Full-Stack Engineer — Hybrid, PD Budget, EdTech Impact

Compass Education; North Sydney Council; Hybrid; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Learning & Development budget

PD budget

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Parental Leave

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Compass Education is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to help transform how Australian schools manage day-to-day operations. You will build scalable, secure, and maintainable systems, collaborating with Product and Design to deliver high-impact solutions for schools.

You'll work across a modern web stack (PHP, React, C#) and contribute to sprint planning, technical design, and continuous improvement. A hybrid working environment and development budget support your growth.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience in SaaS or product-led environments.
• Proficiency with modern web technologies (PHP, React, C#) and front-end frameworks like Bootstrap or Tailwind.
• Strong understanding of software design principles, clean architecture, and modern development practices.
• Experience designing and implementing database solutions using SQL and NoSQL technologies.

Responsibilities

• Write clean, maintainable, high-quality code across a platform used by schools at scale.
• Champion engineering best practices including software craftsmanship and clean code.
• Analyze problems, reveal complexity, and design practical solutions balancing technical feasibility with school needs.
• Contribute to sprint planning, technical design sessions and retrospectives with evidence-based input.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Designers to ensure customer outcomes.
• Communicate ideas clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Stay current with tools, frameworks, and development practices to improve the product.
• Contribute to improving team processes and engineering standards.

Skills

2+ years experience

PHP

React

C#

Bootstrap

Tailwind

Software design

Communication

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring tools

Job description

Compass Education is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to help transform how Australian schools manage day-to-day operations. You will build scalable, secure, and maintainable systems, collaborating with Product and Design to deliver high-impact solutions for schools.

You'll work across a modern web stack (PHP, React, C#) and contribute to sprint planning, technical design, and continuous improvement. A hybrid working environment and development budget support your growth.