Staff Software Engineer

Future Secure AI; Adelaide; Remote; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Future Secure AI in Australia is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (AI) to set the technical direction for our products and own the hardest architectural challenges. You will work across engineering and customer delivery teams, moving between hands-on development and broader product discussions.

You will raise the engineering bar for the organization by shaping standards, mentoring engineers, and guiding the delivery of secure, scalable platforms.

Qualifications

• Extensive software development experience, with hands-on AI work and leading multi-team initiatives.
• Strong coding fundamentals; Node.js and TypeScript focus.
• Experience designing and operating production-grade distributed systems with security and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture for AI Co-Worker systems in enterprise environments.
• Design and deliver secure, scalable APIs and platform foundations; stay hands-on where needed.
• Partner with customers, product and leadership to shape technical roadmaps.
• Set engineering standards for design reviews, testing, reliability, and security.
• Mentor senior engineers and act as a technical leader across the organization.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Security best practices

Job description

At Future Secure AI, we're building something genuinely new — and we're looking for people bold enough to build it with us. We work at the frontier of AI, tackling big, real-world problems for global enterprises across multiple industries, armed with state-of-the-art technology and a culture that prizes courage, rigor, and relentless curiosity. Our BRAVER values aren't just words on a wall — they describe the kind of people we are and the standard we hold ourselves to every day. Our leadership team is entrepreneurial, experienced, and accessible, with an open-door policy that means you'll never be just a number here. We invest seriously in your growth because we know our success depends on yours. If you're ready to work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry, push into uncharted territory, and do work that genuinely matters, Future Secure AI is the place for you.

Position Overview

About the Company

At Future Secure AI, we're building something genuinely new — and we're looking for people bold enough to build it with us. We work at the frontier of AI, tackling big, real-world problems for global enterprises across multiple industries, armed with state-of-the-art technology and a culture that prizes courage, rigor, and relentless curiosity. Our BRAVER values aren't just words on a wall — they describe the kind of people we are and the standard we hold ourselves to every day. Our leadership team is entrepreneurial, experienced, and accessible, with an open-door policy that means you'll never be just a number here. We invest seriously in your growth because we know our success depends on yours. If you're ready to work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry, push into uncharted territory, and do work that genuinely matters, Future Secure AI is the place for you.

Position Overview

We're hiring Staff Software Engineers (AI) to set the technical direction for our products. You'll work across engineering and customer delivery teams, owning the hardest architectural problems and moving between hands-on engineering and broader product and business conversations. You'll raise the engineering bar for the whole organisation through the systems you design, the standards you set, and the engineers you grow. If you do your best work when the problem is ambiguous and the scope crosses team boundaries, you'll fit here.

Key Responsibilities

• Defining the architecture for AI Co-Worker systems that let enterprise customers deploy persona-based AI Co-Workers to perform complex, end-to-end operational workflows through their own secure platform.
• Designing and delivering secure, scalable APIs and platform foundations across large-scale enterprise environments, and staying hands-on in the code on the most critical paths.
• Partnering with customers, product, and senior leadership to shape technical roadmaps and make sure solutions exceed expectations.
• Setting engineering standards for design reviews, testing, reliability, and security across multiple delivery teams.
• Mentoring Senior and Software Engineers, and acting as a technical leader and multiplier across the organisation.

Requirements

• Extensive software development experience, including recent hands-on AI work and a track record of leading technically complex, multi-team initiatives.
• Strong coding fundamentals; we primarily use Node.js and TypeScript.
• Experience designing and operating distributed, production-grade systems at enterprise scale.
• Experience building systems where security and data governance are first-class design constraints from the start.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and influence technical decisions across teams and with senior stakeholders.
• Sharp problem-solving instincts and the follow-through to match.

Why Join Us?

• A high-performance culture
• State-of-the-art technology
• Experience world-class leadership
• Scale of impact and purpose
• A competitive salary and a huge growth trajectory
• Work with the best in the industry
• Flexible work environment
• Diversity and creativity