This range is provided by Lookahead. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range A$170,000.00/yr - A$180,000.00/yr Direct message the job poster from Lookahead We are hiring on behalf of a profitable, founder-owned SaaS company that helps thousands of tradespeople streamline their take-off, estimating, and design processes. Their cloud-based product makes complex tasks simple, saving hours on every quote and improving accuracy for customers. This is a bootstrapped, stable business with no VC pressure and a focus on building a product people love. The Role You will join a 6-person engineering team as a backend-focused engineer, owning and evolving the backend systems while mentoring a talented team of frontend-leaning engineers. This is a hands-on role where you will lead critical technical initiatives, including: Driving a live migration from MeteorJS to Fastify/VueJS Building a real-time collaboration system (think AutoCAD meets Figma) Helping transform 6 million annotated construction plans into an AI-driven estimation engine There are no silos in this role, you will work across all parts of the product. Why Join? Work/life balance : Fully remote team, flexible hours, minimal meetings Stability : Profitable, founder-owned business with steady growth Impact : Your work has a direct effect on tradespeople and their businesses Autonomy : Flat hierarchy, direct access to founders, no red tape Growth : Small team means your scope grows with your ability About You Strong background in Node.js and TypeScript, with experience building reliable, scalable backend systems Experience with API migrations or large-scale refactoring in production environments Able to work independently in a flat hierarchy, navigating complex codebases and making sound technical decisions A natural mentor who enjoys supporting and upskilling peers Excellent written and asynchronous communication skills in a remote-first team Curious about product and motivated by solving real customer problems Bonus Points For MongoDB, VueJS, Docker, DevOps experience, websocket/real-time/offline-first systems, AI (for both coding and product features), CAD, or PDF generation. What You Will Do Extend and maintain REST APIs for scalability, robustness and observability Enhance background worker systems and support the MeteorJS to Vue/REST migration Implement strong integration tests and uphold code quality standards Collaborate with frontend engineers, product, and support teams to solve customer challenges Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Industries Software Development and Construction Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Lookahead by 2x J-18808-Ljbffr
