Backend Software Engineer (Product)

About the Company We’re a fast-growing startup transforming healthcare workflows with AI. Our platform helps medical practices reduce administrative workload and operate more efficiently by automating time-consuming processes. About the Role We’re looking for a Backend Software Engineer to help design, build and ship product features used by healthcare customers. This is a hands-on engineering role with a high level of ownership. You’ll be involved from understanding the problem, designing the solution, building the feature, deploying it, and supporting it in production. This role is best suited to someone who enjoys solving real-world problems, working with some ambiguity, and taking responsibility for outcomes rather than just completing tickets. This is a full-time, on-site role based in Sydney. Key Responsibilities Design, build and ship product features end-to-end. Develop scalable backend systems. Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code. Deploy and support features in production. Work closely with product and internal stakeholders. Contribute to improving system performance and reliability. Skills & Experience We’re looking for engineers with experience in the following: Backend, with a focus on Product: Spring Boot Kotlin and/or Java PostgreSQL Kubernetes About You You are likely to succeed in this role if you: Can take a loosely defined product or technical problem and turn it into a working production feature. Are comfortable debugging issues across application code, databases, infrastructure and third-party systems. Care about the quality of the product you are shipping, but are pragmatic enough to ship quickly when needed. Communicate clearly when you are blocked, disagree, or need more context. Prefer high ownership over narrow, pre-defined tickets. Level & Experience We’re primarily looking for engineers who can operate with a high level of ownership. Most successful candidates in this role tend to be at a senior level. We’re open to exceptional mid-level engineers who demonstrate strong initiative and the ability to deliver independently. How We Work We value ownership, initiative and action over rigid titles. Engineers are trusted to take responsibility and drive outcomes. Your impact is measured by what you ship and improve. You’ll have the opportunity to take on more responsibility as you grow.