Help build the future of Australian market operations!

I'm partnering with a fast-growing fintech that's entering a significant phase of growth in Australia.

As part of their next chapter, they're transitioning key operational capabilities from a third-party provider and building the foundations required to operate as a direct ASX participant.

This is a rare opportunity for an experienced operations professional to join at a pivotal moment. You'll help shape operational capability from the ground up, influence how the business scales, and become a key voice in building the future Australian operating model.

What you'll be doing

• Supporting the transition of key operational functions from a third-party provider.
• Acting as a subject matter expert across settlements, reconciliations and market operations.
• Helping build scalable processes, controls and operational frameworks.
• Partnering closely with product, technology, compliance and risk teams.
• Contributing to the future structure and capability of the Australian operations function.
• Driving operational excellence as the business prepares for its next stage of growth.

What We're Looking For

• A strong operational background within financial services, ideally across settlements, reconciliations, clearing, custody or investment operations.
• Someone who enjoys solving complex operational challenges and can confidently navigate ambiguity while helping shape new processes and ways of working.
• Experience with CHESS, ASX participant environments or Australian market operations would be highly regarded, but we're open to candidates with adjacent experience who can bring deep operational expertise.

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who enjoys building, solving problems and operating in an environment where not everything has been defined yet.

Why consider it?

• Opportunity to influence the future direction of a growing Australian business.
• High visibility across leadership and key stakeholders.
• Genuine scope to build capability and shape a team over time.
• A mission-led organisation focused on improving access to investing and financial wellbeing.

Interested? Apply below or email Megan - megan@theonset.com.au with any Qs. 

We're seeking a senior Collaboration specialist to lead pre-sales, solution design and customer engagement across Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex and Contact Centre technologies.

This is a customer-facing role focused on shaping modern workplace strategies, designing innovative communication solutions and acting as a trusted advisor to enterprise clients.

What You'll Do

• Lead technical pre-sales engagements across Teams Calling, Webex Calling, Contact Centre and UC solutions
• Translate business requirements into scalable, outcome-driven collaboration solutions
• Own solution design, proposals, workshops and technical presentations
• Partner with sales teams to identify opportunities and grow strategic accounts
• Provide technical leadership throughout the solution lifecycle, from discovery to implementation
• Build strong relationships with customers, vendors and technology partners
• Influence collaboration strategy, innovation and future service offerings

What You'll Bring

• 8+ years' experience in IT, Telecommunications or Collaboration technologies
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, SIP and Contact Centre platforms
• Strong pre-sales, consulting and stakeholder engagement experience
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and executive audiences
• Experience with cloud telephony, SBCs and modern workplace technologies

Highly Regarded

• Microsoft Teams and Cisco Collaboration certifications
• Managed Services experience
• Exposure to AI-powered voice or contact centre technologies

This is an opportunity to combine technical depth, customer engagement and strategic influence while helping organisations modernise how they communicate and collaborate.

russell@theonset.com.au / 0438984265

Senior Software Engineer

Brisbane, QLD | Full-Time

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer who enjoys building products, solving real business problems, and taking ownership from idea through to delivery.

This is an opportunity to join a small, high-performing engineering team where you'll have genuine autonomy, a direct impact on product direction, and the ability to shape how things are built.

We're seeking engineers who are comfortable working independently, can navigate ambiguity, and enjoy getting stuck into product development rather than simply delivering tickets.

The Opportunity

You'll work across both new product development and the ongoing evolution of existing platforms, helping to design, build and deliver software that creates meaningful outcomes for customers.

This role suits someone who enjoys understanding the problem before jumping into the solution, takes pride in writing quality code, and wants to work closely with technical and business stakeholders to deliver value.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, build and maintain scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot
• Develop modern front-end applications using React and JavaScript/TypeScript
• Work across the full software development lifecycle, from discovery through to deployment
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements and shape technical solutions
• Build and consume RESTful APIs
• Write high-quality, maintainable and well-tested code
• Contribute to architecture and engineering decisions
• Participate in code reviews and support a culture of continuous improvement
• Work with modern AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and software quality

What We're Looking For

• Strong commercial experience with Java and Spring Boot
• Experience building front-end applications with React
• Solid understanding of REST APIs and modern web application architecture
• Experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL
• Strong testing practices across unit and integration testing
• Experience with Git-based development workflows and CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to work autonomously and manage your own workload
• Strong problem-solving skills and a product mindset
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with microservices architecture
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Event-driven systems, CQRS or Event Sourcing
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
• Build tooling including Gradle
• Experience working in SaaS, product or platform engineering environments

Why Join?

