About the Client:
Our client is a well-established SaaS platform provider in the community engagement space, serving organisations globally for over a decade. They've experienced significant growth acceleration in recent years and now support millions of users across multiple countries. With a presence spanning Australia, the UK, and the US, they maintain a vibrant, down-to-earth culture while working with high-profile enterprise clients across various sectors, including non-profit, sporting, and events industries.

About the Role:
As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, you'll design, develop, and maintain scalable features across their platform ecosystem. You'll work in cross-functional product squads, taking ownership of feature delivery from conception to deployment. This role offers excellent exposure to both frontend and backend systems while supporting the company's transition to modern technologies and quality-first development practices.

You'll balance hands-on technical delivery with mentoring junior team members while developing expertise in emerging tools within their evolving tech ecosystem.

Location: Melbourne.
Office Policy: Hybrid - 3 days per week in the office.

Essential Skills:

• 2-4 years of experience in full-stack or backend software engineering roles
• Strong React experience (this is the key priority for this role)
• Solid PHP Laravel experience (version 8+)
• Experience with JavaScript frameworks and modern frontend development
• SQL database experience (MySQL/PostgreSQL) with query optimisation knowledge
• REST API development and integration experience
• Cloud infrastructure knowledge (AWS, Docker, CI/CD)
• Strong communication skills and collaborative mindset
• SaaS or product company background preferred

Highly Regarded Skills:

• Next.js experience and modern React patterns
• Experience with scalable, large-scale platforms
• React Native or mobile development exposure
• Systems architecture understanding
• Frontend testing frameworks and test automation
• GitHub/version control and deployment pipelines
• Agile development methodologies
• AI-driven development tools (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT)
• Evidence of proactive engagement (side projects, open source contributions)

Why Join Our Client?
Our client is experiencing rapid growth and offers the unique opportunity to work on technology that creates real-world impact. They serve enterprise-grade customers while maintaining the agility and innovation of a scaling company. With strong investor backing and ambitious growth targets, this is an opportunity to be part of something transformative.

The engineering team is small but highly skilled, with excellent retention rates and a culture of continuous learning. You'll have direct influence on technical decisions and architecture while working on genuinely interesting challenges at scale.

Culture & Benefits:

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements
• Low-stress, collaborative environment with minimal bureaucracy
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and modern development practices
• Strong focus on professional development and career growth
• Exposure to enterprise-scale challenges and solutions
• Meaningful work that creates positive community impact
• Referral bonuses and recognition programs

Please note: Only candidates who possess permanent residency or citizenship are eligible to apply for the position.

For transparency, these are highly sought-after positions, and given the volume of candidates applying for roles such as these, only suitable candidates will be contacted and screened. Everyone, however, will receive some form of correspondence about the status of their application, whether successful or otherwise.

Please apply now to register your interest.