Senior Software Engineer

weave. Recruitment; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation

ESOP

Job summary

weave. Recruitment is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Melbourne to help scale a payments platform. You will own features end-to-end from backend through interface, collaborating with a small team and founders. The role emphasizes building with TypeScript/Node.js, React, and AI-assisted workflows.

The team leverages AI tools in planning and coding, with a strong focus on money movement and identity systems. This founder-led environment offers real ownership and impact as the product grows.

Qualifications

• Strong backend engineering in TypeScript and Node.js with ownership over delivered code.
• Experience in a regulated environment with money movement and identity management.
• Experience with React; Google Cloud is advantageous.
• Able to work closely with founders in a small, early stage team.
• Genuine curiosity about using AI tools to improve development.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and ship features end to end, from backend through to interface.
• Work across React and Node.js on systems handling money movement and identity.
• Use AI tooling as part of everyday engineering, from planning through to code.
• Work closely with the founders on product direction and technical decisions.
• Write clean, well tested code you would be comfortable maintaining yourself.

Skills

Ownership

Small team collaboration

Curiosity about AI tools

Tools

TypeScript

Node.js

React

Google Cloud

Job description

Senior Software Engineer | Melbourne | $180,000 to $200,000 plus Super and ESOP

A high growth payments business is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help build out its platform as it scales. Founder led, with strong market traction, and investing seriously in engineering as the product grows.

This role sits close to the core of what the business does, systems that move money and manage identity, built by a small team that uses AI tools as part of how they work, not as an add on. You will have real ownership and work directly with the founders.

What you'll be doing

• Design, build and ship features end to end, from backend through to interface
• Work across React and Node.js on systems handling money movement and identity
• Use AI tooling as part of everyday engineering, from planning through to code
• Work closely with the founders on product direction and technical decisions
• Write clean, well tested code you would be comfortable maintaining yourself

What we're looking for

• Strong backend engineering in TypeScript and Node.js, with genuine ownership over what you've built
• Experience in a regulated environment, comfortable with the standards around moving money and managing identity
• React experience, Google Cloud is a plus but not essential
• Comfortable working closely with founders in a small, early stage team
• Genuinely curious about using AI tools to build better and faster, not just aware of them

About weave. Recruitment

weave. Recruitment is a founder-led Australian search and recruitment partner across Investment Management, Technology, Accounting and Finance, and HR and People & Culture. We take a quality first approach and build long term relationships based on trust, judgement, and delivery.