Summary
A growing technology venture is seeking a Full-Stack Engineer to build a new insurance platform from first principles. Based in Sydney or Melbourne, you will work across product, platform, and infrastructure, turn ambiguous requirements into shipped software, build reusable systems, and take ownership of technical outcomes. The role is ideal for an engineer who learns quickly, solves complex problems, and values high-quality delivery.
Highlights
Work on greenfield software rather than legacy modernization, with direct access to experienced founders and engineers. The role offers strong ownership across product, platform, and infrastructure, hands-on technical problem solving, and the opportunity to shape engineering practices while building a new insurance technology platform.
Description
We're building software from first principles, not modernising legacy systems.
At Kaibridge, you'll work alongside experienced founders and engineers to build an Insurance platform that reimagines how the industry operates.
You'll own real outcomes, working directly with the people defining & using the product, as well as shaping the engineering practices that support it.
If you're motivated by solving complex problems, learning quickly and shipping quality software, you'll feel at home here.
Interested applicants should send through their CV and a brief introduction to angela@kaibridge.com.
We are looking for a Full-Stack Engineer in Sydney or Melbourne who can turn intent into shipped software and take ownership across the stack.
In this role, you will work across product, platform and infrastructure to build and harden the systems behind the Kaibridge platform.
This is a hands-on role where you'll be writing code, working through technical and domain ambiguity, building reusable tooling and helping ensure that what ships is tested, observable and safely reversible.
You will also work with agentic coding tools as part of the engineering environment; using them productively while applying the judgement needed to verify and improve what they produce.
What you will do
Build and ship production-grade software across the full stackDevelop reusable platform components, infrastructure and engineering primitivesOwn testing, observability, CI and rollback for the software you shipBuild and support agentic workflows within the platform and engineering processHarden existing features while continuing to deliver new capabilityHelp sequence work, surface blockers and keep delivery movingDocument technical decisions and maintain strong traceabilitySupport and mentor less experienced engineers through your work and exampleEscalate early where security, privacy, compliance or delivery risk is unclear
What you bring
At least three years’ experience building and shipping full-stack production softwareStrong capability in Python and TypeScript or JavaScriptExperience working across backend, frontend and production deliveryA production ownership mindset across testing, observability, CI and rollbackStrong experience with agentic coding toolsClear communication and the ability to work with both technical and non-technical peopleA collaborative style, strong ownership and a willingness to ask questions earlyExperience with regulated industries, workflow platforms, distributed systems, Azure, Temporal, Kafka, graph data or LLM applications would be useful, but is not essential.
Our stack
Backend: Python, FastAPIFrontend: Next.js, React, TypeScriptData: PostgreSQL, pgvector, Delta LakeWorkflow and eventing: TemporalAI and agents: LiteLLM for platform and the standard agentic coding tooling
It’s an opportunity for an engineer who wants broader ownership, enjoys learning a complex domain and cares about both delivery pace and engineering quality.
It’s an opportunity to learn from exceptional experience and build something great whilst growing your career.
You will need to have working rights in Australia and join our in-office team in Sydney or Melbourne.
Please ensure this is the case before applying.
