Senior Software Developer
Senior full-stack developer at Stitch, an Australian social enterprise fighting loneliness and social isolation among older adults. Own features end-to-end across a Django REST API, AngularJS SPA, PostgreSQL/Redis/Celery services and AWS, integrating third-party platforms and expanding AI in the product and workflows (Bedrock, OpenAI, Cursor). Remote-first with a weekly Sydney office day.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Sydney, Sydney Region
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Must have
- Strong full-stack background — comfortable in both backend and frontend
- Solid experience with Python / Django or similar and REST API design
- Hands-on AngularJS or Angular expertise (or another mature SPA framework, e.g. React/Vue)
- Expertise with SQL / relational databases, ideally Postgres
- Practical AWS experience — deploying, debugging, and operating real services
- Comfort with third-party integrations and production systems that talk to many vendors
- Experience working in legacy or long-lived codebases
- Genuine fluency with AI-assisted development (Cursor, Copilot, Claude, etc.) and interest in LLM/AI APIs in product work
- Highly-developed coding skills
- Proven ability to set your own goals, be self-motivated and work without close supervision
- A passion for learning and constantly improving
- A demonstrated drive to succeed and commitment to excellence
- Strong attention to detail
- An easy-going and engaging personality
Nice to have
- Caching and background jobs experience
- Geospatial / maps experience
- Realtime systems (WebSockets, PubNub, or similar)
- Payments (Stripe / IAP) or messaging (email/SMS/push) at scale
- Hybrid / Cordova or mobile WebView exposure
- A track record of doing good or an interest in social causes
Full description
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