Since launching in 2019, Safewill has become one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Australia. Each year we help tens of thousands of Australians to think about their end-of-life plans and are empowering people to navigate some of the most difficult - and meaningful - moments of their life.
Backed by investors like King River Capital, Westpac’s Reinventure Fund, Carthona Capital and Flying Fox Ventures, we’re building a digital ecosystem that makes estate planning more affordable, more personalised, and more relevant for modern Australians.
At Safewill, engineering is not a delivery function sitting downstream from decisions. It is a core part of how we solve problems, shape products and scale the business.
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is already operating beyond straightforward execution. Someone who can take ambiguous problems, turn them into well-reasoned technical decisions, and raise the bar for the engineers around them.
You might not hold a Staff, Principal or Tech Lead title today. But you’re already showing the signs: strong technical judgement, a bias for ownership, the ability to simplify complexity, and the instinct to make the whole team better, not just your own work.
This role is for an engineer who wants to stay hands-on while growing their scope through architecture, technical leadership, mentoring and cross-functional influence.
You’ll build and ship product, but your impact should go well beyond your own tickets.
You will:
Own complex technical problems end-to-end, from shaping the approach through to production rollout and iteration
Translate business and product goals into scalable, maintainable engineering decisions
Drive technical design for systems and features with a focus on reliability, performance, security and long-term maintainability
Raise the quality bar through better patterns, sharper reviews, stronger testing discipline and clearer engineering standards
Improve how the team works by strengthening CI/CD, observability, developer experience and operational practices
Mentor engineers through feedback, pairing, design discussion and practical coaching
Work closely with Product, Design and stakeholders to shape solutions early, not just deliver them later
Bring sound judgement to trade-offs across speed, quality, scale and complexity
Help create the technical foundations that allow Safewill to scale confidently
Engineers seek your input on the hardest technical problems
Projects you shape are clear, scalable and easy to maintain
The team ships with more confidence because standards, tooling and guardrails are stronger
Junior and mid-level engineers improve faster because of your coaching
You influence roadmap and solution direction, not just implementation detail
You help the team move faster by reducing friction, not by cutting corners
Essential:
Proficiency in modern scripting languages and frameworks for web application development (we use Nuxt/Vue.js and Nest.js with TypeScript).
Familiarity with web services (e.g. GraphQL, REST API, WebSockets).
Knowledge of data management technologies (SQL, NoSQL, ETL processes).
Experience with container technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (e.g. GCP, AWS, Azure - we use GCP).
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Excellent communication skills for conveying complex technical ideas.
Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Mathematics, or Engineering.
Preferred:
Proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, or Python (we use TypeScript)
Working knowledge of modern SDLCs.
Expertise in enterprise software architecture and design.
Experience in collaboration and integration tools (Atlassian suite, GitHub workflows, etc.).
Proven experience with Agile or Scrum methodologies.
Experience in engineering processes including coding standards, technical documentation standards, QA processes, build, and configuration management and ensuring that such practices and other official business processes are followed.
This is not a role for someone who just wants bigger tickets.
It is for someone who wants to:
stay close to the code while increasing their influence
shape technical direction without stepping fully out of hands-on engineering
help define what great engineering looks like at Safewill
build the habits, judgement and scope that lead naturally into Staff, Principal or Tech Lead pathways
Our Engineering Culture
Engineers are involved early - shaping solutions, not just implementing them. You’ll understand the “why”, decide the “how”, and see it through in production
Work stays with the people who build it. Engineers own it end-to-end; from design through to production and iteration, with tight feedback loops
Regularly we run Willpower Week, a dedicated time driven by engineers to improve developer experience, tackle tech debt, and fix the things that have been getting in your way.
Quarterly AI hackathons and team outings to step outside the sprint to build and test new ideas, then connect and recharge together.
Feedback is part of the everyday; open, direct, and ego-free, all aimed at helping the team continuously improve.
Weekly opportunities to learn and share, from team demos to focused sessions on new technologies, with space to showcase what you’ve been building.
We live by our SAFE values:
Speed: We move quickly with purpose
All-in: We win as a team
Find the Impact: We focus on what matters
Elevate: We raise the bar, every day
TL;DR We’re rewriting how Australians deal with death by making estate planning simple, accessible and modern through great technology. At Safewill, you’ll grow faster because you’re closer to the action. You’ll see how strategy becomes execution, how data shapes decisions, and how a small team builds something that genuinely changes lives.
