Senior Embedded Software Engineer – Real-Time, Hw-Integrated

Advanced Navigation; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright & Duggan Group is seeking an EL1 Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) to join our engineering team on a labour hire basis. The role focuses on designing, building and supporting high-quality software solutions across platforms and integrations within the NDIA project environment.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, lead features from design to deployment, and contribute to architectural decisions while upholding quality and automation standards in a fast-paced, governance‑driven

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proven experience designing and delivering complex software solutions.
• Strong understanding of software architecture and engineering best practices.
• Experience building scalable, secure and reliable applications.
• Exceptional problem‑solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement capability.
• Ability to work effectively within a collaborative engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain high-quality software solutions.
• Build scalable backend services, APIs and integrations.
• Develop modern user experiences and business applications.
• Deliver reliable, secure and maintainable software.
• Take ownership of features from design through deployment.
• Develop distributed and event-driven platform capabilities.
• Contribute to solution design and architecture discussions.
• Build workflow-enabled business solutions and automation capabilities.
• Solve complex integration and data challenges.
• Support platform scalability, resilience and long-term maintainability.
• Apply contemporary software engineering techniques and practices.
• Utilise AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and quality.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to engineering standards, reusable patterns and best practices.
• Champion quality, automation and operational excellence.
• Mentor engineers through coaching, code reviews and knowledge sharing.

Skills

10+ years experience

Software architecture

Problem solving

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Team collaboration

Job description

EL1 Senior Software Engineer (Developer)

Australian Citizens with NV1 Clearance residing in Australia only respond.

Job details:

Role/s: 1 x EL1 Full Stack Engineer

The EL1 Fullstack Engineer (Labour Hire) is accountable under broad direction to undertake very complex work that delivers quality outcomes across the functions of the NDIA.

The position will exercise a considerable degree of independence to engage in complex problem solving and issues management within the functions. The position will exercise sound decision-making and judgement to produce senior level advice and support.

The EL1 Fullstack Engineer (Labour Hire) is required to collaborate with key business stakeholders and our local full-stack team to enhance and support the development of projects within the NDIA project teams.

The position is responsible for actively managing key internal and external stakeholder relationships and where required will represent and negotiate on behalf of the NDIA to advance the NDIA's interests across a range of forums.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Designing, building, deploying, and supporting the Agency's systems, applications, and integrations.
• Prioritise and managing the work queue to ensure timely delivery of key initiatives.
• Ensuring that all solutions adhere to integration best practices and NDIA architectural principles and are well documented.
• Collaborating with business stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.
• Playing a key leadership role in project teams, utilising an agile development framework.
• Engaging with stakeholders to define project requirements, set priorities, and deliver results.
• Actively participate in code reviews – both as the reviewer and the reviewee to ensure coding quality and standards are maintained.
• Ensuring that solutions are pragmatic, value for money, and deliver on their intended purpose.

(NOTE: the key responsibilities of the role are based on current priorities and may change over time)

Bright & Duggan Group is built on the principles of United, Trusted, Accountable, and Visionary. These values serve as the foundation for our team and guide our approach to work and interactions with clients and colleagues. We expect all employees to consistently promote and uphold these values.

As Bright & Duggan team members, our employees act as ambassadors for the whole group. Our diverse portfolio comprises four main pillars: strata management, integrated resort management, building and facilities management and asset management. To foster growth and extend our service offerings and reach, we expect our employees to actively promote all brands and products associated with Bright & Duggan.

The Opportunity

We're looking for experienced Senior Software Engineers to join our growing engineering team.

This is an opportunity to work on significant platform initiatives in a collaborative, engineering-led environment where quality, simplicity, automation and continuous improvement matter.

Working alongside the Head of Engineering, Product Manager, UX/UI specialists, Data professionals and fellow Senior Engineers, you'll help design, build and evolve modern software solutions while contributing to technical excellence across the team.

This role offers the opportunity to influence technical decisions, mentor others and work on complex engineering challenges that will have a genuine impact across the organisation.

What You'll Be Working On

Engineering & Delivery

• Design, develop and maintain high-quality software solutions
• Build scalable backend services, APIs and integrations
• Develop modern user experiences and business applications
• Deliver reliable, secure and maintainable software
• Take ownership of features from design through deployment

Platform & Systems Development

• Develop distributed and event-driven platform capabilities
• Contribute to solution design and architecture discussions
• Build workflow-enabled business solutions and automation capabilities
• Solve complex integration and data challenges
• Support platform scalability, resilience and long-term maintainability

Modern Engineering Practices

• Apply contemporary software engineering techniques and practices
• Utilise AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and quality
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews and continuous improvement initiatives
• Contribute to engineering standards, reusable patterns and best practices
• Champion quality, automation and operational excellence

Collaboration & Mentoring

• Work closely with Product, UX/UI, Data and Technology Operations teams
• Mentor engineers through coaching, code reviews and knowledge sharing
• Collaborate with fellow Senior Engineers to solve complex problems
• Share expertise and contribute to a high-performing engineering culture

What We're Looking For

Essential

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Proven experience designing and delivering complex software solutions
• Strong understanding of software architecture and engineering best practices
• Experience building scalable, secure and reliable applications
• Exceptional problem‑solving and critical-thinking skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement capability
• Ability to work effectively within a collaborative engineering team

Highly Desirable

• Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architectures
• Experience with cloud-native platforms and modern development practices
• Experience with workflow orchestration and automation platforms
• Experience with analytics, reporting or data-driven solutions
• Experience with AI-assisted software development tools and practices
• Previous experience within PropTech, strata, property, workflow or financial systems environments

Why Join Bright & Duggan Group?

Build, Don't Just Maintain

This is an opportunity to work on significant technology initiatives and modern platform development rather than simply supporting legacy applications.

Engineering-Led Culture

Join a team that values technical excellence, quality outcomes, ownership and continuous learning.

Modern Ways of Working

Work with contemporary technologies, automation, cloud-native approaches and AI-assisted development practices.

Influence and Impact

Have a genuine voice in how solutions are designed, delivered and evolved while helping shape the future engineering capability of the organisation.

Invest in Your Growth

Work alongside experienced technology leaders and engineers who are passionate about developing people, sharing knowledge and building exceptional software.

About You

You're an experienced engineer who enjoys solving difficult problems, improving the way things work and building software that makes a difference.

You take ownership, communicate openly, continuously learn and genuinely enjoy working with other talented engineers to deliver high-quality outcomes.