Principal Software Engineer

Hey, I’m Kaveh, head of engineering here at Updoc. I’ve been building tech for over a decade, and let me tell you there’s nothing quite like working on something that genuinely changes lives. At Updoc, we’re shaping the future of healthcare and we’re looking for a senior software engineer to join our team and help us build technology that connects patients, doctors, medical professionals, and pharmacies across the country. Now, this isn’t your average healthcare gig. We’re scrappy, curious, and unapologetically nerdy. Our tech team comes from some of the best global tech companies think Canva, Uber, Amazon but we don’t have room for egos here. We thrive on collaboration, coffee-fueled debates about system architecture, and the occasional (okay, frequent) meme battle in Slack. What You’ll Be Doing Take ambiguous problems and turn them into simple, scalable systemsOwn technical decisions from architecture through productionTalk directly with product managers, doctors and operations to deeply understand problems.Build reliable backend systems, APIs, automations and internal toolingImprove engineering standards rather than simply writing featuresLeave every part of the codebase better than you found it About You You'll thrive here if someone can say, "Doctors are wasting two hours every day on this process," and your instinct is to investigate, identify the root cause and build the right solution not wait for detailed requirements.You enjoy working across a broad range of engineering problems from high-volume patient workflows and distributed systems to payments, APIs, automations and internal tooling.You love solving puzzles. You see a gnarly bug or a tricky edge case, and your first thought is, “Challenge accepted.”We expect engineers to use AI every day to accelerate development, research, debugging and prototyping but never as a substitute for engineering judgment.You care about maintainability and pragmatism. You know when to move quickly and when investing in architecture pays dividends.You’re curious AF. Always exploring new tools and tech? Perfect.Bonus points if you’ve worked in startups, healthcare, or built systems that have to work at scale (like, millions-of-users scale). Why Join Us? There’s a reason we were awarded Best Place to Work in Australia by AFR: The team: We hire the best and give you real autonomy. It works because we build psychological safety, not hierarchyA nerd-friendly culture: We celebrate curiosity, creativity, and collaboration.Updocversity: Our in-house learning program helps you pick up new skills with real structureWellness: Unlimited medical consultations and reflection-based team offsitesDiversity: 75% of our team are culturally and linguistically diverseDaily two-course lunch: Our private chef cooks a rotating main and dessert every day. Yes, really How to Apply Skip the cover letter just tell us about the coolest thing you’ve built or a tech challenge you’ve tackled recently. We can’t wait to hear from you. Ready to build the future of healthcare? Need to learn more about the role? Send me a message with your answer to "What's Updoc?" and we'll go from there. Hear from our founder, Cliffe, who recently spoke about how to improve healthcare access with Updoc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmw4nDErpZk