Software Engineer

At Symbio, we connect people through reliable, innovative communications technology. We're passionate about building solutions that make a real difference for our customers, our partners, and each other. If you're a collaborative problem solver who thrives on continuous learning and creating meaningful impact, we'd love to hear from you. Excited to grow your career? We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our team to grow professionally. Our people make all the difference in our success. Let's talk about you!

As our Software Engineer, you'll play a key role in building and enhancing the platforms that power our business and customer experience.

You'll bring our values to life by:

• Designing, developing, testing and maintaining high-quality backend applications and services.
• Delivering secure, scalable and well-architected solutions that align with engineering best practices.
• Building and enhancing platform features that meet both customer and business needs.
• Collaborating closely with engineers, product managers and stakeholders to deliver frequent and reliable releases.
• Participating in code reviews and driving continuous improvement in code quality and development practices.
• Troubleshooting production issues and contributing to platform stability, resilience and performance.
• Participating in the after-hours support roster as required.
• Automating manual processes and identifying opportunities to improve engineering efficiency.
• Sharing knowledge across the engineering team and supporting the growth of fellow developers.
• Proactively identifying, managing and escalating technical risks and issues.

What you'll bring:

• Strong experience in backend software development, ideally with PHP.
• Experience working with Symfony, Laravel or another modern web framework.
• Experience designing and building REST APIs.
• Strong knowledge of SQL databases, including MySQL and/or PostgreSQL.
• Experience working with AWS or other cloud platforms.
• Experience using Git and CI/CD practices.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills, particularly within production environments.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• The ability to work autonomously while remaining an active and engaged team member.
• A growth mindset and willingness to learn new technologies and approaches

We create our own destiny, we move at a fast pace, we do things our own way. We are disrupting the way the world is communicating.

Symbio is part of the Aussie Broadband Group - a fast-growing telecommunications services provider. Listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: ABB), the Group collectively supplies more than 1 million services, operates two Tier 1 voice providers in Australia and owns fibre infrastructure.

Balancing purpose and profits Our focus extends beyond our commitment to financial growth and into the futures of the individuals that make up our teams, our local communities and our environment.

Empowered people and communities Symbio, our parent company Aussie Broadband and our communities have the skills, knowledge, and ability to benefit from and grow our business. We value diversity, workplace safety, community contribution, and professional development.

Resilient operations and supply chains We embed sustainability and a considered response to climate change in the ways we work with our people, customers, and supply chains.

Secure and transparent systems Symbio and parent company Aussie Broadband have several mechanisms governing our ESG approach, including the People & Community Committee of our Board, a structured ESG framework and materiality assessment conducted every 2 years, and mandatory compliance and modern slavery awareness training for staff.