• Genuine ownership and autonomy
• Opportunity to work on meaningful product development initiatives
• Small team environment where your ideas are heard
• Mix of greenfield and existing platform work
• Modern engineering practices and tooling
• Long-term career growth opportunities
• Flexible and supportive working environment
• Brisbane-based team with a strong engineering culture

Apply Now

If you're a software engineer who enjoys building products, solving complex problems and working with a high degree of ownership, we'd love to hear from you.

Senior Software Engineer (Java) | Enterprise SaaS | Architecture, Scale & Technical Leadership

Are you a Senior Java Engineer who wants more than just another backlog of tickets?

This is an opportunity to join a high-growth Australian SaaS company whose platform powers critical business processes for major enterprise customers across global markets.

You'll be part of a highly collaborative engineering team responsible for evolving a complex, large-scale platform, solving challenging technical problems, influencing architecture decisions, and helping shape the future direction of the product.

If you enjoy building scalable software, mentoring others, and having genuine input into technical strategy, this is the type of role where you'll make a visible impact.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing, building and enhancing a sophisticated enterprise platform used by some of the world's largest organisations.

Working closely with Product, Engineering and Delivery teams, you'll contribute to technical design, drive engineering best practices, and help ensure the platform remains secure, scalable and resilient as it continues to grow.

This is a hands-on senior engineering role with significant influence across architecture, delivery and technical decision-making.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing and delivering scalable, secure and high-performing platform capabilities
• Solving complex engineering challenges across a mature enterprise SaaS platform
• Driving improvements in software quality, performance, reliability and maintainability
• Reducing technical debt and championing continuous improvement initiatives
• Contributing to architectural discussions and influencing technical direction
• Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to deliver customer-focused outcomes
• Supporting production systems and ensuring reliable platform performance
• Mentoring developers and helping elevate engineering standards across the team
• Contributing to a strong engineering culture built on collaboration, ownership and continuous learning

Tech Environment

You'll bring experience across many of the following:

• Java
• Spring Framework
• Hibernate / JPA
• REST APIs
• SQL Server, PostgreSQL or Oracle
• Maven or Gradle
• Git
• CI/CD pipelines
• Enterprise application architecture
• Distributed systems and integrations

What We're Looking For

• Around 7+ years of commercial software engineering experience
• Strong expertise building applications with Java and JVM technologies
• Experience designing scalable, secure and maintainable software solutions
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, SOLID principles and clean code practices
• Experience working with enterprise-scale systems and complex integrations
• Strong database knowledge and API development experience
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• A collaborative mindset with experience mentoring and supporting other engineers
• Someone who enjoys taking ownership and solving meaningful technical challenges

Why This Role Stands Out

• High-impact engineering work on a sophisticated enterprise platform
• Opportunity to influence architecture and technical direction
• Strong engineering leadership and collaborative culture
• Modern software engineering practices and continuous improvement mindset
• Complex technical challenges that will stretch and develop your skills
• Long-term career growth opportunities within a successful SaaS business
• A team that values quality engineering, ownership and innovation

If you're a Senior Java Engineer looking for a role where you'll have genuine influence, solve interesting technical problems and work alongside experienced engineers who care about building great software, I'd love to have a confidential conversation.

Some data scientists want to publish papers. Some want a FAANG logo on their CV. Others just want to explain their work simply at a dinner party.

For years, data science was a business support function running analyses for "the business". Supporting decisions made elsewhere.

Data science now drives product decisions. People are building systems customers depend on daily, embedding them into core workflows, and investing heavily in measurement and governance. They need a leader to own it.

You'll report to the VP, who is based in the US, but you'll own the strategy and impact of a portfolio of data science work across multiple teams.

And establish governance for AI, data quality, privacy, and model risk. Lead and develop strong managers and senior ICs.

We need someone with 12+ years in data science and proven experience leading managers and operating at enterprise scale.

You've led multiple teams through large strategic programs. You've built platforms or standards that materially improved organisational leverage.

You have strong strategic judgment, excellent executive communication, and the ability to build alignment across senior leaders.

Experience in product, B2B SaaS, or leading responsible AI adoption is highly desirable.

Melbourne or Sydney. Hybrid (1-2 days/week onsite).

Sound like you? I'd love to hear from you - ronny@theonset.com.au or 0448 808 848.

Senior Software Engineer – Security Platform & Detection Engineering

Location: US or Canada (Remote)

6 Month Daily Rate Contract

We're looking for a software engineer with strong platform and SRE experience to help build and operate the systems that power our Detection Engineering and Purple Team functions.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on security telemetry, data pipelines, automation, and platform reliability. You'll work across software development, infrastructure, and security engineering to ensure critical services remain scalable, resilient, and available.

