At Objective, we create software that makes a difference.
With over 400 people across Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom, we build cloud-first SaaS platforms that power how governments and regulated industries operate — securely, reliably, and at scale.
Our systems handle complex workflows, sensitive information, and high-trust environments, where quality, security, and performance are critical.
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Sydney team.
This is not a feature-factory role. You’ll be working on real customer problems, building systems that deliver deliver meaningful outcomes through thoughtful engineering, strong design, and long-term thinking.
As part of a collaborative, high-performing team, you’ll contribute across the stack while also shaping technical decisions, architecture, and engineering practices.
This role reports to the Development Manager and does not have people management responsibilities.
What you’ll be doing:
- Design and build scalable, secure, production-grade applications and services.
- Develop across the stack using Java (Spring Boot) and React.
- Contribute to architecture, system design, and technical direction.
- Balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability.
- Improve observability, performance, and system reliability.
- Collaborate closely with product and design to deliver meaningful outcomes.
- Mentor engineers through code reviews, feedback, and knowledge sharing.
- Continuously improve tools, practices, and ways of working.
- Experience applying AI in production to solve real customer problems and deliver meaningful outcomes.
Your skills and experience:
- Experience building modern SaaS or large-scale web applications
- Strong backend engineering skills (Java / Spring Boot)
- Frontend experience with React (or similar frameworks)
- Solid understanding of APIs, databases, and system design
- Experience with testing, CI/CD, and cloud environments (AWS preferred)
We know great engineers come from different paths. You might bring:
Skills Required
- Strong backend engineering skills (Java/Spring Boot)
- Frontend experience with React (or similar frameworks)
- Solid understanding of APIs, databases, and system design
- Experience with testing, CI/CD, and cloud environments
- Experience building modern SaaS or large-scale web applications
What We Do
We’re formed by a team of creators, passionate about code, agile methodology and focused on sharing knowledge to generate value for our customers through digital solutions. Discovering innovative paths in complex and strategic projects, we guarantee the quality of delivery in scale through continuous tests automation, which creates the necessary confidence for creating long-standing relationships among employees, customers and partners. For over 20 years, we have contributed to the success of the largest telecommunications companies in Brazil with digital solutions for billing and subscribers management. And through our experience and knowledge, we expanded our offerings with a portfolio of digital solutions, consultancies and software development teams for the most varied market segments, such as manufacturing, finance, education, retail, health and utilities. The United States unit was founded in 2017, in Chicago, allowing us to deliver the same quality, expertise and specific IT solutions to American companies. The company belongs to the Objective Group, which includes E-TRUST, specialized in information security and Identity Management, CodeIT, which develops systems for insurance and social security and ELEFLOW with BI solutions and Big Data Analytics. If you like challenges, learn constantly and value personal connections, join us! Other interesting information about us you should know: - One of the best companies to work in Paraná, Brazil, according to GPTW - We offer one of the best remuneration in Brazilian IT market, according to Glassdoor - Offices in Brazil (São Paulo, Maringá, Curitiba) and Chicago - We’re a benchmark of agile development, with a case published on ‘The Scrumban [R]Evolution: Getting the Most Out of Agile, Scrum, and Lean Kanban’ book, from Ajay Reddy
