This is a role for an engineer who wants to tackle the hardest unsolved problems in software development - where AI systems write code, deploy software, and make decisions at machine speed.

You’ll be joining a globally recognised technology company operating at the forefront of AI, security, and developer tooling, building the control layer that ensures AI-generated software is safe, auditable, and reliable.

You’ll explore new ideas before they become products, build prototypes that test assumptions, and generate the technical intelligence that shapes the next generation of secure software development.

This is a founding R&D role. It’s a role for a builder who thrives in ambiguity and enjoys solving problems that don’t have clear answers yet.

Why This Role Exists:
Software development is changing rapidly. AI is writing more code than ever before. Systems are becoming more autonomous. Security and governance are becoming critical infrastructure.

Organisations need engineers who can:

• Explore emerging technology
• Design secure systems
• Build trustworthy software
• Move faster than the market
• Prototype quickly
• Think independently
• Challenge assumptions
• Explore new ideas
• Ship working solutions

This role sits right at the centre of that transformation.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Solving the Hard Problems:
You’ll lead structured discovery into complex technical challenges like:

• Governing AI agents writing production code
• Detecting and managing risk in AI-generated software
• Building secure developer workflows for AI-native systems
• Designing signals and controls across modern engineering platforms
• Establishing trust and traceability in automated software delivery

You’ll build working prototypes, test assumptions quickly, and provide clear technical direction on what to build next; or what to stop.

Push Into the Whitespace:
You’ll explore emerging areas of technology before they are widely understood. Think:

• Agentic software development
• Secure code generation
• AI governance and risk intelligence
• Developer workflow automation
• Platform-level security and trust models

This is forward-looking work where experimentation matters as much as execution.

Keep the Organisation Pointing Forward:
You’ll track how developers are actually working, monitor new technologies, and turn technical insights into practical guidance that shapes product strategy.

Your work will influence;

• Engineering direction
• Product architecture
• Security standards
• Industry thinking

Core Technical Background

• AI / LLM systems or agent frameworks
• Developer tooling or platform engineering
• Application security or secure software development
• Distributed systems or event-driven architectures
• Observability, CI/CD, or developer workflow automation

Technology Exposure

• Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, or Java
• Kubernetes, Docker, or cloud-native platforms
• GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, or developer platforms
• Security tooling or vulnerability detection systems
• AI frameworks, RAG systems, or model integration workflows

Please apply below or reach out to Ruby to discuss in more detail - ruby@theonset.com.au

Head of Learning & Development - Product & Technology

Shape and deliver a global capability strategy across product and technology teams
Melbourne or Sydney location

About the Role

This is a rare opportunity to build a Product & Technology capability function from the ground up within a global, high-performing tech environment. Right now, there are strong pockets of learning across the business, but no single, connected approach. Onboarding varies, capability isn’t consistently defined, and learning isn’t always embedded into how teams operate day to day

Your role is to bring that together into something clear, consistent and impactful.

This is not a traditional L&D role. A central L&D function already exists. This role sits deep within Product & Technology and is focused on capability and enablement - working directly with Product & Engineering teams to improve how they perform, innovate and grow.

You’ll take ownership of how capability is defined, developed and delivered across product and technology teams, bringing structure, consistency and clarity to an area that is currently fragmented. This is about improving real performance, looking at how teams ramp faster, build the right skills and operate more effectively in close partnership with senior stakeholders.

Your Remit

Strategy and Leadership

• Set the direction for how capability is built within Product & Technology
• Work with Product & Technology leaders to understand current gaps and future skill requirements
• Translate business priorities into practical development approaches
• Ensure learning is relevant, applied and tied to real work

Capability, Onboarding & Ecosystem

• Improve how new hires ramp up and become effective quickly
• Create a more consistent approach to onboarding across teams
• Bring structure to how capability is defined across different roles
• Ensure development is embedded into day-to-day workflows

Early Talent & Stakeholder Engagement

• Oversee the graduate and early careers approach
• Ensure junior talent is set up for long-term success
• Work closely with hiring and people teams to align capability and hiring
• Build strong relationships across senior stakeholders

What sets you up for success

• Proven experience building capability within product-led or technology organisations at scale, with a strong understanding of how these teams operate day to day
• Comfortable operating in environments that are complex, evolving and fast-paced
• Able to balance big-picture thinking with hands-on delivery

About You

• Experience working within or closely embedded in product and technology environments, with the ability to build credibility with engineering and product leaders
• Strong stakeholder management skills across senior and technical audiences
• Able to operate in ambiguous environments and bring structure
• Practical and delivery-focused, not purely theoretical
• Comfortable working across both strategy and execution
• Interest in how technology and AI are shaping how people learn and work

What’s On Offer

• Strong benefits including an employee share plan, private health cover, extended parental leave and flexible working
• Rare opportunity to define how capability is built across a global Product & Technology organisation
• Broad scope across capability, onboarding and early talent
• High visibility across senior leadership
• Flexible working environment
• Strong, collaborative culture

This role requires someone who understands how product and technology teams actually operate. You don’t need to be technical, but you do need to have worked closely within a product and technology environment to build credible, relevant capability. If this is you apply now or call Geri Condon at The Onset on 0404 183 291. 

