Senior Software Engineer: Path to Lead in AI Delivery

Horizon Digital; Perth; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

AWS Generative AI Competency Partner

Mentoring for leadership growth

Job summary

Horizon Digital in Perth, Western Australia, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer ready to grow into a Lead role. You will contribute production code, mentor juniors, and help set technical direction across AI-enabled projects for Tier One clients and smaller engagements.

The role is permanent and full-time, with a hybrid work model: three days onsite at George's Terrace and two days from home, plus flexible hours and strong support for leadership development.

Qualifications

• Some experience coaching or mentoring junior engineers.
• Solid hands-on experience with Python, TypeScript, React and AWS; Terraform a bonus.
• Interest in AI assisted development and integrating it into team workflows.
• Comfortable with CI/CD, automated testing and monitoring as normal practice.
• Strong client communication and ability to translate complex tech to non-technical terms.
• Ownership mindset and readiness for leadership responsibilities.
• Experience with agentic systems or LLM-powered products, even at PoC stage.
• Experience with React Native, Flutter or PHP.
• Exposure to large enterprise or Tier One client environments.
• Exposure to GCP or other cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Contribute production code across client projects, with growing input into architecture, tooling and technical decisions
• Coach and support junior engineers through code review, pairing and day to day guidance
• Build toward owning estimates, technical direction and delivery quality on your projects
• Use AI assisted development day to day, and help bring that practice to the rest of your team, not just your own work
• Work directly with clients on requirements and delivery, building the credibility to become a senior technical voice they trust
• Take on more formal leadership responsibilities as you are ready, reviews, objectives and technical ownership

Skills

Mentoring

Python

TypeScript

React

AWS

Terraform

AI

CI/CD

Testing

Monitoring

Client communication

Leadership

LLM/AI tools

React Native

Flutter

PHP

GCP

Enterprise exposure

Tools

Terraform

React Native

Flutter

PHP

AWS

GCP

Job description

Horizon Digital in Perth, Western Australia, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer ready to grow into a Lead role. You will contribute production code, mentor juniors, and help set technical direction across AI-enabled projects for Tier One clients and smaller engagements.

The role is permanent and full-time, with a hybrid work model: three days onsite at George's Terrace and two days from home, plus flexible hours and strong support for leadership development.