Senior Backend Engineer – Azure Cloud

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 Azure Cloud / Backend Developer 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.

As a Senior Azure Cloud / Backend Developer, you'll be responsible for designing, developing, and optimising 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 Dev Ops and modern Dev Ops 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.

• 8+ years' commercial software development experience, with extensive backend and cloud engineering expertise.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience building RESTful APIs using ASP.NET Core Web API.
• Strong knowledge of SQL Server, Entity Framework, and LINQ.
• Deep experience with Microsoft Azure, including App Services, Azure Functions, Storage, Service Bus, Key Vault, Azure SQL, Application Insights, and Azure Monitor.
• Proven experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using Azure Dev Ops.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, ARM Templates, or Terraform).
• Experience designing scalable microservices and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, authentication, identity management, and performance optimisation.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to mentor and guide other developers.
• Experience working within Agile software development environments.

• 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 that will underpin Handy Finance's continued growth across Australia and the United States.
• Build with Modern Technologies
  - Work with Azure, .NET, Kubernetes, Docker, Azure Dev Ops, Infrastructure as Code, microservices, and modern engineering practices.
• Make a Real Impact
  - Take ownership of critical backend platforms, influence technical direction, mentor developers, and build solutions used by thousands of customers.