Senior Software Engineer

About this role

Permanent, full-time | Remote within Australia | Senior hands-on role

An established Australian software business is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help guide the next stage of its platform.

You’ll work directly with the CTO and remain close to the code, while also having a say in architecture, technical decisions and how the engineering team works.

There are no direct reports. This is an individual-contributor role for someone who leads through their technical ability, judgement and willingness to help others.

It could suit a strong Senior Engineer ready for more influence, or an experienced Technical Lead or Staff Engineer who wants to stay hands-on.

## What you’ll work on

• Designing and delivering changes across backend services, APIs and frontend applications
• Taking ownership of complex technical problems that don’t have an obvious answer
• Helping shape architecture and longer-term platform decisions
• Investigating difficult production issues and helping prevent them from happening again
• Making practical trade-offs between technical quality, delivery time and business priorities
• Improving testing, code quality, documentation and development practices
• Mentoring engineers through code reviews, design discussions and day-to-day guidance
• Sharing technical knowledge and reducing reliance on individual team members

## The technology

The main stack includes:

• TypeScript and Node.js
• React / React Native
• AWS
• SQL and relational databases
• APIs and integrations
• CI/CD

Strong TypeScript and Node.js experience is particularly important. You don’t need to be a DevOps specialist, but you should be comfortable working with AWS and supporting software in production.

## What we’re looking for

Your current title could be Senior Engineer, Technical Lead, Staff Engineer or Principal Engineer. We’re more interested in the level at which you operate than the title itself.

Ideally, you’ll bring:

• Around 10 or more years of...