We are looking for a Mid to Senior Software Engineer to join a growing product team building a genuinely greenfield platform.

This is a role for someone who enjoys solving problems rather than just picking up tickets. You'll work closely with Product, Design and Engineering to understand the problem, challenge assumptions where needed, and build solutions that have a real impact.

The team is also AI-forward in how they build software. AI-assisted development, coding agents and new tooling are already part of the engineering workflow, with the team looking at how AI can be embedded into the product itself.

What you'll be doing

- Building and shipping new functionality across a greenfield product
- Working closely with Product and Engineering to turn complex problems into simple, scalable solutions
- Taking ownership of features from early discussions through to production
- Contributing to technical decisions, architecture and engineering standards
- Building reliable, well-tested software with performance and maintainability in mind
- Working across backend systems, APIs, data and integrations
- Getting involved in production, deployment and improving the way the team builds and ships software
- Using AI tooling thoughtfully to accelerate development while maintaining strong engineering judgement




- Helping shape the engineering culture and technical foundations as the team continues to grow

What we're looking for

We're open on your exact background and technology stack.

You might have experience with:

- Ruby on Rails
- TypeScript / Node.js
- Elixir
- Or another functional programming language or contemporary backend technology

More importantly, you'll be someone who:
- Has solid commercial software engineering experience
- Enjoys getting stuck into ambiguous and challenging problems
- Thinks beyond the ticket and considers the wider product and system
- Works well in a collaborative product engineering environment
- Is comfortable challenging ideas and contributing to technical decisions
- Cares about writing clean, maintainable and well-tested code
- Has a genuine interest in AI and how it is changing the way software is built
- Wants to take ownership and have a meaningful influence on what gets built

Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architecture, AWS, PostgreSQL, React/TypeScript or high-volume systems would be beneficial, but the right mindset and problem-solving ability are more important than ticking every technology box.

Salary can go up to $165,000 + Super
Sydney based - 4 days in office - CBD location
Full working rights required

📌 Software Engineer (Sydney)
🏢 Motion Recruitment
📍 Sydney