With $125+ million in funding and double this number in revenue, this unique business is set to be one of Australia’s next Unicorns.

As Head of Technology you will manage a team of ~circa 30 engineers (software and data) and a small operations team while building the technology backbone of a business on the path to IPO.

This is an opportunity to step into a high-growth, product-led consumer business at a defining moment and shape the platform, team, and strategy that takes it through its next phase of scale.

What’s in it for you

• Own the full technology function - engineering, data, IT, and operational tech
• Play a key role in scaling the business toward international growth and IPO readiness
• Operate at true executive level across Product, Operations, and Commercial
• Build and evolve a high-performing team
• Solve complex, real-world problems across product, supply chain, and customer experience

What you’ll be doing - initially

A major replatforming program is nearing completion. The foundations are there - now the business needs the right leader to:

• Land the migration properly
• Stabilise and optimise the tech stack
• Then evolve the platform for scale

This is a critical transition phase, not a rebuild and not BAU.

What you’ll be doing - in the future

• Leading across engineering, data, IT, and systems - as one function, not silos
• Operating at ELT level - your first team is the leadership team
• Translating business strategy into technology outcomes
• Scaling systems and teams for increasing complexity
• Driving disciplined delivery through the final stages of migration
• Introducing automation and AI capabilities across the business

What will make you successful

• You’ve scaled technology through real growth and complexity
• You operate as a true executive, not just a functional leader
• You think commercially, not just technically
• You’re curious about the whole business - not just engineering
• You’ve stayed and built through multiple phases, not moved on quickly

This is a rare opportunity to step into a business with real momentum and help shape what it becomes over the next decade.

Hit apply or email geri@theonset.com.au

Senior .Net Engineer | Sydney | Azure Cloud SME

• 2-3 Days Office, 2-3 days WFH

• Extremely strong technology stack

• Yearly Bonus paid out

Join an Australian-grown business that’s known for its tech-driven culture and modern .NET stack. As a Senior .Net Engineer, you’ll take ownership of key projects shaping the next phase of the platform giving you the chance to drive the SDLC and deliver work that directly impacts thousands of customers.

Step in at a defining stage of innovation and expansion. You’ll help shape the next generation of a product that’s central to the company’s growth.

You will have autonomy and ownership of customer facing applications that make a genuine impact to the users experience. Helping you take more satisfaction from the impact of your work.

What’s in it for you:

• Work with an established team of highly experienced engineers and drive the full SDLC. 

• Be the Azure cloud SME with opertunity to grow you Azure and IaC skills

• Room to innovate - influence architecture, culture, and ways of working from day one.

• Work with the latest technology and contribute to the AI journey.

If you thrive on building scalable, complex systems, this role lets you take full ownership of hands-on engineering - this position is for you. You’ll write elegant C#/.NET code on Azure, architect robust solutions, and help turn ambitious ideas into tangible outcomes.

What you’ll bring:

• 8+ yrs software engineering experience in hands-on across backend, APIs, etc.

• Expert in C#/.NET, cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), database work, CI/CD pipelines.

• Product mindset, comfortable with uncertainty, experimentation, high output.

• Passion for building things that scale and delight users.

Make your mark on a platform that matters. Apply now or reach out to Karl directly at karl@theonset.com.au

Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) - Build the Backbone of Digital Healthcare

What if the code you shipped today helped thousands of people access healthcare tomorrow?

For over a decade, this product-led technology company has been quietly building critical infrastructure that powers how healthcare is delivered nationally. They’ve gone through a significant evolution, scaling their platform, deepening product capability, and now leaning hard into AI to rethink how modern software gets built.

Today, their platform supports millions of consultations, forming part of the backbone of digital healthcare delivery. And they’re just getting started.

Now, they’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join them as they build the next chapter.

Why this role?

This isn’t a role where you sit on the sidelines.

You’ll be embedded in a high-trust, product-focused squad, owning features end-to-end, from idea through to production and seeing your work directly impact real users.

You’ll also be working in an environment that is:

• AI-forward by design – tools like Claude Code and Cursor aren’t experiments here, they’re part of how engineers ship faster and smarter

• Founder-led and engineering-driven - decisions are pragmatic, fast, and focused on outcomes

• Remote-first – built for autonomy, not micromanagement

If you care about meaningful impact, not just shipping tickets, this is the kind of place that will resonate.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll operate as a true product engineer, someone who cares about outcomes, not just output.

• Own and deliver full-stack features (Node.js, TypeScript, React) end-to-end

• Work closely with product and design to ship incremental, high-impact improvements

• Use AI tools to accelerate development, debugging, and iteration

• Make pragmatic engineering decisions that balance speed and quality

• Contribute to systems that are scalable, reliable, and built for continuous delivery

• Help shape how the team adopts AI to improve engineering velocity

Success here isn’t measured by lines of code - it’s measured by real product impact.

