Staff Software Engineer — Lead AI-Driven Security (Remote)

UpGuard; City of Brisbane; Remote; AUD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lifestyle subsidy

WFH setup allowance

Learning & Development allowance

Annual leave + extra days

Parental Leave

Remote-friendly environment

Top-spec hardware

Generative AI subsidy

Stock options

Job summary

UpGuard is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to set technical direction across Product Engineering. You’ll stay hands-on in code while partnering with leadership on future platform growth, joining one of our squads to tackle scaling, architecture and test automation from day one.

You’ll work with React/TypeScript on the frontend, Go services with Postgres, and Kubernetes on GCP. Bring your ideas to automate and improve how we write, test, and ship software at scale.

Qualifications

• Typically 8+ years of relevant engineering experience at tech-centric, product-driven companies.
• Strong expertise in TypeScript and React.
• Proficient in a backend language (Go used by the team).
• Solid relational databases skills (Postgres).
• Experience with AI coding tools as part of the workflow.
• Ability to balance technical quality with business needs.
• Demonstrated track record of directing technical direction across multiple teams.
• Experience solving hard scaling/architecture problems end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Stay hands-on and ship features in a squad while guiding architectural direction.
• Lead cross-team technical decisions that span multiple squads.
• Tackle our toughest scaling and data challenges as we grow toward 100B risk signals daily.
• Raise engineering standards through reviews, mentoring, and processes.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Go

PostgreSQL

AI coding tools

Technical leadership

System architecture

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Kubernetes

Google Cloud Platform

Claude Code

Cursor

Job description

UpGuard is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to set technical direction across Product Engineering. You’ll stay hands-on in code while partnering with leadership on future platform growth, joining one of our squads to tackle scaling, architecture and test automation from day one.

You’ll work with React/TypeScript on the frontend, Go services with Postgres, and Kubernetes on GCP. Bring your ideas to automate and improve how we write, test, and ship software at scale.