As a critical and trusted member of the Systems Engineering team, you'll be working side-by-side with software engineers to design and deliver mission critical services and systems. You'll be working with infrastructure and services at scale, utilizing wide variety of cutting edge technologies used to support our high-traffic real-time Freelancer.com marketplace and a range of other business products fully deployed in Amazon Web Services cloud and powered by Nginx, MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ, Consul, Docker, and Kubernetes. It is our mission to build highly resilient, dynamically scaling, self-healing systems by automating and monitoring everything using Terraform, Puppet, Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, and Jenkins.

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of operating systems, networking and systems architecture;
• Strong experience working with Linux, as well as database, web, and file servers at scale in production environments;
• Strong experience with any cloud, virtualization, and/or container services (AWS, GCP, Azure, VMware, OpenStack, Docker, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, AWS ECS)
• Experience working with any configuration management and infrastructure orchestration tools such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, CloudFormation or Terraform;
• Programming experience with any of Python, Go, PHP,Ruby, Node.js.
• Experience with incident response and security-focused mindset;
• University Degree in Computer Science/Engineering (or related field) is preferred;

Benefits:

• Fast-track your career growth – our meritocratic culture is known for promoting from within and producing industry leaders in tech.
• Delicious Friday lunches from a rotating selection of local restaurants.
• A fully stocked kitchen and beer taps, complemented by a bar with a breathtaking view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House.
• Engaging Weekly Town Halls with global presentations and open Q&A sessions with our CEO (feel free to ask him anything!).
• Regular fun events (Did we mention we once built a soccer stadium in the office with two tonnes of turf?).
• Hack-a-thons - Get hacking and programming in this quarterly company-wide event where teams create solutions to existing problems and win prizes. The 2-day event is filled with games, events, shows, food and more.
• Our office is located in the iconic Grosvenor Place, the home of Freelancer HQ, offering weekly complimentary classes, activities, events, promotions, competitions, and deals.

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better:

• Change lives every day – Everything we do as part of our jobs contribute to improving the lives of our users on a global scale. Our mission is to provide one billion jobs. Not many companies actually make a difference like Freelancer does in providing opportunity and income to people all around the world.
• Fast-track your career - We boast a meritocratic culture, renowned for hiring into senior roles from within and producing many business and product leaders in the technology industry.

Who is Freelancer.com?

Freelancer owns Escrow.com, the world’s largest online escrow company with over US$5 billion in transactions secured, powering the sale of jet parts to oil wells. Freelancer also owns Freightlancer & Loadshift, marketplaces with more freight on a typical day than the distance from the earth to the moon, with over 550 million kilometres posted since inception.

This won't be your typical cog-in-the-machine type of job. If you're a high achiever with talent, looking for something more than a boring job in corporate, want to work with the best and brightest and don't need to be handheld, this is the job for you.

If you join a mega-cap technology company as the 10000th hire you might struggle to figure out the impact you are making. If you join a startup, you might get to work on the latest fad, but likely have few mentors to learn from, work on toy problems and never change the world.

At Freelancer you’ll get to work on a highly diverse, global set of internet-scale challenges where you will make a meaningful difference with real responsibility, while rapidly building your skills. We run a meritocracy - we actively promote from within.

You’ll also change lives- our mission is to provide one billion jobs. Not many companies actually make a difference like Freelancer does in providing opportunity and income to people all around the world.

Join Our Team as a Software Support Engineer (SSE) 

Are you a problem solver who thrives on helping customers succeed? As a Software Support Engineer (SSE) on our growing team, you'll be at the forefront of assisting our customers with installing our software, deploying it to cloud-hosted environments, integrating it with their data sources, and upgrading to the latest versions. You'll work closely with customers, often via Zoom, to troubleshoot technical issues related to our software and their environments, including firewalls, third-party authentication, and general IT challenges. 

In this role, you'll be a valued member of our product development team, influencing the evolution of our products to enhance customer satisfaction and resolve common pain points. 

We're looking for someone who: 

• Loves solving problems: You're driven to find the true root cause of issues and won’t stop until it's resolved. 

• Communicates effectively: You're responsive, articulate, and ready to help customers even during off-hours when needed. 

• Has dual OS expertise: You're comfortable with both Linux and Windows and familiar with cloud environments like AWS or Azure. 

• Constantly improves: You're always looking for ways to better your craft, support your teammates, and innovate. 

• Pays attention to detail: You enjoy digging through logs to piece together clues and uncover the root cause. 

• Is patient and empathetic: You excel at supporting customers with care and understanding. 

• Learns quickly: You’re often the one suggesting new ideas and elevating the team’s standards. You know how to make your ideas heard while being a team player. 

• Is technically adept: You can deep dive into issues using tools like Task Manager, Process Explorer, Wireshark, and other Windows Sysinternal power tools, with a solid grasp of networking technologies like TCP/IP, HTTP(S), and Ethernet. 

• Can support the APAC region.  8 AM – 5 PM MYT – Can work other locations, but this is the base time to cover (Japan, Malaysia, Australia, and New Zealand as examples)  

• You have a bachelor's or associate degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field.  

• You’re open to periodic travel to work with customers on-site or attend meetups for some face-to-face time with your colleagues. 

• Experience with Linux and Windows, and familiarity with cloud environments like AWS or Azure. 

• Experience with using tools like Task Manager, Process Explorer, Wireshark, and other Windows Sysinternal power tools. 

• You know how to balance work with life, and you're looking for a role that respects that.  

• You’re excited about working with smart, passionate people in a scale-up environment with great investors and a bright future. 

If this sounds like you, we’d love to have you on board. Apply today and help us shape the future of our product and customer experience!