Top Software Engineer Jobs in Melbourne

Lead the technical direction and implementation of Canva’s hybrid mobile platform across React Native, iOS, Android, and web. Establish shared architecture, native boundaries, performance, reliability, and observability foundations; ship the platform into production; guide Staff and Senior engineers through a large-scale migration; and drive adoption across product teams and Canva’s engineering organization. The role combines principal-level technical leadership, hands-on coding, cross-platform architecture, and organization-wide influence.

Build and maintain Go-based backend services, APIs, microservices, and CLI tools for internal developer experience. Automate operational workflows, access management, governance, and infrastructure provisioning. Design scalable systems integrating SaaS platforms, systems of record, and internal infrastructure. Deploy and operate services on Kubernetes/EKS, while profiling and optimizing performance. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable platform capabilities and self-service tooling.

Design and build portable, production-grade libraries in Rust/C++ that run across iOS, Android, and web. Lead technical direction as a hands-on Staff engineer, own APIs/FFI/ABI ergonomics, and communicate designs to frontend consumers while ensuring cross-platform performance and safety.

Own and evolve core API/platform infrastructure that connects backend services. Design and build reliable, high-performance communication systems, lead a major migration, expand language/framework support, ensure reliability and correctness, and mentor engineers while driving cross-team technical direction.

Leads the design, development, deployment, and ongoing ownership of scalable full-stack home lending solutions. Builds .NET and ASP.NET Core backend services alongside React and Next.js front ends, while guiding architecture, technical direction, system reliability, observability, security, and performance. Partners with engineering, architecture, and product teams, mentors engineers, advances DevSecOps practices, and promotes responsible AI adoption throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

Design, implement, and maintain scalable backend systems supporting Alpaca’s financial ledger and brokerage infrastructure. Own high-visibility features from design through deployment, collaborate with finance, operations, product, and engineering stakeholders, and improve system health. Build performant, reliable, maintainable services using modern distributed systems technologies while ensuring the ledger remains a correct source of truth for account transactions, reporting, and compliance.

Designs, develops, integrates, tests, and maintains production embedded Linux software for vehicle systems. Responsibilities include modern C/C++ and Qt/QML development, Yocto platform maintenance, Python automation, CI/CD, automated testing, debugging across hardware and software boundaries, release management, architecture, documentation, and production support. The role also provides technical leadership and mentorship while collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering, manufacturing, cybersecurity, and supplier teams.

The posting is inconsistent with the title and combines software testing, iOS development, recruitment management, event management, and business development duties. The title indicates a Software Test Engineer role, while the technical responsibilities focus on designing, coding, analyzing, and testing iOS applications, resolving bugs, maintaining software updates, and collaborating with development and project teams.

Tests and validates software systems, with emphasis on iOS applications, bug fixes, patches, updates, and business requirements. Collaborates with developers, designers, and project managers to deliver features, maintains organized project files and code, and stays current with programming languages and operating system updates. The description also contains unrelated recruitment, event management, and business development responsibilities.

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.

The Senior Software Developer will drive product development, lead AI innovations, improve local documentation, and support the Melbourne office's technical growth while collaborating with the European team.

Develop and optimize embedded software and firmware for quantum sensors, including Linux kernel drivers and user-space tools. Integrate with electronics, test and debug systems, implement unit tests, and follow best practices (version control, code review, documentation). Collaborate with engineers and physicists to improve performance and reliability.

Develop and optimize embedded software and firmware for quantum sensors, including Linux kernel/driver development, integration with electronics and communication interfaces, testing, debugging, and building monitoring and UI tools. Collaborate with engineers and physicists to define system requirements and follow best practices like version control, unit testing, and documentation.

Lead development of scalable web applications using Node.js, TypeScript, and React. Responsibilities include building RESTful APIs, integrating external systems, creating performant user interfaces, implementing authentication, optimizing SQL and database interactions, testing with Vitest, managing Git workflows, and using AI coding assistants. The role involves cross-functional collaboration, architecture and problem-solving, and development in Linux-based environments.

Develop scalable front-end payment experiences and transaction platforms supporting fiat and crypto ecosystems. Responsibilities include hands-on coding, testing, debugging, architecture, technical leadership, project ownership, troubleshooting, mentoring, stakeholder collaboration, and production operational excellence. The role requires front-end expertise with modern server-side rendering frameworks, TypeScript, GraphQL, real-time subscriptions, Storybook, and frontend testing tools, with blockchain experience preferred.

Provides hands-on technical leadership across Business Banking technology, designing platforms, reusable tools, engineering standards, automation, and developer self-service capabilities. Partners with delivery squads and central technology teams to improve software delivery, DevSecOps, cloud adoption, observability, reliability, performance, security, and cost optimization. Mentors senior engineers and promotes AI-powered engineering practices, scalable guardrails, and consistent technology outcomes.

Lead full-stack development of the Artificial Analysis website using a TypeScript/Next.js stack. Build UI and interactive data visualizations, work with PostgreSQL on Supabase, improve DevOps/CI-CD, mentor a small engineering team, and apply LLMs and AI tools to accelerate development.

Design, build, and operate resilient Java and Spring Boot backend services for inventory availability, order promising, and fulfillment. Develop event-driven Kafka integrations, concurrency and consistency controls, caching strategies, observability, and graceful degradation mechanisms. Own services from design through production, optimize performance and reliability, integrate with commerce and enterprise platforms, conduct code reviews, document architecture decisions, and mentor junior engineers.

Own quality strategy, automated testing, and test execution for omnichannel commerce capabilities. Build scalable API, integration, contract, event-driven, and end-to-end test frameworks; manage complex test data; integrate quality gates and regression testing into CI/CD pipelines; define quality metrics; validate order, inventory, fulfillment, returns, and post-purchase workflows; and mentor engineers on quality practices and automation.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll lead frontend architecture, improve system scalability, mentor engineers, and deliver high-quality software solutions.

Build end-to-end features across Next.js frontends, API routes, Go services and Supabase edge functions. Work with the Engineering Lead to deliver the technical roadmap, write tests and docs, review PRs, support scaling and IaC (SST/Pulumi) on AWS/Vercel, and be a dependable on-call senior engineer helping the team ship product-focused increments.

Build and enhance Kasada’s virtual machine and compiler chain to strengthen anti-bot defenses. Responsibilities include optimizing compiler stages, translating security research into practical solutions, researching new obfuscation techniques, and contributing to architecture discussions. The role requires deep compiler and AST knowledge, TypeScript or JavaScript experience, strong debugging and communication skills, and collaboration across product and engineering teams.

As a Software Engineer - L3 Support, you will resolve complex Ubuntu-related issues, collaborate with teams, and participate in upstream communities to drive bug fixes and improvements.

As a Software Engineer, you will resolve complex customer issues related to Ubuntu and open source software, participate in upstream communities, and develop and review code across multiple layers of the software stack.

Design, implement, test, and deploy Java-based product applications. Collaborate with business analysts and customers to clarify requirements, write unit tests and deployment scripts, perform release testing, document solutions, assist with client issues, and mentor teammates while using modern containerized development toolchains.