Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead - Remote

Ochre Education Resource Library Ltd; Sydney; Remote; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Impact Curriculum is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of complex software across our educational platforms. You’ll work closely with the CTO and technology team, balancing hands-on engineering with technical leadership to build scalable, secure, and user-centred solutions.

This is a remote-friendly, Australia-wide role offering flexible arrangements. You’ll mentor engineers, influence architecture, improve testing and CI/CD practices, and translate product needs

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing, building and supporting production software systems.
• Advanced programming with TypeScript, Node.js, Go and Terraform.
• Strong experience with APIs, integrations, databases and cloud-based environments.
• Demonstrated capability in technical design, architecture and evaluating technical trade-offs.
• Strong knowledge of automated testing, CI/CD, performance, security and system reliability.
• Excellent analytical, debugging and complex problem-solving skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers and improving engineering practices.
• The confidence to make sound technical decisions and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of complex software applications, services and integrations.
• Take technical ownership of significant components of our digital platforms.
• Make sound design and architecture decisions balancing performance, scalability, security and maintainability.
• Collaborate with product and stakeholders to translate complex requirements into effective solutions.
• Strengthen engineering standards, automated testing, CI/CD and production reliability.
• Identify and address technical debt, system risks and improvement opportunities.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring and constructive reviews.
• Contribute to longer-term technology decisions and continuous improvement.

Skills

Typescript

NodeJS

Go

Terraform

APIs & Integrations

Cloud environments

CI/CD

Automated testing

Mentoring

Technical decision making

Job description

Impact Curriculum is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of complex software across our educational platforms. You’ll work closely with the CTO and technology team, balancing hands-on engineering with technical leadership to build scalable, secure, and user-centred solutions.

This is a remote-friendly, Australia-wide role offering flexible arrangements. You’ll mentor engineers, influence architecture, improve testing and CI/CD practices, and translate product needs