Full Stack Engineer (NodeJS, AWS, Mobile, ReactJS)
Summary
Hands-on full-stack engineer at an Australian healthtech startup building a chronic pain management product. You'll build Flutter mobile/web UIs and Node.js/TypeScript REST APIs on AWS using AI-assisted development practices, collaborating with product, design, and clinical stakeholders in a hybrid Melbourne role.
Full Stack Engineer (NodeJS, AWS, Mobile, ReactJS)
Employment Type
Full Time
Right to Work
Applicants must have unrestricted working rights in Australia.
Location
Hybrid in Melbourne (2 days in the office per week, currently located in Richmond)
About Us
We are a fast-growing Australian healthcare technology startup on a mission to help people living with chronic pain—a condition that affects 1 in 5 Australians—get their lives back. We are scaling rapidly, with key partnerships including Allianz, Bupa, and Medibank already in place and more on the horizon.
About The Role
You will play a key role in delivering features across our mobile, web, and cloud platforms.
This is a hands-on engineering role with a balanced focus on building polished Flutter user experiences and designing scalable backend services and APIs using modern AI-assisted development practices.
You will collaborate closely with product, design, and clinical stakeholders to transform ideas and designs into production-ready software.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys autonomy, moves quickly, pays attention to detail, and takes pride in delivering high-quality products.
Key Responsibilities
Software Development
Design and build scalable backend services and REST APIs using Node.js and AWS
Build and maintain cross-platform applications using Flutter
Contribute to system architecture and technical design decisions
Implement new features from Figma designs across the full stack
Deliver responsive, polished, and accessible user interfaces
Investigate and resolve full-stack performance and UI/UX issues
Keep dependencies and tooling current (Node, Flutter, Prisma, AWS SDKs)
Refactor and pay down technical debt as part of normal feature work
Product Quality & QA
Verify features against business requirements before release
Perform manual testing and regression testing
Identify edge cases and usability issues
Ensure features match approved designs and expected workflows
Write and maintain automated tests (Flutter widget tests, Jest API tests)
Design Collaboration
Work closely with designers to ensure accurate implementation
Participate in feature discussions during planning stages
Provide development estimates and feedback on proposed feature designs
Help improve consistency across the product experience
Contribute to new product and feature ideas
Technology Stack
Experience in some or most of the following is highly desirable:
Frontend
Flutter
Dart
React
Responsive Web Development
Cross Platform Mobile App Development
Figma
Backend
Node.js / TypeScript
REST APIs
AWS
Serverless Architectures
PostgreSQL
Quality
Automated Testing
Manual QA
Flutter widget / integration tests
Debugging
Performance Optimisation
What We're Looking For
5+ years commercial software development experience
Strong problem-solving skills
Ability to work independently
Excellent attention to detail
Commercial cross platform mobile app experience (Flutter strongly preferred)
Commercial experience with Node.js and TypeScript
AWS cloud services
Proven ability to build and deploy scalable backend APIs
Experience working directly with designers
Agentic coding tools and workflows (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot)
ReactJS production experience
Nice to Have
Healthcare or regulated industry experience
Startup experience
Infrastructure as code (AWS SAM or CloudFormation) and GitHub Actions
Event-driven architectures (SQS, webhooks, background jobs)
Integrating third-party APIs (CRM, practice management, CMS, payments)
Payments: Stripe or App Store / Google Play in-app purchases
Prisma or similar ORM, and comfort writing raw SQL
Observability tooling (Sentry, CloudWatch)
Personal Attributes
We are looking for someone who:
Takes ownership of outcomes
Has strong attention to detail
Enjoys learning new technologies
Thinks critically rather than simply following instructions
Is proactive in identifying problems and proposing solutions
Balances speed with quality
Cares about code quality and readability
Cares deeply about delivering excellent user experiences