Senior Software Engineer

TheDriveGroup; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Competitive salary

Career progression

Ongoing development

Job summary

TheDriveGroup in Sydney is seeking Multiple Senior Golang Engineers to join a high-growth scale-up at a pivotal moment. You’ll own features, shape technical direction, and help build a high-performing local team from the ground up.

We value hands-on leaders who write clean code, collaborate across time zones, and contribute to hiring, culture, and engineering standards. The role offers a highly competitive salary, meaningful equity, and strong support for your career progression.

Qualifications

• Cloud experience (AWS or GCP)
• Solid PostgreSQL knowledge
• Confidence working across the stack in a modern, cloud‑native environment
• Ability to work across a range of other technologies such as Python

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship features end‑to‑end
• Own critical services and architectural decisions
• Elevate engineering quality, standards, and developer experience
• Collaborate effectively across time zones
• Play a key role in shaping hiring, culture, and the future of the Sydney team

Skills

Golang

Cloud (AWS/GCP)

PostgreSQL

Python

Job description

This is a rare opportunity for a Multiple Senior Golang Engineers to join a high-growth Sydney scale-up at a pivotal moment in its journey.

With strong momentum and ambitious expansion plans, the business is now investing in building out its Australian engineering presence. These hires will play a foundational role in shaping technical direction, setting engineering standards, and establishing a high-performing local team from the ground up.

We’re looking for Senior Engineerswho are hands‑on and passionate about building high‑quality software. You’ll take ownership of your work, contribute to technical decisions, and collaborate closely with the wider engineering team to deliver scalable solutions.

This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, writing clean and reliable code, and working in a collaborative environment where you can have a real impact on the product and engineering culture.

Tech-wise, must have:

• Cloud experience (AWS or GCP)
• Solid PostgreSQL knowledge
• Confidence working across the stack in a modern, cloud‑native environment
• Ability to work across a range of other technologies such as Python

What you’ll do:

• Design, build, and ship features end‑to‑end
• Own critical services and architectural decisions
• Elevate engineering quality, standards, and developer experience
• Collaborate effectively across time zones
• Play a key role in shaping hiring, culture, and the future of the Sydney team

We’re looking for someone excited by the opportunity to scale an engineering team and help shape the next evolution of a well‑funded, high‑growth product.

This is a signed‑off role with a flexible start date, offering a highly competitive salary, meaningful equity, and strong support for ongoing development and career progression.

It’s a genuinely exciting time to join. If you’re a passionate hands‑on leader who thrives on ownership, enjoys learning, and wants to solve interesting, complex problems —

If you have any questions about this role or others we have available you can email our team directly via [e-mail]