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Staff Engineer- Ruby on Rails

05/03/2026
  • Shape architecture and technical direction
  • Mentor engineers and influence engineering
  • Hybrid working arrangements

We’re looking for a Staff Engineer to join a growing technology team and play a key role shaping architecture, mentoring engineers and driving the delivery of scalable, high-performance systems.

This role sits at the intersection of hands-on engineering and technical leadership, working closely with product, design and engineering teams to build reliable platforms used at scale.
The role

  • Provide technical leadership across engineering teams
  • Guide architecture decisions and system design
  • Build and support scalable, distributed systems
  • Mentor engineers and uplift engineering capability
  • Drive best practices across coding, testing, security and DevOps
  • Collaborate with product and design to improve end-to-end delivery

What we’re looking for

  • Strong experience across the full software development lifecycle
  • Experience with Ruby on Rails/ AWS/ Typescript
  • Proven experience designing scalable and high-performance systems
  • Ability to mentor engineers and influence technical direction
  • Strong stakeholder communication and collaboration skills
  • A pragmatic, solutions-focused approach to engineering challenges

Why apply?

  • Opportunity to shape the technical direction of a growing platform
  • Work with high calibre engineers and modern technology stacks
  • Flexible working with a Melbourne-based team
  • Work on technology making a real-world impact

If this role is of interest to you and you have the skills above please apply or email Kyla@iterate.com.au

Apply now