Senior Software Engineer

Smartgroup Corporation; Australia; Remote; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart Leave

Free lunch

Paid Parental Leave (up to 20 weeks)

Volunteer days

Salary packaging benefits

Free flu vaccinations

Employee Share Plan

Job summary

Smartgroup Corporation in Australia is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and evolve scalable software solutions while shaping engineering practices across the team.

You'll leverage AI-assisted development tools and integrate LLM capabilities into production applications, collaborating with product managers and stakeholders to translate requirements into effective technical solutions.

Qualifications

• Extensive software development experience with large-scale apps.
• Experience with cloud platforms and microservices.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools and LLM APIs.
• Proven ability to work in an agile environment and mentor peers.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable software solutions for complex business challenges.
• Lead technical design discussions and make architectural decisions for major features.
• Collaborate with product managers to refine requirements into technical solutions.
• Promote engineering best practices via code reviews, tests, CI/CD, and continuous improvement.
• Identify technical debt and bottlenecks to improve reliability and maintainability.
• Mentor junior engineers and support AI-assisted development and LLM integrations.

Skills

Azure

AWS

GCP

Microservices

Event-driven architecture

CI/CD

DevOps

Data structures

Algorithms

Software design patterns

SQL Server

Redis

AI-assisted development

LLM APIs

Prompt engineering

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Claude Code

Agile

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Claude Code

Job description

Look forward to working with Australia’s leading and most trusted provider of Employee Management Services, making the benefits of salary packaging, novated leasing, and fleet management readily available to employers and their employees.

Working at Smartgroup offers more than a job. It is a dynamic workplace that matches the enthusiasm for the work you do and ambition for an exciting fast-paced career. We have all been hired for a purpose and a reason.

Every day you will be part of a team that helps support fellow Australians - many working in essential services, corporates, government, and not-for-profits - to take home more money in their pay packets.

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Engineering team and help design, build and evolve scalable software solutions that solve complex business problems. You’ll play a key role in technical design and architectural decisions, contributing hands‑on to high-quality software while helping shape engineering practices across the team.

With AI becoming an increasingly important part of modern software development, you’ll also have the opportunity to apply AI‑assisted development tools and contribute to the integration of LLM and AI‑powered capabilities into production applications.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop and maintain scalable, high-quality software solutions for complex business challenges.

Lead technical design discussions and contribute to architectural decisions for major features.

Partner with product managers and stakeholders to refine requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.

Champion engineering best practices through code reviews, test‑driven development, CI/CD and continuous improvement.

Identify and resolve technical debt, performance issues and system bottlenecks to improve reliability and maintainability.

Mentor junior engineers, sharing technical expertise and supporting effective use of AI‑assisted development tools and LLM integrations.

Skills and experience

You’ll bring:

Extensive professional software development experience , including building and maintaining large-scale applications and optimising performance.

Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP , along with microservices, event‑driven architecture, CI/CD and DevOps practices.

A strong understanding of data structures, algorithms and software design patterns , with experience working with technologies such as SQL Server and Redis.

Practical experience using AI‑assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor or Claude Code, plus exposure to prompt engineering, LLM APIs or AI‑powered features in production applications.

Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to contribute in an agile environment, provide constructive technical feedback and support the development of other engineers.

What’s in it for you

Smart team members enjoy a range of benefits designed to support flexibility, wellbeing, reward, and growth:

• Smart Leave, an additional week of leave each year
• Free lunch every week
• Up to 20 weeks Paid Parental Leave with superannuation contributions and a Return‑to‑Work Bonus
• Make a Difference Days – paid days off to volunteer for the community and environment
• Salary packaging and novated leasing benefits (of course!)
• Free flu vaccinations
• Employee Share Plan

Grow with Purpose

At Smart, we’re driven by purpose and performance. We support individual and team growth via varied learning opportunities, open communication, and leaders who work to get the basics right – quality and regular one to ones, clear goals and success metrics, and growth conversations.

Show us you have what it takes

If this sounds like the opportunity for you and you have something to offer, we’d love to hear from you.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Everyone belongs and is welcome at Smart. We welcome people from diverse backgrounds to join our team, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans, people with disability, people who identify as LGBTQ+, all gender identities, and people of any socioeconomic status, age, race, national origin or ethnicity.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion is reflected in the external recognition we’ve received, including being named:

• WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality since 2019
• DCA Inclusive Employer 2025 – 2026
• Silver Employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index

We’re also members of the Reconciliation Action Plan network, with a RAP at Innovate level.

Please note: all successful candidates will be required to complete background checks including a police clearance prior to confirmation of employment. Candidates must have unlimited Australian work rights to be considered for this role.