What You'll Do

• Build and maintain automation workflows supporting AI and Detection Engineering initiatives.
• Evaluate, onboard, and operationalise SaaS, Product, Affiliate, and Endpoint log sources.
• Design and maintain log ingestion, transformation, and normalisation pipelines.
• Extend and enhance custom integrations and ingestion capabilities where vendor support doesn't exist.
• Develop log health monitoring, observability, and alerting solutions.
• Monitor and improve the availability, reliability, and performance of security platforms and services.
• Build and maintain tooling that supports Detection Engineering and Security Operations.

What We're Looking For

• Strong software engineering background with experience building production systems.
• Experience with platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure-focused development.
• Strong Python skills (most of our environment is Python-based).
• Experience working with AWS.
• Experience building APIs, services, automation, and data pipelines.
• Understanding of monitoring, observability, and high-availability systems.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and work across multiple languages.

Nice to Have

• Cybersecurity, Detection Engineering, or Security Operations experience.
• Experience with Airbyte or similar ingestion platforms.
• Experience with endpoint telemetry, EDR integrations, or security data pipelines.
• Familiarity with React, Node.js, and modern web development.

Why This Role?

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building software, solving infrastructure challenges, and operating critical systems at scale. You'll help shape the platforms and pipelines that underpin security detection, monitoring, and operational resilience across the organisation.

Head of Digital
B2B SaaS | Tech | Compliance | Workforce Management
Sydney | $180K–$200K plus super and bonus

This is a senior leadership role at the centre of a PE-backed B2B tech business undergoing significant transformation across its product portfolio, platform architecture and go-to-market model.

Operating across complimentary yet distinct product lines, the business is entering a critical growth phase with new platform launches, brand evolution and a clear mandate to scale pipeline and revenue performance over the next 12–24 months.

As Head of Digital, you will own and build a predictable, scalable digital growth engine across multiple product lines, driving qualified pipeline, improving conversion and supporting client retention across all digital touchpoints.

You’ll sit at the intersection of marketing, sales and product, reporting to an inspirational, hands-off CMO while operating within a matrix structure with accountability to individual product P&Ls.

What You’ll Own

Digital Acquisition and Growth

• End-to-end strategy across paid, owned and organic channels
• Performance across paid search, paid social, SEO, content, display and partner channels
• Channel mix optimisation based on CAC, LTV and ROAS

Full Funnel Performance

• Conversion optimisation from first touch through to MQL/SQL
• Website, landing page and UX performance (CRO, testing, experimentation)
• Alignment with Sales on lead quality, pipeline velocity and conversion benchmarks

Data, Martech and Attribution

• Ownership of performance metrics: CAC, CPL, ROAS, conversion rates and pipeline contribution
• Evolution of the martech stack (CRM, automation, attribution, analytics)
• Executive-level reporting and commercial insights

Leadership and Scale

• Lead and grow a high-performing digital team
• Build a performance-first, test-and-learn culture
• Scale capability and budget in line with aggressive growth targets

Cross-Functional Influence

• Partner with Sales, Product, Brand and Customer teams
• Influence budget allocation and demonstrate ROI
• Operate effectively within a matrixed, multi-product environment

Retention and Lifecycle Engagement

• Extend digital thinking beyond acquisition into retention and client engagement
• Optimise digital touchpoints across the customer lifecycle
• Support product adoption and reduce churn through digital experience

The Context

• PE-backed business 
• Multi-product environment with distinct P&Ls and growth targets
• Major platform and brand transformation underway
• High expectations for accelerated (“hockey stick”) growth over the next 12–24 months
• Success requires balancing performance across all product lines, not just isolated wins

What You Bring

• Deep expertise in B2B digital marketing, coupled with a passion for and experience leading teams
• Proven experience scaling digital acquisition in multi-product or SaaS environments
• Strong commercial acumen - you think in revenue, not just metrics
• Deep understanding of full-funnel performance and conversion optimisation
• Experience managing budgets ($2M+) and building high-performing teams
• Familiarity with PE-backed environments and operating rhythms - this is essential
• Martech fluency (CRM, attribution, analytics, paid platforms)

What Sets You Apart

• You can clearly demonstrate impact on CAC, ROAS and funnel efficiency
• You’ve built and developed teams, not just inherited them
• You understand ICP, segmentation and how to build acquisition around it
• You think about who you’re acquiring, not just how many
• You bring a strong point of view on where B2B digital is heading (AI search, intent data, dark social)
• You drive performance and accountability without ego

Why This Role

• This is a rare opportunity to step into a true commercial leadership role where digital is a core growth lever, not a support function.
• You’ll shape the strategy, build the capability and directly influence revenue outcomes during a critical transformation phase.

If you feel you meet the requirements and are curious to learn more, please apply online or call Michelle Rubinstein at The Onset on 0413 463 043. 

