Senior Backend Engineer

Propeller • FULL_TIME • Sydney, NSW, AU • 1w ago

Senior Backend Engineer

Propeller

Software Engineering

Sydney, NSW, Australia

Posted on Apr 23, 2025

Propeller is on a mission to take the guesswork out of moving dirt - reducing wasted fuel, time, and money. We do this through the power of maps.

Our customers use Propeller’s integrated hardware and software products to capture accurate 3D versions of their worksites. With over 50,000 worksites worldwide using Propeller’s smart survey technology, we empower project teams to map, measure, and manage site activity.

Propeller empowers everyone to approach, own, and solve problems creatively. We’re data nerds who care about impact, honesty, and each other. We take pride in being a great place to work. We are proud to be recipients of BI Group's Excellence in Customer Experience award and Inspiring Workplaces of Australasia, being recognized as a Fast Company and BuiltIn Best Place to Work. You can learn more about us on Glassdoor.

Your Mission

As a Senior Backend Engineer at Propeller, you will play a key role in building and improving our existing API to allow better integration with other products our customers use, as well as enabling our customers to get better access to their data on our platform.

You will be part of the Platform team, focusing on developing high-performance shared applications and tools that enable our entire engineering team to deliver great work, in addition to building out applications and services that are used by our customers on a daily basis.

You will be involved in considering how our features are built and will participate in architectural decisions across our engineering platform. Your systems thinking skills will be essential to ensure that these decisions are scalable and efficient as our product continues to evolve.

This role is cross-cutting in nature, offering the opportunity to work on projects across multiple teams and products, creating a wide impact on everything engineering at Propeller.

Your Skills

You’re an experienced Software engineer with strong backend skills working in one of either the Node or Python ecosystems.
You’re a good communicator and have a desire to provide mentorship to engineers around you.
You’re solutions driven and you have the ability to parachute into existing teams and products and build solutions that are fit for purpose.
You have strong architectural knowledge and have built APIs for a variety of products and industries.
You’re a team player and a great collaborator, connecting your work with other teams to ensure our customers get the most value from our products.

Benefits

Employee share options
Professional development budget and leave
The opportunity to take part in our mentorship program
Mental health resources
Monthly telephone and/or internet allowance
Paid primary & secondary parental leave policies
Hybrid work arrangements and WFH equipment provided

About Propeller

Propeller is for everyone, so come as you are. We value all types of experience, skill, and ability. If you don’t think you meet all the requirements, but still think this role would be a good fit, we’d love to hear from you.

Diversity makes our team more creative, fun, and effective, so bring your whole self to the application process, and we will too!

If you’re interested in what life at Propeller is like, check out our employee-owned Medium blog page!

Our Hiring Process

Stage 3:

Propeller Aero Challenge

Stage 4:

The Final Interview

Stage 1:

Interview with Talent Acquisition

Stage 2:

Interview with Hiring Manager

Stage 3:

Propeller Aero Challenge

Stage 4:

The Final Interview

Stage 1:

Interview with Talent Acquisition

Stage 2:

Interview with Hiring Manager

Stage 3:

Propeller Aero Challenge

Stage 4:

The Final Interview

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