Lead Software Engineer | Bio-Tech (City of Sydney)

Industry: Bio-Tech | Life Sciences Location: Sydney (remote, hybrid) Reqiva are partnering with an innovative Australian life sciences | bio-tech technology company developing mission-critical products that push innovation and drive technology advancement. Their flagship platform is already used by world leading pharmaceutical companies and sits at the intersection of:
- Diagnostics workflows
- Scientific software
- Drug discovery technology They are now looking for a Technical Lead to help scale and advance the next generation of their platform. The Opportunity This is not a traditional web or cloud engineering role. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex real-world engineering challenges across both software and physical systems. One minute you may be improving cloud services and UI workflows; the next, working alongside engineers investigating diagnostics, hardware reliability and systems, or looking at AI, LLM's for enablement. This is a unique position for someone passionate about combining:
- IoT / connected systems
- Scientific instrumentation Responsibilities
- Lead technical direction across cloud-connected product platforms
- Work end-to-end across UI, cloud services, diagnostics workflows, and hardware integrations
- Support scalable architecture, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code initiatives
- Improve product usability, reliability, and deployment workflows
- Help drive delivery of highly reliable next-generation product releases
- Partner closely with customers and internal teams to solve real-world engineering challenges
- Support the advancement of AI/LLM-enabled tooling and product capabilities
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship within the engineering team Technical Stack Their technical stack includes the below, however, this is more about your core competency and adaptability as a Senior Engineer. The business is flexible on specific languages and frameworks.
- Typescript
- Python
- AWS
- Electron
- Vue.js
- CI/CD
- Infrastructure as Code The key requirement is Experience building software that interacts with physical devices/products alongside robust systems thinking and product mindset. Ideal Background We are particularly interested in engineers from environments such as:
- Robotics
- Scientific instrumentation
- Autonomous systems
- Connected hardware platforms
- Deep-tech engineering environments You may currently be working as a
- Technical Lead
- Senior Software Engineer What They’re Looking For Strong architecture and systems thinking capability
- Product mindset with customer-centric thinking
- Ability to work across hardware, firmware, cloud, and UI environments
- Comfortable solving ambiguous engineering challenges
- Pragmatic and hands-on approach
- Technical leadership capability with potential to help scale a team over time This is a rare opportunity to work on highly impactful technology helping shape the future of scientific innovation. If you are interested please apply for immediate consideration. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rtnho