Director of Software Engineering at Acuity leading AI - enabled digital commerce platform development and transforming user experience with modern architecture.
About the role
- Mid-Senior Full Stack Developer building and scaling systems for construction planning platform. Collaborating with local and global teams to deliver infrastructure projects.
Responsibilities
- Build and scale backend services that power real-time collaboration on billion-dollar construction projects
- Architect solutions for complex data synchronisation across multiple construction planning systems
- Create elegant frontend experiences using React and TypeScript that make complex workflows feel simple
- Design and implement WebSocket-based features for live updates across distributed teams
- Optimise performance for applications handling very large project datasets
- Contribute to our serverless infrastructure and event-driven architecture
- Participate in code reviews and help raise engineering standards across the team
- Collaborate closely with Melbourne-based leadership and asynchronously with our global engineering team
Requirements
- Based in **Melbourne, Australia**
- 5+ years’ experience in software engineering using JavaScript or TypeScript
- Deep experience with React and modern frontend patterns (we use Redux client-side)
- Strong backend development experience, with production systems built and scaled
- Experience building real-time applications and working with WebSockets
- Solid understanding of database design and optimisation (NoSQL experience valued)
- Proven track record of delivering high-quality code through testing and peer review
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for effective collaboration
- Highly Valued
- Experience with Node.js, serverless architectures, and event-driven systems
- Knowledge of Redis for caching and real-time functionality
- Familiarity with Go or Python for backend services
- Experience with GCP or similar cloud platforms
- CI/CD pipeline experience
- Flutter or mobile development experience
Benefits
- A high-performing team Be part of and contribute to a genuinely collaborative and motivated team
- Flexibility Remote-first working with access to a convenient WeWork office
- The right tools A sweet MacBook Pro setup and a cutting-edge tech stack
- Genuine development Ongoing training, learning, and coaching to get better every day (including a training allowance)
- A focus on culture At Aphex, we are focused on making real impact, together, and strive to walk the talk on that every day
- Growth opportunities As Aphex scales across new markets, your career can scale with it
- Annual offsite: In 2025 our team met for a week in Da Nang, Vietnam - you’ll need to join us to see where we have planned in 2026!
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