Join a well-funded AI startup. High ownership, real customers, AWS-heavy systems, strong engineering culture.

- Salary: $250K - $300K + Super + Equity

- Location: Sydney, hybrid

We’re working with a well-funded AI startup building a technically complex product used by external customers at scale.

They have recently secured $10M in fresh funding, giving them robust runway and the ability to build deliberately.

The role is heavily backend-focused, with real ownership over systems that are already live and in production.

What They’re Looking For

- 8+ years of commercial software engineering experience

- Ownership of a critical, high-impact production system

- Strong backend engineering background

- Polyglot experience, with willingness to work in Go

- Strong experience designing,



building, and running systems on AWS

- Computer Science degree

- Evidence of coding beyond formal work (coding in high school, side projects, internships, genuine curiosity)

Why this role

- Engineering-led AI startup with a high technical bar

- $10M in fresh funding and solid runway

- Real customers and real problems

- High ownership, low bureaucracy, meaningful technical influence

If you’re a senior software engineer who enjoys responsibility, depth, and building systems that are actually used, this is worth a confidential conversation.

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