Job Description
This is your opportunity to join our team of forward-thinking, change-making individuals. Operating at the intersection of health and tech, you'll help us shape the future of healthcare.
Our Mission
Healthengine’s mission is to improve access to healthcare by helping Australians find and connect with all care providers. We strive to achieve this through Australia’s leading healthcare marketplace, bringing together over 4 million active Australians, and more than 10 thousand practitioners that are powered by our technology - and growing.
We’re all patients, right? So, it’s easy to get behind a mission that seeks to improve the healthcare experience for all Australians.
The Gig
As a Staff Engineer at Healthengine, you’ll propose, coordinate, and execute major technical initiatives across the Healthengine website and products and play an integral role within our collaborative Engineering team—driving innovation, shaping scalable technical solutions, and ensuring seamless implementation of projects that enhance user experience, performance, and reliability. This role combines hands-on technical expertise with cross-functional collaboration to deliver impactful improvements that align with our goals.
Responsibilities:
Work as part of a product team to deliver high-quality and high-performing experiences to hundreds of thousands of users
Collaborate with developers, designers and product managers within the team and across teams to come up with innovative and delight-filled solutions
Implement ideas to help increase developer velocity and better user experiences
Learning new technologies and industry trends, treating learning as life-long
Lead the implementation of large pieces of technical work
Establish, implement, uphold and advocate best practices for engineering
Care and commitment to information security practices to protect Healthengine and its customers
About You
You're the kind of person who takes accountability in a fast-paced, autonomous and flexible environment. Fast may be your default (like us!) but you never, ever compromise on what’s important, willing to take a steady, more informed approach when it comes to maintaining the trust of our team and customers. You handle change like a pro, and continuous improvement is a way of life. You are not afraid to speak up and share your thoughts respectfully, with the intention of making positive change. You take initiative and drive your own learning journey without waiting for someone to point you in the right direction. And ultimately, you care: about people, health and innovation.
With experience implementing AI products and leveraging AI coding assistants, you thrive at the intersection of technology and innovation. Your curiosity and forward-thinking outlook drive you to push boundaries in your work.
Experience you’ll bring:
Demonstrated track record of delivery of major technical initiatives
Typically 4+ years successful execution at the Senior level
Strong understanding of at least one JavaScript framework (React preferred)
Strong understanding of PHP (or strong experience in a similar language)
Strong understanding of Postgres (or other relational databases)
Ideally experienced in AWS infrastructure
Ideally experienced in Agile development methodologies (Kanban/Scrum)
Additional Information
The perks behind the work
Healthengine is where you’ll be your best self. You’ll collaborate with smart, interesting people who will challenge you to be better. You will learn a lot and grow even more. Healthengine is the ideal workplace to bring ideas, make change and leave a lasting impact on your team and the industry.
In addition to an array of growth opportunities, we also offer:
A hybrid workplace that offers flexibility to balance work and life
A vibrant social calendar of events, quarterly team-building activities and more
Unlimited coffee and snacks, and a subsidised vending machine in our Perth office
Awesome discounts and salary packaging options through our benefit partner, Maxxia
Access to learning resources to develop your personal and professional skills
Workplace wellness program, including extra leave and access to EAP and other wellbeing resources
Extra leave so you can recharge and focus on your wellbeing
Support for you when it comes time to grow your family with paid parental leave
We're proud to share that Healthengine ranked 13th Best Workplace in Technology 2023 and are a certified Great Place to Work in Australia 2025/26.
Diversity and inclusion
At Healthengine, we believe in the power of a diverse work environment to fulfil our mission and better serve our providers and patients. We’ve created a culture that genuinely values diverse perspectives and backgrounds, knowing that our differences can inspire new ideas. We are fully committed to building and maintaining our inclusive environment where all voices are respected and heard. If you think you have what it takes but don't check all the boxes, reach out anyway - we’d love to hear from you.