Opengear designs and delivers advanced solutions for data center and remote site management. By combining purpose-built hardware with powerful software, our products provide the resilience, visibility, and control relied on by tech unicorns and Fortune 100 companies. As a market leader in out-of-band management for IT infrastructure, we are helping define the next generation of hyperscale data center deployment. Opengear operates globally, with offices in Brisbane, Australia, and Sandy, Utah. For this role, you’ll join Opengear’s Software Engineering team in Brisbane.
Position
Senior Software Engineer
What We Offer
- The opportunity to shape the future of Opengear’s network resilience products.
- Work across our full solution stack to build new features and deliver meaningful customer value.
- A collaborative environment with a strong engineering culture.
- Opportunities to mentor junior engineers and influence product architecture and technical direction.
- Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and strong career growth opportunities in a high-demand technology sector.
What You Will Do
- Design, develop, and deliver new features across Opengear’s software platform.
- Drive best practices in code quality, automated testing, and continuous integration.
- Collaborate closely with hardware engineers, product managers, and fellow software engineers to ensure robust, high-performance products.
- Mentor junior engineers and support their technical growth and development.
- Contribute to architectural decisions that shape the future of our product portfolio.
Who You Are and What You Bring
- 7+ years of commercial software development experience.
- Strong experience with Rust or C in a Linux environment.
- Experience with Python for automation, tooling, or testing.
- A proven track record of delivering high-quality software in a collaborative team environment.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently.
Nice to Have
- Experience with networking technologies, protocols, and security.
- Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript.
Opengear offers a distinctive Total Rewards package including new hire stock award, paid parental leave, and a hybrid work environment.
As part of the Digi group, we embrace diversity and inclusion among our teammates. It is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are committed to providing an environment of respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates.
Applicants must have the right to work permanently in Australia.
Skills Required
- A degree in a relevant discipline
- 7+ years of commercial experience in C/C++/Rust software development on Linux
- Experience with Python for automation, tooling, or testing
- Proven track record of delivering high-quality software in a team environment
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems independently
- Experience with networking technologies, protocols, and security
- Experience with Yocto/OpenEmbedded build systems
- Knowledge of Linux kernel internals and/or driver development
What We Do
Digi International (Digi) is a leading global provider of mission-critical and business-critical machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity products and services. We help our customers create next generation connected products and deploy and manage critical communications infrastructures in demanding environments. Our embedded modules and off-the-shelf routers, gateways and network products are designed for relentless reliability and deliver unquestioned performance and security. Our cloud-based software and professional services help customers put their connected products and assets to work across a broad range of mission-critical industry applications. Founded in 1985, we’ve helped our customers connect over 100 million things, and growing.







