Senior Backend Engineer - Azure Cloud
Job Description
Job Description
Join Handy Finance – A Leading Australian Fintech Expanding into the US
Handy Finance is one of Australia's fastest-growing fintech lenders, recognised in the Deloitte Fast Tech 50 for four consecutive years. We're driven by innovation, technology, and a mission to make money simple through fast, transparent lending solutions.
Following our success in Australia, we're expanding into the United States and are looking for a highly experienced Senior Backend Engineer – Azure Cloud to join our engineering team in Dallas, Texas.
This is an opportunity to lead the design and development of cloud-native platforms that power our lending products, working alongside talented engineers and senior leaders to build scalable, secure, and resilient solutions.
What You'll Do
As a Senior Backend Engineer – Azure Cloud, you'll design, develop, and optimise our cloud-based backend platforms while helping shape our engineering standards and technical direction. In this role, you will:
- Design and develop scalable backend services using C# .NET and modern cloud-native architecture
- Build secure, high-performance REST APIs supporting web, mobile, and third-party integrations
- Design, implement, and maintain Microsoft Azure infrastructure and cloud services
- Develop event-driven and microservices-based solutions that are resilient and highly available
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and modern DevOps practices
- Optimise application performance, scalability, reliability, and security
- Collaborate with architects, developers, and product teams to deliver high-quality software solutions
- Provide technical leadership through architecture discussions, mentoring, and code reviews
- Troubleshoot complex production issues and implement long-term improvements
- Contribute to continuous improvement across engineering standards, cloud infrastructure, automation, and development processes
What You'll Bring
- 8+ years of commercial software development experience, with strong backend and cloud engineering expertise
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent practical experience)
- Strong experience developing enterprise applications with C# .NET (.NET 6/7/8) and building RESTful APIs with ASP.NET Core Web API
- Solid knowledge of SQL Server, Entity Framework, and LINQ
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, including App Services, Azure Functions, Storage, Service Bus, Key Vault, Azure SQL, Application Insights, and Azure Monitor
- Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, ARM Templates, or Terraform)
- Experience designing scalable microservices and distributed systems
- Understanding of cloud security, authentication, and identity management
- Strong problem-solving skills and experience mentoring other developers
- Experience working in Agile environments
What We'll Offer
- Join a proven fintech leader — become part of one of Australia's fastest-growing fintech companies, recognised in the Deloitte Fast Tech 50 for four consecutive years
- Shape our cloud platform — lead the design and development of cloud-native systems underpinning Handy Finance's growth across Australia and the US
- Build with modern technologies — Azure, .NET, Kubernetes, Docker, Azure DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, microservices, and modern engineering practices
- Make a real impact — own critical backend platforms, influence technical direction, mentor developers, and build solutions used by thousands of customers
If you're an experienced cloud engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and building scalable, modern software, we'd love to hear from you.
Join us at Handy Finance and help us Make Money Simple!