Software Engineering Jobs in Australia
There are 1,379 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 | $140,000 | $167,500 | 29 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- cloud 28%
- api 27%
- ai 25%
- python 20%
- ci-cd 20%
- aws 18%
- agile 17%
- java 16%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 233 · 17%
- Onsite 129 · 9%
- Remote 67 · 5%
Visa sponsorship offered in 43% of the 155 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 442
- Staff 98
- Principal 76
- Lead 50
- Intern 34
- Junior 23
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 216
- 501-1000 employees 99
- 51-200 employees 45
- 11-50 employees 23
- 201-500 employees 8
- 1-10 employees 2
Senior Staff Software Engineer (AI Team)
Build and maintain AI-powered clinical tools like voice transcription and note generation, integrating LLMs and vector search while ensuring reliability, security, and observability for 28,000+ healthcare practitioners.
Real-Time Mining Software Engineer
Build real-time mining simulators using C++/C# and SQL, integrating AI tooling like Claude Code in a collaborative environment.
Senior Software Engineer
Senior engineer leading feature delivery for an edtech learning portal, designing clean APIs, auth flows, and data models while mentoring peers and keeping systems reliable.
Senior Integration Application Developer
Design and build enterprise integration solutions using APIs and middleware to connect systems, enabling seamless data flow and business innovation.
Senior Software Engineer-Agentic
Senior full-stack engineer using AI agent tooling to design, build, and validate Dynamics 365 solutions while improving delivery flow and engineering practices.
Senior Software Engineer
Build and maintain web/mobile apps for a clean-energy startup, working across full stack with TypeScript, CDK, and Postgres while mentoring peers and owning features end-to-end.
Senior Software Engineer
Build and scale a Python-based analytics engine on Kubernetes/Docker that processes building-HVAC data, using Pandas/NumPy/PyTorch to cut energy waste and carbon emissions.
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer builds and modernizes cloud-native, event-driven systems using Node.js, NoSQL, and Azure to support a legal firm’s tech transformation.
Senior Software Engineer
Build and operate Azure’s foundational infrastructure that turns datacenter hardware into globally available cloud resources, focusing on reliability, scalability, and distributed systems.
C#.Net Senior Software Engineer - Underground Mining Operational Tech
Build C#.NET software for real-time tracking of autonomous underground mining assets, ensuring safety and operational efficiency with Linux-based, containerized systems.
Staff Software Engineer (AI, Python, AWS)
Staff Software Engineer (AI, Python, AWS) Build AI-powered employee experiences that support career growth, skills uplift and internal mobility across the bank. Join a hands-on engineering team shaping new People…
Senior Automation/ Software Engineer - Ansible, Python- Major Bank
Senior engineer builds and maintains Ansible and Python automation to deploy and manage network infrastructure for a major bank.