Job Description

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- Hybrid, approximately 3 days in office | Full time
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- $140,000 to $160,000 + Superannuation + employee share options
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If you like your engineering roles neatly carved into tiny tickets with very little context around why the work matters, this probably isn't the one.

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Our client is a growing SaaS company building software used by boards, directors and executive teams across some of the world's leading organisations.

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They're looking for a Senior Software Engineer who can do more than simply write good code.

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You'll help shape technical decisions, build and improve meaningful product features and work closely with Product and customer-facing teams to understand what needs to be solved and why.

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Some parts of the platform are modern.

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Some parts have been around a little longer.

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The right person will be comfortable with both.

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This is a role for someone who enjoys solving real problems, improving things thoughtfully and leaving the product in a better place than they found it.

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What you'll be doing

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Your remit will be broad and will include:

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- Designing, building and maintaining software across the platform
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- Owning features from problem definition through to production release
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- Working across backend, frontend, data and infrastructure where needed
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- Building new product functionality and improving existing features
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- Modernising older areas of the platform over time
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- Writing clean, maintainable and well-tested code
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- Making practical technical decisions that balance speed, quality and long-term maintainability
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- Contributing to architectural discussions and technical design
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- Reviewing code and helping maintain strong engineering standards
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- Mentoring and supporting other engineers through collaboration and knowledge sharing
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- Troubleshooting production issues and improving reliability
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- Working closely with Product to understand user problems and commercial priorities
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- Bringing technical judgement into product conversations
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- Using AI-assisted engineering tools thoughtfully to improve productivity and quality
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- Helping improve engineering practices, tooling and development workflows
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This is not a role where every solution will already be perfectly defined before it reaches you.

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You'll be expected to ask questions, understand the problem and help work out the right way forward.

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The technology

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The current workplace includes:

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- C#
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- ASP.NET
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- React
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- TypeScript
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- SQL Server
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- Redis
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There are also older parts of the platform using Razor and jQuery.

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That is part of the opportunity.

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The business is continuing to invest in the platform and wants to modernise sensibly rather than rewrite everything because a newer framework happened to trend on Hacker News last Tuesday.

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You'll need to understand when something genuinely needs to change, when it can be improved incrementally and when leaving something alone is actually the better engineering decision.

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The environment

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This is a product engineering environment where your work is visible.

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You won't be one engineer buried inside an enormous technology function.

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You'll work closely with Product, Engineering and customer-facing teams, which means you'll have context around who is using what you build and why it matters.

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The platform supports complex work for a sophisticated client base, so quality, reliability and security matter.

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The team is looking for engineers who can make good trade-offs, move work forward and avoid turning every technical decision into a six-week philosophical debate.

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There is also plenty of opportunity to influence how the engineering function continues to evolve as the business grows.

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What we're looking for

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You'll ideally bring strong experience across:

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- Full-stack software engineering
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- C# and .NET / .NET Core
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- React and TypeScript
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- SQL Server or another relational database
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- Cloud-based development, ideally Microsoft Azure
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- APIs and integrations
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- Testing, code review and production support
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- Working within established software products
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- Improving or modernising legacy systems
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- Making sound technical decisions in real-world product environments
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You do not need to be brilliant across every single part of the stack.

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You'll also bring:

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- A genuine product mindset
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- Curiosity about the customer problem, not just the technical task
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- The ability to explain technical concepts clearly
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- A collaborative and open-minded approach
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- Comfort working through ambiguity
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- The confidence to challenge an idea thoughtfully when needed
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- Good judgement around technical trade-offs
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- Solid attention to detail
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- A high quality bar without becoming paralysed by perfection
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- The ability to take ownership and follow work through
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- An interest in modern engineering tools and practices
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Experience with areas such as secure software development, OWASP, authentication and authorisation, multi-tenant SaaS, observability, performance optimisation or design systems would also be valuable.

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AI is part of the engineering toolkit

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The team is already using and exploring AI-assisted development tools.

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That includes tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, coding agents and MCP.

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They're not looking for someone who blindly accepts whatever an AI tool produces and hopes the test suite catches it.

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They are interested in engineers who understand where AI can genuinely help.

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That might include:

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- Refactoring existing code
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- Improving test coverage
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- Exploring implementation approaches
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- Helping investigate or troubleshoot issues
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The expectation is simple.

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Use the tools where they make you better and faster, but keep applying proper engineering judgement around security, maintainability, architecture and code quality.

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What success will look like

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You'll know you're doing well when:

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- You're delivering high-quality features that solve real customer problems
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- You're trusted to own meaningful technical work end-to-end
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- Your code is maintainable, reliable and thoughtfully designed
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- You're helping improve older parts of the platform without creating unnecessary risk
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- Your technical decisions make the product stronger over time
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- You contribute positively to engineering standards and team practices
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- Other engineers value your input and collaboration
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- Product teams trust your judgement
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- You use modern tooling, including AI, in ways that genuinely improve the work
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- Customers benefit from software that works well and feels considered
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The kind of engineer who will thrive here

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You'll probably be someone who likes understanding the whole problem.

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You don't just want a ticket that says build this.

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You want to know who needs it, why they need it and whether the solution being proposed actually makes sense.

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You'll be comfortable getting into existing code without immediately declaring that everything needs to be rewritten.

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You'll know that good engineering is often about making sensible improvements over time rather than chasing technical perfection.

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You'll care about quality, but you'll also care about shipping.

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You'll have opinions, but you won't need to win every argument.

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And you'll be happy working in a team where engineers are expected to think, contribute and take ownership rather than simply follow instructions.

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Why this role is worth considering

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You'll get real technical ownership.

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You'll work on a product used by senior leaders making important decisions, and you'll have enough proximity to the customer problem to understand the impact of what you build.

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You'll also be joining the business at an engaging point.

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The platform is established, but the next stage requires stronger engineering foundations, thoughtful modernisation and continued investment in how the product scales.

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That gives you the opportunity to contribute to more than features.

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You'll be able to influence technical decisions, engineering practices and how the platform evolves over time.

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The role is full-time and based in Melbourne CBD, with a hybrid working model of approximately 3 days per week in the office.

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The package includes:

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- $140,000 to $160,000 + Superannuation
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- A generous employee share option grant
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- Meaningful technical ownership
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- The opportunity to work in a growing, product-led SaaS environment
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Full Australian working rights are required.

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If you're a Senior Software Engineer who enjoys ownership, product thinking, sensible technical decisions and improving software rather than simply adding more of it, this could be a very good next move.

📌 Senior Software Developer (Victoria)
🏢 Kindtide
📍 Victoria