IT \& Telecomms
Software - Developer
Brisbane
Permanent / Full Time
2/3/2026
Redefine hardware design with AI
Own features end-to-end across React, APIs, data models and deployment
Ship complex systems - the right way.
Full-Stack Software Engineer
AI-Native Hardware Design Platform \| End-to-End Product Ownership \| Exclusive Retained Search
Cadence Connect has been exclusively retained to appoint a Full-Stack Engineer for a high-growth, venture-backed technology company building an AI-native platform for digital hardware design.
This is not a feature-factory role.
This is a “build the product” role.
You will work directly with the founders and core engineering team to take a complex, AI-driven platform from MVP through to production, owning features end-to-end across frontend, backend, data, integration, and deployment.
If you thrive in fast iteration, ambiguous requirements, and high accountability environments, this opportunity won't disappoint.
The role...
You will be responsible for building and integrating the entire product application across multiple deployment modes:
Hosted cloud environments
Customer-controlled sovereign environments
On-prem deployments
Air-gapped installations
This platform transforms design intent into verified hardware outputs through automated workflows. Your job is to make that capability usable, reliable, and elegantly delivered.
You will own features encompassing the full cycle, including...Requirements Implementation Integration QA Deployment Monitoring
This is a real ownership role.
What will you be doing?
End-to-End Product Development
Designing, building and shipping complete features to production
Making pragmatic architectural decisions that maintain velocity without creating unnecessary technical debt
Turning rough ideas into working features quickly and refining them through real-world feedback
Frontend
Building complex, responsive React interfaces
Designing workflows for long-running compute jobs (progress states, retries, partial results, failure recovery)
Creating intuitive UX for project setup, orchestration, artefact review and results comparison
Building interactive workflow surfaces where required
Backend \& APIs
Developing backend services and stable, versioned APIs
Designing durable data models (projects, runs, artefacts, templates, metadata)
Implementing secure, safe-by-default patterns
Integrating with long-running execution workflows
Deployment \& Reliability
Shipping across cloud and controlled customer environments
Working with Docker and CI/CD pipelines
Adding observability (logs, metrics, tracing)
Troubleshooting production issues and improving reliability and performance over time
What experience must you bring?
Strong JavaScript / TypeScript
Strong React experience
Backend development experience (Node.js, Python, Go or similar)
API design and development
PostgreSQL or MySQL schema design
Docker and container-based development
Experience deploying to AWS, GCP or Azure
You will be highly adaptable, comfortable moving between frontend, backend and deployment at speed. Your pragmatic problem-solving mindset will compliment your ability to comfortably operate, in a habitat that is (at times) ambiguous and aligned with fast iteration cycles.
Why this role is important...
This platform is rethinking how hardware design is executed. You won’t be polishing low-impact features, you will be shaping how AI-driven engineering tools are delivered into real-world, high-trust customer environments.
It’s a rare opportunity to join early, own deeply, and build something technically ambitious from the ground up.
If you’re a highly technically astute mid-to-senior engineer who loves being challenged, enjoys building properly, and wants genuine end-to-end ownership, please apply or contact mike.priest@cadenceconnect.com.au for a confidential discussion.