Senior Software Architect AWS

What youll actually do

You own architecture and technical direction across AWS security platform reliability data and AI infrastructure. Youll be building and refining the platform as well as contributing to feature development. Architecture related work will initially take 60-70% of your time.

Your day to day:

• Owns architecture decisions across DevSecOps Platform/Reliability Data and AI infrastructure
• Build secure-by-design practices into the platform: IAM cloud security secure engineering
• Set standards for platform scaling resilience and reliability
• Partner with our Data Engineer to build out data lake and analytics capability
• Develop our AI infrastructure including model and agent integration secure AI data pipelines platform-level AI guardrails
• Contribute to hands-on feature development
• Refactor code and pay down technical debt when possible

Qualifications :

What Were Looking For

1. Deep technical ownership. Youve led architecture decisions for a platform or system end-to-end not just implemented against someone elses design. You know how to make the call on AWS security and platform trade-offs and stand behind it.
2. Genuine hands-on orientation. You still want to be in the codebase. Youd rather build the thing you designed than hand it off entirely.

What we need from you

• Strong AWS infrastructure experience in production: Serverless Lambda DynamoDB ECS Fargate EventBridge CDK
• Strong security expertise in backend/cloud systems: secure architecture IAM cloud security
• Deep backend engineering designing and evolving microservices or distributed systems
• A track record of architectural ownership not just feature implementation
• Familiarity with agent tooling concepts: tool calling MCP/tool integration guardrails evals tracing/observability and permissioning
• Experience with our tech stack including TypeScript React and GitHub Actions
• Ideally you hold AWS certifications in particular AWS Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
• Previous experience in FinTech payments or finance industry is preferred

Read this before you apply

Youll thrive here if you love owning a wide technical lane with real autonomy enjoy building as much as designing and want a senior track that stays technical rather than pulling you toward management.

Its not the right fit if youre aiming for a people-management track if your depth is mainly AI/ML rather than backend/AWS/security or if youve mostly implemented against architecture set by others rather than owned it yourself.

Compensation for this role is up to approx $200k Super ESOP. This role requires candidates to have full Australian Work Rights and you must be located in Australia.

Additional Information :

Were guided by trust respect and ownership. Our values Embrace Change Carte Blanche Find Wisdom in Data and We All Own It shape how we work.

• Were fully remote so you can work from anywhere in Australia
• 5 weeks annual leave and flexible working - we believe in balance
• Monthly Wellness Budget to help you stay healthy mentally & physically
• Employee share options (ESOP) for all team members - we truly all own it

How to apply

To start your application with us submit your CV via the application form. Note that background checks are required as part of our offer process.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds abilities and identities. We value diversity and believe that it enhances our creativity innovation and overall success. Join us in creating a workplace where everyone can thrive.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time