Software Engineer - Go (AU)

Work with cutting edge technology, making the world a safer and more secure place. DroneShield (ASX:DRO) offers an opportunity to solve some of world's most challenging technical problems in the Electronic Warfare, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, RF sensing, Sensor Fusion and distributed systems. Working with high profile customers across militaries, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure, law enforcement and many others.

With an approximately $1bn market capitalisation and having raised approximately $250m in 2024 alone, DroneShield is undergoing hypergrowth stage, fuelled by rapidly increasing use of drones for nefarious applications, from battlefield, to terrorism, to contraband delivery and commercial espionage.

This role is in the DroneShield Sydney headquarters in Pyrmont, Sydney. There are approximately 160 staff based in the 4,000sqm facility today, scheduled to grow to approximately 300 staff by end of 2026. Overseas on the ground presence includes Virginia (USA), Denmark, Germany and Dubai, as well as distributors in over 70 countries globally.

About The Role

The company is seeking a Back End Software Developer with relevant experience to join the development team in Sydney. The role is primarily focused on the development of DroneShield product DroneSentry-C2 .

Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations

Design and develop the current systems to increase functionality and usabilityBuild features and improvements from conceptualisation to realisation working closely with the software engineering teamTake operational responsibility for the services and code base that you will develop

Qualifications, Experience And Skills

BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experienceBetween 3 and 5 years' experience in software developingExperience working with at least one modern TypeScript framework, React is idealExperience working with two or more from the following: web application development, Unix/Linux environments, distributed and parallel systems, developing large software systems, and/or security software developmentExperience building REST APIs with GolangExperience developing microservices infrastructure is idealPrevious ‘start-up' or ‘scale-up' experience is favourableFamiliar with Docker, Postman, GitLab, AWS is favourable.You are a lifelong learner. You're self-taught and continuously learning. You are interested in keeping up with current best practices in your areas of expertiseYou are experienced working with modern infrastructure and toolsYou are comfortable running your software in Linux environmentsYou know and care about sound engineering practices like continuous delivery, defensive programming and automated testingYou're familiar with designing and building distributed and scalable systemsAn abundance of ambition and motivation to grow the company and compete with the big players in the industry

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