tools (Splunk) to gain comprehensive system insights and proactively identify potential issues.

Fine-tune application and infrastructure performance to ensure seamless scaling under various load patterns, keeping user experience top-notch.

Demonstrate understanding of SLI / SLO / SLA metrics, chaos engineering principles, and user monitoring techniques to guide informed decision-making.

Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to conduct capacity planning and scalability assessments, designing solutions for current and future growth.

Effectively communicate complex solutions to audiences with varying technical backgrounds, fostering consensus and collaboration.

Bonus Points for :

Experience with Ruby, Shell, Buildkite, or PagerDuty or experience with any scripting language

What we offer :

A hybrid and flexible approach to working.

Transport options to help you get to and from work, including home pick-up and drop-off.

Meals provided on site in our office.

Flexible leave options including parental leave, family care leave and celebration leave.

Insurances for you and your immediate family members.

Programs to support mental, emotional, financial and physical health & wellbeing.

Continuous learning and development opportunities to further your technical expertise.

The values we live by :

Our values are at the core of how we operate, treat each other, and make decisions. We believe that how we work is equally important as what we do to achieve our goals. This commitment is at the heart of everything we do, from the way we interact with colleagues to the way we serve our customers and communities.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion :

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more e?ective and fuel disruptive thinking - be it cultural and ethnic backgrounds, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other identity or lived experience. We know diverse teams are critical to maintaining our success and driving new business opportunities. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.