Software Engineering Jobs in Australia
There are 1,377 open Software Engineering jobs in Australia on freehire right now. 428 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are cloud, api and ai.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUD | year | A$133,748 | A$157,501 | A$195,000 | 31 |
| USD | year | $113,450 | $140,650 | $167,500 | 30 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- cloud 29%
- api 28%
- ai 25%
- python 20%
- ci-cd 20%
- aws 18%
- agile 17%
- java 16%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 234 · 17%
- Onsite 126 · 9%
- Remote 66 · 5%
Visa sponsorship offered in 43% of the 154 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 443
- Staff 98
- Principal 76
- Lead 50
- Intern 34
- Junior 23
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 215
- 501-1000 employees 99
- 51-200 employees 46
- 11-50 employees 23
- 201-500 employees 8
- 1-10 employees 2

SAP ABAP Developer
The SAP ABAP Developer will support a global client's digital transformation project by working on various initiatives involving User Exits, Badis, RFCs, BAPIs, and the Enhancements Framework.
Principal Software Engineer
Principal Software Engineer providing hands-on technical leadership across CommBank's Business Banking technology environment, focused on platform enablement, engineering standards, DevSecOps, cloud (AWS), automation, and AI-powered engineering practices.
Senior Software Engineer - AI Powered Engineering
Designs and implements AI-driven tools and platforms to accelerate enterprise-scale software delivery for thousands of engineers at a major bank, focusing on modern cloud architectures and agentic workflows.
Associate Software Engineer
Builds and maintains scalable backend systems for Sportsbet’s betting platform, focusing on Java/Spring Boot, Kafka, and AWS. Owns CI/CD pipelines and improves engineering standards in a fast-paced tech environment.
Software Developer
Onsite Software Developer maintaining and enhancing a secure government ICT system in Canberra, primarily using React and C# with Selenium for test automation.
Software Engineer – AI Products
Software engineer owning backend and AI-systems engineering for Lantern, an AI-powered fundraising copy platform, focusing on prompt architecture, evaluation frameworks, guardrails, GCP infrastructure, and full-stack development with React/TypeScript, Postgres, and LLM API integrations.
Software Developer
Build and maintain full-stack cloud-native apps in AWS, integrating frontend and backend services while ensuring compliance with federal security standards.
Software Engineer - Business Systems (Automation & Integrations)
Software Engineer building and maintaining a custom internal enterprise platform (order portal, inventory, manufacturing, logistics) using AI-assisted development tools, APIs, and third-party integrations for a dairy ingredients supplier.
Software Developer
End-to-end Software Developer at a 10-year Sydney consultancy, building client-facing products with Angular, Firebase, NestJS, TypeScript, and SQL databases while leveraging AI as a productivity multiplier.
Software Engineer
Remote software engineer in Australia building secure, high-availability Node.js/React products, owning features end-to-end from technical design through to production.
Front Office Software Engineer
The Front Office Software Engineer will develop trading systems and tools using Python, React, and TypeScript. The role focuses on order management, trade analytics, and market data integration within a front-office environment.
Senior .Net Developer
The Senior .NET Developer will modernize complex, time-critical applications for energy market operations using C#, .NET 8, and advanced Oracle SQL/PL/SQL. The role focuses on backend development, performance tuning, and building asynchronous or event-driven systems.
Golang Developer
The Golang Developer will build and maintain high-performance backend services for real-time data collection and processing. The role focuses on optimizing data ingestion and integrating TWAMP solutions with monitoring platforms.