Software Engineer

Sightline Intelligence — Murarrie, Brisbane

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Delivery
• Take end-to-end technical ownership of major features and software subsystems, from requirements and design through implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing support.
• Design and develop high-performance, scalable, and maintainable software primarily using modern C++.
• Make and clearly communicate architectural and technical decisions, including trade-offs related to performance, reliability, complexity, and delivery timelines.
• Break down complex technical problems, define implementation approaches, identify risks, and provide realistic estimates.
• Investigate and resolve complex software defects, performance bottlenecks, integration issues, and production failures.
• Establish appropriate testing, validation, and quality assurance strategies for mission-critical software.
• Improve software architecture, development practices, tooling, building systems, and deployment processes.
• Evaluate new technologies and development approaches based on their practical value, technical risk, and suitability for our products.
• Engineering Standards and Mentoring
• Lead design discussions and code reviews, helping maintain a high standard of software quality across the team.
• Mentor and support other engineers through technical guidance, constructive feedback, and knowledge sharing.
• Promote strong engineering practices relating to maintainability, testing, documentation, performance, and reliability.
• Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt and improve existing systems without disrupting product delivery.