Staff Backend Engineer - Cloud Services

Date: Sep 4, 2025

Location: Sydney, AU

Company: Dolby Laboratories, Inc.

Join the leader in entertainment innovation and help us design the future. At Dolby, science meets art, and high tech means more than computer code. As a member of the Dolby team, you’ll see and hear the results of your work everywhere, from movie theaters to smartphones. We continue to revolutionize how people create, deliver, and enjoy entertainment worldwide. To do that, we need the absolute best talent. We’re big enough to give you all the resources you need, and small enough so you can make a real difference and earn recognition for your work. We offer a collegial culture, challenging projects, and excellent compensation and benefits, not to mention a Flex Work approach that is truly flexible to support where, when, and how you do your best work.

 

OptiView is Dolby's cloud-based streaming solutions division focused on revolutionising premium real-time video experiences, delivering value to industries including live sports, interactive gaming and entertainment. Join a dynamic team that combines startup agility with corporate backing, where your flexibility and efficiency translate directly into meaningful ownership and growth.

 

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a key contributor to our streaming services through designing, building and deploying cloud microservices and REST APIs that serve as the backbone to our SaaS platform. You will ensure observability and resilience of deliverables to production and be able to drive any efforts in incident response. Your work will expand the functionality and scale of our rapidly growing product, making a direct impact to customer outcomes.

 

Being an experienced developer, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex business requirements into robust and scalable technical solutions. Additionally, you will help advance technical excellence within the team, mentor junior engineers and lead development efforts. The ideal candidate should be self-motivated and be able to thrive in an agile, collaborative, and dynamic space.

 

If you are adept at designing, developing and deploying web services, and like to be challenged, this is the perfect opportunity for you to help shape the directions of OptiView for Dolby.

 

Key requirements & attributes for successful applicants include:

  • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering or comparable field.
  • 8+ years professional software development experience
  • Professional experience designing, developing and deploying commercial, scalable and secure web services programmed in C#/.NET
  • Professional experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform, Or AzureAbility to understand and contribute to full-stack product needs and requirements
  • Strong written and verbal communication and collaborative skills

Dolby welcomes a diverse set of skills and experience. If this role interests you but you don't check every box, we still want to hear from you. 

 

Benefits: 
At Dolby Australia, our priority is as much about building great technology as it is about you and the communities that are important to you.  As such, we’ve built out a great benefits program which includes:

  • Generous leave policies, including annual and parental leave
  • Flexible work options
  • Employee stock purchase program
  • Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging communities and events
  • School, university and community outreach programs
  • A Wellness program which includes a fitness/gym subsidy
  • End-of-Trip Facilities including showers, towel service & bike parking, Social clubs, team events and celebrations.

 

All official communication regarding employment opportunities at Dolby will come from an official dolby.com email address. We will never request payment as part of the hiring process. If you receive a suspicious message, please verify its authenticity before responding.

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