Senior Backend Engineer | AI Startup | Hybrid Sydney | Equity

SustainRecruit; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Hybrid work

Job summary

SustainRecruit is partnering with a well-funded AI startup in Sydney seeking a senior software engineer to own critical production systems. The role is backend-heavy, with real customers and a chance to influence architecture at scale.

Expect 8+ years of commercial software experience, polyglot capabilities with Go, strong AWS design/operations, and a Computer Science degree. Equity is offered alongside a strong salary and hybrid work.

Qualifications

• 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)

Responsibilities

• Own critical, high-impact backend production systems.
• Build and maintain live systems used by customers.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and system design.

Skills

Backend engineering

System design

Go

AWS

Polyglot

Ownership

Eight+ years

Education

Computer Science degree

Tools

Go

AWS

Job description

SustainRecruit is partnering with a well-funded AI startup in Sydney seeking a senior software engineer to own critical production systems. The role is backend-heavy, with real customers and a chance to influence architecture at scale.

Expect 8+ years of commercial software experience, polyglot capabilities with Go, strong AWS design/operations, and a Computer Science degree. Equity is offered alongside a strong salary and hybrid work.