What they’re looking for

This team values builders and problem-solvers.

• Strong experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and React (full stack)

• A track record of shipping real product outcomes, not just components

• Comfort working in ambiguity and breaking down complex problems quickly

• Experience (or strong curiosity) in using AI tools in your development workflow

• A self-starter mindset - you take ownership and move things forward

• Language-agnostic thinking - tech is a tool, not a constraint

The culture

This is a place where engineers tend to stay.

• High trust, low ego environment

• Proactive, ownership-driven mindset

• Long tenure across the business

• A genuine focus on building meaningful technology

What’s in it for you

• Fully remote working (Australia-based)

• $1,000 WFH allowance + full equipment provided

• Annual company offsite

• The opportunity to help shape an AI-forward engineering culture

If you’re curious about building meaningful products, working in a high-trust environment, and exploring what AI-enabled engineering really looks like in practice, this is worth a conversation.

Apply now or reach out to Ruby Ip- ruby@theonset.com.au for a confidential discussion.

Senior Software Engineer - Own What You Build

North Sydney (Hybrid) | $160k - $190k + Super (+ bonus)

Not every engineering role is about tickets, stand-ups, and layers of approval.

Some are about ownership.
About being heard.
About building things that actually get used - at scale, globally.

This is one of those roles.

We’re partnering with a high-growth, profitable tech business operating globally across identity, data, and fraud prevention. Their platform processes billions of records and is used by major enterprise clients.

They’re now looking for a Senior Software Engineer who can do more than just code - someone who can communicate, take ownership, and get things done.

The Opportunity

• Build data products, APIs, and applications at global scale

• Work with multi-billion record datasets across multiple geographies

• Solve real-world problems in identity, data matching, and fraud prevention

• Contribute to Snowflake-based products and emerging AI initiatives

• Work directly with founders - no layers, no red tape

This is hands-on, high-impact work - not internal tooling.

What They’re Looking For

• Strong communication skills (this is critical)

• A doer - someone who takes ownership and drives outcomes

• Pragmatic, solutions-focused mindset

• Comfortable working with messy, large-scale data

• Experience building production systems end-to-end

Tech-wise, you’ll likely have experience with:

• AWS, Snowflake, Python, SQL (or similar)

Why Join

• Real ownership of what you build

• Direct access to decision-makers

• High-performing, long-tenured team

• Hybrid working (North Sydney)

• Profitable, growing business with global reach

Keen to make a move?

If you’re looking to step into a role where your voice matters and your work has real impact, apply now. Reach out to reema@theonset.com.au

Senior Embedded System Engineer

Sydney | Full-time | Hybrid | $130k-160k + super

The Scroll-stopper

Most senior embedded roles ask you to own firmware.

This one asks you to own the bit where hardware, software and product collide.

A rare opportunity for hands-on exposure to emerging technology; including edge AI accelerators and high-end sensor hardware.

The Org

A small, elite team in Sydney is building a modular wireless sensing platform that spans embedded devices, edge compute, cloud infrastructure and customer-facing applications. The hard part is not writing firmware in isolation. It is figuring out how new capabilities get added, how new sensors get integrated, and how the whole thing stays coherent as the product scales.

You’ll be an early member of a growing engineering team, at one of the Aussie ecosystem's most promising startups. A startup with fresh funding, international clients, and a unique product. A unique product built for a problem space vital to modern life.

You'll work closely to the CTO, and take ownership of the embedded layer across a platform that is already live, already useful, and ready to become much more capable.

The Mission

This is not a narrow firmware seat buried in a backlog.

You’ll sit in the layer between low-level device behaviour and real product capability.

One week you’re bringing up a new sensor.
The next you’re building the Linux-side application that makes its data usable.
Then you’re tracing why something broke three layers upstream.

Whatever your week looks like, your work will contribute to human safety and shield society from immense pressure.

What You’ll Work On

• Build embedded capabilities across a modular wireless sensing platform
• Write Python and C/C++ across Linux and bare-metal environments
• Integrate new sensors from hardware interface through to system output
• Build low-level Linux applications that move data through the stack
• Support firmware, system integration and device-to-cloud data flow
• Work across hardware, software and product to ship new capability fast

What Matters Here

• Strong Python
• Strong C/C++ in Linux
• Working competence with bare-metal C
• Comfortable in low-level Linux environments
• Able to work across hardware, firmware and software layers
• Comfortable reading schematics, bringing up boards and debugging real systems
• Curious, self-directed and happy solving problems that do not arrive neatly labelled

Bonus points for

• ESP-IDF
• Wireless sensor systems
• Debian (ideally Bookworm)
• Raspberry Pi ecosystm (particularly Compute Modules)
• AWS IoT Core or Greengrass
• GStreamer, OpenCV or imaging pipelines

Why It’s Worth Your Time

This is not one of those embedded jobs where you inherit a driver stack and spend three years shaving milliseconds off the same problem.

It's broader.
It's higher impact.
It's more interesting the deeper you go.

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Still want to hear more? Apply direct.