About Lyra
Driven by purpose. Defined by people.
Lyra started with a simple act. A group of engineers helped their roommates build a product from scratch. Six weeks later that product launched. Shortly after, it raised over $2M in a pre-seed round. That company was Paraform (now raised $80m series B). And that moment was the reason Lyra exists.
Since then we have become a collective of 70+ top-tier engineers across Australia, partnering with 50+ startups across Silicon Valley to build, design, and ship products that matter. Our mission is simple: build, teach, and grow. Join Australia's top engineering talent, building software for Silicon Valley startups.
About the Role
As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you embed directly with a client startup and take end-to-end ownership of a workstream. You're trusted to make the technical calls, commit on timelines, and deliver outcomes the founder cares about - with the autonomy of a senior engineer and the backing of Australia's strongest engineering bench.
This isn't a ramp-up role. You're generating value from week one: owning technical design for projects of moderate-to-high complexity, debugging deep in the client's systems without flailing, and shipping drama-free launches.
What we're looking for
- At least 1-3 years of experience in a similar role at other startups or software companies under your belt.
- High proficiency in full-stack engineering with Next.js / TypeScript and/or Python.
- You are curious about how things work and have innate ability to problem solve - this is crucial as you won't always have the information you need to move forward.
- Strong client-facing communication.
- Based in Australia.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Feature ownership: Own a feature on a client engagement, taking well-defined tactical sub-tasks from a larger project and completing them in a reasonable time frame, progressing to tasks of increasing complexity, scope and importance.
- Production engineering: Ship production-quality code with minimal supervision, religiously following the client engagement's stated best practices and setting a high-quality bar for the work without sacrificing productivity.
- End-to-end delivery: Own independent small-to-medium features all the way through from scoping to launch, prioritising the work in front of them and making steady forward progress, avoiding the temptation to focus on unimportant details or excessive bikeshedding.
- Software engineering practices: Apply core engineering disciplines including but not limited to automated testing, source control, code review and sprint planning in day-to-day work.
- Quality and depth: Maintain depth in a small area of the engagement's codebase, carry out quality-control checks across application features, and identify and resolve defects prior to release.
- Requirements clarification: When given a task with unclear requirements, ask for clarification and ensure assumptions are vetted before work starts, to reduce the need for re-work.
- Product context: Understand how the work fits into the larger picture for the client (the why of a feature, not just the what) and use this understanding to identify conflicting requirements with the client lead.
- Client engagement: Attend client stand-ups and engagement meetings, and communicate work status and feedback to peers, the engagement lead and the Lyra manager.
- Mentoring: May be responsible for mentoring interns and newer engineers in client engagement.
- Note: Higher-tier/client engagement arrangement involving additional hours (ie 50 hours per week) may apply, depending on client engagement needs and business requirements.
Compensation & Growth
- $84,000 - $99,000 per year
- Transparent, level-based progression, fast promotions for high performers, with the ability to skip levels on skill.
- Merit-based raises tied to performance and contribution.
Benefits
- Free catering daily, plus drinks and snacks provided..
- Access to our Silicon Valley VC & founder network..
- Receive top-of-the-line work equipment..
- Hybrid work with access to our Barangaroo office..
- Weekly sports and activities funded by Lyra..
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $84,000.00 – $99,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Free drinks
- Free food
- Referral program
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Millers Point NSW 2000
