Imagine having the power to stress-test an entire power grid against a hurricane or thunderstorm before the clouds even gather.
That is the reality we are creating at Neara.
We use advanced machine learning to create engineering-grade, physics enabled digital twins of electricity grids across four continents, this helps asset owners understand their biggest challenges and bring the most viable solutions to life across millions of kilometres of infrastructure.
By simulating extreme weather and structural stress at a network-wide scale, we empower the world's largest utilities to pinpoint risks, optimise investments and build a more resilient global energy future.
Our team is a collection of brilliant minds who are fanatical about making a tangible difference in the real world, utilising AI and machine learning to accelerate everything from data classification to complex scenario analysis.
We have built a special culture where innovation thrives because everyone owns the mission and we need smart, creative people to help us scale this impact to every corner of the globe.
What You Will Do:
Lead the architecture and evolution of our inner and outer developer loop—covering build orchestration, dependency management, and large monorepo workflows—to support rapid iteration at scale and the improvement of developer productivity.
Evolve our software engineering practices to leverage AI-enabled productivity—forging the way forward with tools and techniques and bringing the team along with you.
Create a measurement-driven culture to diagnose and resolve complex and ambiguous challenges across core infrastructure and developer tooling, using deep systems expertise and low-level profiling, tracing, and debugging techniques.
Lead cross-team, cross-organization initiatives to reduce friction in the development lifecycle and address systemic risks, and enable teams to scale safely and efficiently.




Partner closely with product management, engineering leadership, and senior stakeholders to define long-term technical strategy for engineering productivity.
Lead and mentor engineers to grow domain expertise, empowering the broader engineering organization to collaborate effectively and deliver on these initiatives.
About you:
Proven track record of building and operating large-scale, production-grade systems, with deep expertise in systems programming, infrastructure platforms, or developer tooling.
Proven track record of leading complex, high-impact technical initiatives that span multiple teams and materially improve developer productivity.
Experience designing infrastructure or internal platforms as products, with strong empathy for developer workflows and usability.
Deep understanding of modern build system architectures (such as Bazel, Gradle, Cargo, etc) with experience in areas such as dependency modelling, incremental builds, caching and remote execution.
Solid communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence technical direction and align stakeholders without direct authority.
Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguous problem spaces and make sound architectural decisions with incomplete information.
Continuous learner with a passion for improving engineering effectiveness at scale.
What we offer:
Competitive salary & meaningful ESOP
Fully flexible working arrangements with a well-stocked office in Redfern
Regular office events
The real benefit is working on a genuinely complex, innovative and industry-leading product, making a genuine difference in the world around us.
Neara values diversity, belonging and equal employment opportunities.
We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.
Please note that you will require current and unrestricted working rights to be considered for the role.
Unfortunately, we are not in a position to offer visa sponsorship at this time.
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