Senior Software Developer / Engineer - Healthcare

OpenBrain PTY LTD; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenCare is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance our healthcare technology. You will lead architectural decisions, own end-to-end development across Node.js and React, and drive AI-assisted engineering with a focus on security, testing and reliability.

Based in Sydney, you’ll collaborate with product, design and business teams to deliver scalable, secure and meaningful healthcare experiences. Expect mentoring, innovation and active ownership of platform delivery.

Qualifications

• Significant software engineering experience delivering production-ready applications.
• Experience designing scalable systems, RESTful APIs and software integrations.
• Proven competence using AI coding tools to write and review code, identify bugs and vulnerabilities, refactor solutions, and validate AI-generated code for accuracy, security and quality.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, automated testing, code quality and secure development.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments and production support.
• Ability to lead technical decisions, solve complex problems and mentor developers.
• Relevant qualifications in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with building and hosting applications in AWS and Azure environments.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Drive technical decisions, architecture and engineering standards.
• Full-Stack Development: Build and maintain scalable Node.js and React applications.
• Backend Engineering: Develop secure APIs, integrations and backend services.
• Frontend Engineering: Deliver performant, maintainable and accessible React applications.
• AI‑Assisted Development: Use AI tools to write, review, test, debug and refactor code.
• Code Quality: Lead code reviews and uphold engineering best practices.
• Testing: Implement automated testing to ensure software quality and reliability.
• Security: Apply secure development practices to protect applications, data and infrastructure.
• DevOps and Deployment: Improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation and cloud infrastructure.
• Production Reliability: Troubleshoot issues and improve system performance and resilience.
• Technical Planning: Translate business requirements into technical solutions and delivery plans.
• Collaboration: Partner with product, design and business teams to deliver customer‑focused solutions.
• Mentoring: Guide developers and promote knowledge sharing.
• Innovation: Evaluate emerging technologies and AI tools to improve engineering practices.
• Technical Ownership: Own solutions from design and development through to deployment and ongoing improvement.

Skills

Tech Leadership

Full-Stack Dev

Backend Engineering

Frontend Engineering

AI Coding

Code Quality

Automated Testing

DevOps & CI/CD

Security Best Practices

Education

Bachelors in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Azure

CI/CD

Job description

Senior Software Developer / Engineer - Healthcare

Ready to build something that genuinely matters?

About OpenCare - We’re shaking up healthcare!

At OpenCare, we’re combining technology, AI and fresh thinking to make healthcare more accessible, connected and convenient.

We move fast, think big and challenge the norm. Join us to build smarter healthcare experiences, embrace AI and make a real-world impact.

We are based in St Leonards. We meet as a team x2 days per week in office.

More innovation. Better healthcare.

The opportunity

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help take OpenCare’s technology to the next level.

You’ll solve complex problems, build scalable products and help shape our technical direction. From architecture and hands‑on development to AI‑assisted engineering and mentoring, you’ll have real ownership and the opportunity to influence how we build and deliver software.

Working closely with product, business and development teams, you’ll help create secure, reliable and maintainable solutions that deliver meaningful outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Drive technical decisions, architecture and engineering standards.
• Full‑Stack Development: Build and maintain scalable Node.js and React applications.
• Backend Engineering: Develop secure APIs, integrations and backend services.
• Frontend Engineering: Deliver performant, maintainable and accessible React applications.
• AI‑Assisted Development: Use AI tools to write, review, test, debug and refactor code, improving productivity without compromising quality or security.
• Code Quality: Lead code reviews and uphold engineering best practices.
• Testing: Implement automated testing to ensure software quality and reliability.
• Security: Apply secure development practices to protect applications, data and infrastructure.
• DevOps and Deployment: Improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation and cloud infrastructure.
• Production Reliability: Troubleshoot issues and improve system performance and resilience.
• Technical Planning: Translate business requirements into technical solutions and delivery plans.
• Collaboration: Partner with product, design and business teams to deliver customer‑focused solutions.
• Mentoring: Guide developers and promote knowledge sharing.
• Innovation: Evaluate emerging technologies and AI tools to improve engineering practices.
• Technical Ownership: Own solutions from design and development through to deployment and ongoing improvement.

Qualifications and experience

• Significant software engineering experience delivering production‑ready applications.
• Experience designing scalable systems, RESTful APIs and software integrations.
• Proven competence using AI coding tools to write and review code, identify bugs and vulnerabilities, refactor solutions, and validate AI‑generated code for accuracy, security and quality.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, automated testing, code quality and secure development.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments and production support.
• Ability to lead technical decisions, solve complex problems and mentor developers.
• Relevant qualifications in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with building and hosting applications in AWS and Azure environments

Experience in healthtech, digital health or other environments where privacy, security and reliability are critical will be highly regarded.

Why OpenCare?

• Meaningful work: Help make accessing healthcare easier for Australians.
• Meaningful challange: Work on products where quality, security and user experience genuinely matter.
• Innovation in action: Put AI and modern development practices to work on real‑world problems.