Software Engineer (Processing)

About the Role
This is a true platform engineering role focused on a core processing framework and algorithms
in Python, with significant work in the 3D domain. This is not a standard backend/frontend/web
role, and not data engineering. You will own critical framework functionality, collaborate across
platform and ML teams, and shape system design as the team scales.

What You'll Do
Build and evolve a Python-based processing framework and algorithms
Integrate large-scale processing with cloud infrastructure (without being "infra-only")
Partner with DevOps, 3D web architecture, and ML engineers
Support and coordinate with an offshore engineering team
Take over core areas of framework ownership and drive meaningful improvements in
throughput, quality, and reliability

About the Team
You'll be joining the Sydney platform team, working alongside a senior engineer who will mentor
you. The team collaborates closely with 4 additional platform engineers (2 DevOps, 2 3D web
architecture), 3 senior ML team members in Sydney, and an offshore team of 6 engineers in
Pakistan.

What We're Looking For
You'll need:

5+ years of relevant software engineering experience

Strong Python skills, including comfort with NumPy

Cloud fundamentals

Conceptual 3D reasoning ability

Containerisation experience (Docker) and Linux proficiency

Strong communication and collaboration skills across teams and time zones

Nice to have:

GCP or AWS cloud experience

Docker/containerisation

CI/CD pipelines

Prefect/Ray for data pipelines

MongoDB

Relevant Background

We're particularly interested in candidates from the following domains:

3D processing / point clouds

Photogrammetry

Geospatial (if truly 3D-conceptual)

Computer vision / image morphology

Robotics / perception

Scientific computing

Simulation

Graphics-adjacent processing pipelines

What Success Looks Like
In your first 90 days:

Onboard into the framework architecture and core processing algorithms

Take ownership of areas previously held by the departing engineer

Establish working rhythms with the Sydney and offshore teams

Ship your first meaningful improvements or bug fixes

At the 1-year mark:

The core processing framework is stable, scalable, and better documented

Measurable improvements in throughput, quality, and reliability

Strong cross-team trust established

Effective offshore execution cadence in place

Growth & Advancement
This role offers a clear path toward a senior position, with the opportunity to grow into a lead or
principal engineer role within 3–5 years.