Gold Coast | Hybrid

$ 130,000 - $160,000 + Super + Meaningful Equity

Tenderfy is redefining how construction and infrastructure companies prepare winning tenders.

We've built a platform that combines great workflows, intelligent automation and AI to eliminate the chaos, duplication and manual effort that has traditionally plagued tendering.

Customers are saving significant time, improving tender quality and changing the way their teams work. We're growing quickly and looking for exceptional people to help build what's next.

The market is responding.

Customers are onboarding, revenue is growing, and we're now looking for a Founding Engineer to help shape the next stage of the company.

This isn't a maintenance role.

This isn't a role where you'll spend your days working through a backlog someone else created.

This is a seat at the table.

You'll have direct influence over architecture, product direction, engineering standards, AI strategy and how we scale the platform over the coming years.

If you're looking for a place where your work genuinely matters, keep reading.

What You'll Be Building

You'll work across the entire platform, including:

Backend development using Node.js and TypeScript

Modern Angular front-end development

AWS infrastructure and cloud architecture

AI-powered workflows and automation

RAG, vector databases and LLM integrations

Document generation and processing pipelines

Performance, scalability and platform reliability

Integrations with enterprise platforms and third-party systems

Internal tooling to improve engineering velocity

You'll work directly alongside the founder and collaborate with our offshore engineering team to rapidly deliver improvements and new capabilities.

What Success Looks Like

Within your first 12 months, you'll:

Become a key technical decision-maker within the business

Improve platform performance,



reliability and scalability

Help shape Tenderfy's AI roadmap

Strengthen engineering processes and release velocity

Contribute to building a world-class engineering culture

Play a major role in scaling Tenderfy nationally and beyond

What We're Looking For

We're less interested in years of experience and more interested in capability.

You'll likely have strong experience in:

Node.js and modern TypeScript

Angular or similar contemporary front-end frameworks

AWS infrastructure and cloud-native development

API design and integrations

Software architecture and scalable systems

AI tooling and contemporary developer workflows

Bonus points if you've worked in a start-up, scale-up or high-growth environment.

Who You Are

You're commercially minded.

You care about solving customer problems, not just writing code.

You take ownership.

You see problems and instinctively look for ways to improve them.

You actively use tools like Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted development workflows to move faster and produce better outcomes.

You enjoy building.

You enjoy shipping.

You enjoy learning.

Most importantly, you're excited by the idea of helping build something meaningful from the ground up.

Why Join Tenderfy

Meaningful equity opportunity

Real ownership and autonomy

Direct influence on product and architecture

Fast-moving environment with minimal bureaucracy

Work on cutting-edge AI applications

Build software used by some of Australia's leading construction and infrastructure businesses

Help shape the future of an ambitious Australian SaaS company

We're building for the long term and we're looking for someone who wants to be part of that journey.

If that sounds like you, we'd love to talk.

Apply with your resume, GitHub profile, portfolio, or simply send through something you've built that you're proud of.

📌 Founding Engineer (Node.js / Angular / AWS / AI) (City of Gold Coast)
🏢 Tenderfy
📍 City of Gold Coast