Senior Backend Engineer — Hybrid, Equity, Impactful Pipelines

Propeller; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee share options

Professional development budget and le

Mentorship program

Mental health resources

Monthly telephone and/or internet

Parental leave policies

Hybrid work arrangements

Job summary

Propeller is seeking a backend-focused engineer to own the core processing pipeline that converts thousands of survey datasets into finished 3D site outputs. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable systems, ensuring reliability, ease of operation, and flexibility for new workflows.

Join a team that works across infrastructure, backend, and some frontend development, contributing code and guiding the squad through change and evolution of the platform.

Qualifications

• Strong backend engineering skills with Node.js and/or Python.
• Willingness to learn unfamiliar domains and adapt quickly.
• Strong collaboration and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and optimize processing pipeline components that handle hundreds of thousands of survey jobs yearly.
• Write high-quality code and review changes across squads and teams.
• Support integration of new scanning devices and drones and bring data from new sensors into the pipeline.
• Collaborate closely with other internal teams.
• Maintain internal software products for diagnostics and human-in-the-loop interventions on the processing platform.
• Mentor and guide mid-level engineers within the squad.

Skills

Backend engineering

Node.js

Python

Big-picture thinking

Collaboration

Mentoring

Tools

Node.js

Python

Job description

Propeller is seeking a backend-focused engineer to own the core processing pipeline that converts thousands of survey datasets into finished 3D site outputs. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable systems, ensuring reliability, ease of operation, and flexibility for new workflows.

Join a team that works across infrastructure, backend, and some frontend development, contributing code and guiding the squad through change and evolution of the platform.