Top Software Engineer Jobs in Melbourne

Designs, develops, deploys, tests, and reviews software applications, features, and defect fixes. Collaborates with team leaders and users to support a product roadmap, analyze requirements, document software, provide developer-level support, and learn existing codebases. The role also involves participating in planning meetings, conferences, and occasional team travel.

Develop full-stack software applications and digital services across the full software development lifecycle. Design scalable solutions, manage Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, deploy applications, and support ongoing improvements. Collaborate with software engineers, technical specialists, and project teams to turn requirements into working technology within the KBR Quantum ecosystem.

Build and maintain AI-powered content moderation services, including detection pipelines, LLM-based evaluation, APIs, data workflows and reviewer tools. Contribute to design, delivery, production support, and responsible use of AI.

Develop, test, review, and maintain software using C#, .NET, APIs, databases, and web technologies. Contribute to software design, technical strategies, Agile development, and customer system support. The role requires managing multiple priorities, ensuring code quality and performance, collaborating with stakeholders, and occasionally working after hours.

Develop and support scalable Java and Spring Boot backend microservices powering omnichannel inventory availability, order promising, allocation, fulfilment, and post-purchase experiences. Build event-driven processing with Kafka, integrate OMS, WMS, ERP, commerce, and fulfilment platforms, and ensure services are secure, observable, reliable, and performant. Own features from design through production, write tested code, participate in reviews, troubleshoot production issues, and improve operational efficiency.

Designs, automates, and executes functional, integration, API, contract, regression, concurrency, and performance tests for inventory, order promising, sourcing, and fulfillment platforms. Investigates defects, validates fixes, maintains regression coverage, integrates quality tests into CI/CD pipelines, and supports release readiness. The role collaborates with product and engineering teams to validate distributed commerce systems, integrations, business rules, data consistency, scalability, resilience, and consumer-impacting workflows.

Design and develop scalable, secure frontend web applications for connected embedded systems. Lead frontend architecture, collaborate with backend/embedded teams, implement device provisioning, telemetry visualization, and remote management UIs. Optimize performance, accessibility, and maintainability; mentor engineers, participate in reviews, and drive frontend best practices.

Develop and maintain production C++ software for Linux-based edge/embedded platforms (NVIDIA Jetson, ARM). Integrate sensors and peripherals, build calibration/diagnostic tools, optimise performance (latency, throughput, power), debug across software/hardware/OS/networking, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver fieldable autonomy and mission systems.

Build and ship full-stack features for the Learning Portal (Next.js UI, Go services, Supabase edge functions). Design scalable systems and infrastructure (IaC with SST/Pulumi, AWS, Vercel), implement testing (Vitest/Jest, Cypress/Playwright), perform PR reviews, maintain docs, run CI/CD, and be on-call to ensure reliable student-facing experiences.

Lead the design and delivery of scalable full-stack software, APIs, services, and platform capabilities for Business Banking. Influence architecture, engineering standards, and technical direction across cloud, data, and AI-enabled platforms. Drive testing, CI/CD, observability, DevSecOps, automation, and production excellence while partnering with product and business stakeholders. Mentor engineers and support continuous improvement across teams.

Build and maintain customer-facing and internal web applications (Megaport Portal) using a modern frontend stack. Implement features with Vue 3/TypeScript, ensure accessibility and responsive design, integrate web services, improve architectures and processes, and write unit/integration/end-to-end tests using Playwright and Vitest.

Design and build distributed systems for a high-performance CI/CD execution platform. Responsibilities include orchestrating Supabase Branch lifecycle operations, provisioning ephemeral sandboxed environments on AWS, scheduling concurrent builds, optimizing pipelines through caching and artifact reuse, handling retries and failures, instrumenting observability, and developing configuration and infrastructure integrations. The role requires strong Go and TypeScript skills, cloud infrastructure experience, and a production operations mindset.

Lead design and delivery of resilient, scalable home-lending systems. Build secure TypeScript/Node.js/GraphQL services, own full lifecycle from architecture through production, mentor engineers, modernize legacy platforms to cloud-native, and apply automation and observability to ensure reliability across high-volume financial workflows.

Lead hands-on engineering for an enterprise Risk AI Platform. Design, build, and operate .NET and Python microservices, APIs, AI agents, and cloud services on AWS. Guide architecture, technical standards, CI/CD, observability, security, reliability, and progressive delivery while mentoring engineers. Collaborate with product, data science, risk technology, and platform teams to scale MVP solutions into enterprise-grade capabilities and integrate agentic AI, event streams, and producer-led data products.

Lead design and delivery of scalable, reliable backend services for Azure infrastructure. Own distributed-system design, implementation, testing, and operations. Drive incident response, on-call rotations, observability, automation, code reviews, and mentor engineers to improve reliability and operational excellence.

Own and improve Canva’s developer experience infrastructure across automation pipelines, developer workflows, and build collaboration. Build CI/CD systems, developer environments, release automation, monorepo tooling, source control infrastructure, and AI-assisted development tools. Deliver scalable platforms using Go, Python, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and related technologies while improving build performance, deployment safety, observability, and engineering productivity across a large developer organization.

Build and lead production-grade portable libraries in Rust or C++ for Canva’s iOS, Android, and web platforms. Own cross-platform interfaces, safety models, API ergonomics, native interop, and React Native integration. Work hands-on with Staff engineers, shape technical direction, write design documentation, and communicate across frontend and systems teams. The role requires deep mobile expertise, systems programming, cross-platform architecture, and strong technical leadership without direct reports.

Lead design, development, integration and sustainment of complex software for defence scientific and engineering applications. Translate requirements into designs, implement, test, debug, document, support verification/validation, and provide technical leadership and mentoring across projects.

Build and ship full-stack features for Flex, a DER orchestration product for electricity utilities. Responsibilities include backend services, data models, web UI, operational tooling, monitoring, reporting, and production observability. Own features end-to-end, integrate power flow and optimization outputs, collaborate across engineering teams, use AI-assisted development tools, and contribute to testing, code quality, CI/CD, and knowledge sharing.

Build and execute automated tests for enterprise web applications and APIs. Extend automation frameworks, develop configurable testing tools, simulate high transaction volumes, execute performance tests, document and verify defects, and collaborate with product engineers on testability. The role also involves analyzing technical solutions, researching testing technologies, supporting users, and preparing formal test plans, datasets, and configurations.

The role involves building and maintaining back end services for a large language model, focusing on APIs, infrastructure, reliability, and system performance.

The Principal Software Engineer will lead mobile application development, bridge technical and product strategies, and ensure engineering excellence at Xero.

Architect and implement scalable data platform capabilities and enterprise MDM features (identity resolution, golden records, matching). Build APIs, batch/streaming pipelines, validation, lineage, observability, and CI/CD. Use AI-assisted development and build AI-enabled data quality and automation features. Mentor engineers and lead cross-team technical direction.

Build and operate secure, scalable full-stack digital lending products using TypeScript, React, Node.js, and GraphQL. Own end-to-end delivery from architecture and design through deployment and production operations. Develop cloud-native services, enhance automation with Generative and Agentic AI, establish observability and automated testing, and lead complex cross-team initiatives. Mentor engineers, influence technology direction, and deliver intuitive customer experiences within a FinTech environment.

Leads technology strategy, architecture, and delivery for scalable CRM, customer engagement, workflow, and AI-enabled platforms supporting Business Banking. Drives cloud-native, API-driven, distributed-system engineering practices across multiple teams; establishes reusable standards, DevSecOps, observability, resilience, and responsible AI controls. Partners with senior stakeholders, mentors engineers, and influences platform strategy and technology investment.