Job Description

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Build software that moves the world's mines. Here’s the challenge: a real-time platform that's been running mine sites for decades — coordinating trucks, shovels, drills and other equipment — now also has to operate autonomous trucks alongside human-driven vehicles.

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It's running live at mine sites around the world, under high-availability contracts where downtime has real operational and financial consequences.

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You can't simply take it offline to fix it. You can't experiment carelessly. These are safety-critical systems with physical consequences.

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That's where you come in.

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- Diagnose and resolve complex, customer-impacting issues in a large, mature C++/C# codebase
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- Lead technical investigations into difficult production problems, from initial diagnosis through containment, root cause and systemic resolution
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- Design and implement robust solutions for highly available, real-time systems
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- Participate in and lead Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) and Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEAs)
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- Help evolve engineering and support practices from reactive problem-solving toward proactive identification and prevention
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- Build tooling, instrumentation and processes that give teams better visibility into system health and performance
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- Work across a broad technical stack, including C++ and C#, with increasing use of Python and Kubernetes
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- Contribute to the integration of AI into engineering and support workflows where it can deliver genuine value
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- For Lead-level engineers, provide technical leadership,



mentor other engineers and influence engineering practices and technical direction
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We're interested in engineers at different stages of seniority, so you don't need to tick every box.

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You might be a Senior Software Engineer who:

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- Has strong commercial experience developing complex software systems
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- Is comfortable working in C++ and/or C#
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- Enjoys getting to the bottom of difficult technical problems
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- Has experience with production systems where reliability and availability matter
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- Wants to broaden their technical leadership and take on greater ownership
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Or you might be a Technical Lead who:

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- Has a strong software engineering background and remains hands-on
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- Can take ownership of complex technical problems from investigation through to resolution
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- Has experience leading engineers or influencing technical direction
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- Is comfortable making decisions in complex, high-pressure environments
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- Enjoys improving engineering practices, not just solving the immediate problem
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Experience with Python, Kubernetes, distributed systems, real-time systems, mining technology or autonomous systems is valuable, but we're primarily interested in strong engineers who enjoy tackling genuinely difficult problems.

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You’ll be working with experienced engineers on systems where your technical decisions can have a tangible impact.

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If you’re a Senior Software Engineer looking for your next technical challenge, or an experienced engineer ready to take on a Technical Lead role, we’d like to hear from you.

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📌 Senior & Lead Software Engineers - C++/C# - Autonomous Mining (Queensland)
🏢 Smart Technology Recruitment
📍 Queensland