Junior Production Manager

About the role

We are looking for a Production Manager to take ownership of the systems, processes and day-to-day coordination behind the manufacture of our rail-focused IoT technology.

This is a great opportunity for someone early in their management career who is ready to step up, show initiative and make a visible impact. You will work closely with our engineering team, operations team and production technician to keep production running smoothly, improve how we build and test products, and help ensure high-quality components and assemblies are available when needed.

You will have the opportunity to shape and improve core production processes, from stock control and supplier coordination through to assembly documentation, quality checks, production readiness and factory acceptance testing. As Telemattica continues to grow, this role offers a clear pathway to develop your skills across operations, quality, supplier management and production leadership.

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys solving practical problems, taking responsibility for outcomes, and building reliable processes that help turn engineering innovation into products deployed on rail networks around the world.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day production activities with the production technician and engineering team.
• Help plan production builds, ensuring required components, assemblies and documentation are available.
• Manage stock control, component availability and production readiness using MRP, ERP or stock management systems.
• Coordinate with suppliers to support component availability, quality and delivery requirements.
• Develop, maintain and improve production documentation, including assembly instructions, inspection procedures and factory acceptance test processes.
• Support goods inward inspection, in-process checks and final acceptance testing.
• Work with engineering to introduce design changes into production in a controlled and traceable way.
• Identify and implement practical improvements to production efficiency, quality and repeatability.
• Support quality management processes, including those required for ISO 9001 or similar standards.

About you

You are early in your management career and looking for a role you can make your own. You enjoy taking responsibility for a process, working with others to solve problems, and turning engineering work into reliable production outcomes.

You have experience in manufacturing, quality systems or production processes, and you are comfortable making practical decisions independently. You have strong attention to detail, communicate clearly, and are happy working across hands-on production, planning, documentation and supplier coordination.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience in manufacturing, production, quality, operations or a related technical role.
• Tertiary education in engineering, science or a related technical field.
• Experience with MRP, ERP or stock management systems.
• Experience working with manufacturing technicians, production staff or external manufacturers.
• Experience managing suppliers or coordinating component procurement, delivery and quality.
• Experience working with quality processes such as goods inward inspection, in-process checks or factory acceptance testing.
• Ability to create and maintain clear production documentation, such as work instructions, inspection records or test procedures.
• Strong attention to detail and a pragmatic approach to solving production issues.

Nice to have

• Experience working within an ISO 9001 quality management system.
• Experience developing or improving goods inward inspection processes, factory acceptance tests or production quality checks.
• Experience developing assembly instructions, work instructions or production travellers.
• Experience with BOM management, engineering change control or production release processes.
• Previous experience supervising or mentoring a small team.
• Experience with electronics, electromechanical assemblies, IoT devices or industrial products.

Senior Engineer – Practice Lead | Global Financial Services | Sydney

If you're a Principal or Lead Engineer in platform or DevOps, and you're tired of being the person holding everything together while everyone else goes home. This is worth reading.

A globally recognised financial services organisation is looking for someone to own its Telemetry and Analytics practice. That means platform and product ownership of enterprise-scale SIEM and threat intelligence platforms, a live and varied project pipeline, and a small, high-trust team that actually has its act together.

The person who held this role for the past two years told us it's the first job they've had in years where they weren't online every weekend dealing with something platform-related. The support infrastructure here is real. You're not carrying it alone.

What you'll be working on

There's a solid pipeline of technical work ahead. A credential management overhaul spanning source code, pipelines, and release infrastructure; a vendor platform migration; new platform delivery; and active POCs in flight. It's genuinely varied, and it's hands-on. You'll be designing, integrating, and developing platforms rather than babysitting them.

Day to day you'll be working across IaC, CI/CD pipelines, containerisation, and scripting. Building and maintaining the infrastructure that underpins security operations at enterprise scale. You'll work closely with a small, experienced team across Australia and the US, and interface with detection engineers, analysts, and senior stakeholders globally.

What this does for your career

The brand carries weight. Two years here, owning platforms at this scale, delivering complex projects, and operating within a world-class financial services environment is a credible and visible step toward a Director or Principal Architect role. The person before you used it exactly that way.

What you'll bring

A strong DevOps, platform, or release engineering background. Solid hands-on experience with IaC (Terraform, Puppet, or Ansible), CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, and Linux. Proficiency in Python or Shell. You've worked in an enterprise environment, financial services, insurance, banking, or similar scale and complexity. And you're fluent in governance and compliance without being slowed down by it.

You don't need a security specialism. If you've operated SIEM, log pipelines, or observability platforms from a platform engineering angle, that experience is relevant. You will grow your domain knowledge with this role.

Hit apply or send me a message and I'll get you the full brief.

Julien@theonset.com.au - 0406 158 832