Staff Software Engineer
Freelancer.comSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Posted March 19, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Twelve-time Webby award-winning Freelancer.com is the world’s largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace by total number of users and projects posted. More than 80 million registered users have posted over 24 million projects and contests to date in over 3,000 areas as diverse as website development, logo design, marketing, copywriting, astrophysics, aerospace engineering and manufacturing. Freelancer owns Escrow.com, the leading provider of secure online payments and online transaction management for consumers and businesses on the Internet with over US$7.5 billion in transactions secured. Freelancer also owns Freightlancer & Loadshift, enterprise freight marketplaces with over 800 million kilometers of freight posted since inception. Freelancer Limited is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ticker ASX:FLN and is quoted on OTCQX Best Market under the ticker FLNCF.
Job Description
We are growing our engineering team and on the lookout for a staff engineer to take our company to the next level. At Freelancer, we’re building the world’s biggest marketplace for services, connecting talent all across the world with jobs.
Requirements
- Tertiary degree in Computer Science or related Engineering
- 7+ years of software engineering experience in shipping and maintaining large-scale web systems
- Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Go, Python, PHP, or Node.js
- Solid SQL and relational database skills, preferably MySQL, including sound data modelling
- Cloud experience, preferably with AWS, and Linux proficiency
- Strong troubleshooting and creative problem solving ability
Benefits
- Meritocratic culture with the ability to take ownership and fast-track your career growth
- Potential for major impact with direct access to senior leadership, all the way up to the top
- Weekly Town Hall with global presentations and open Q&A sessions with our CEO
- Harbour views at Grosvenor Place, Friday catered lunches and regular team-building events
