Senior Software Engineer - FODMAP
Job No.: 687387
Location: The Alfred Centre
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: 12-month fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: $124,343 - $137,251 pa HEW Level 08 (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
- Join our inclusive, collaborative community
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
Build software that improves lives. Lead platforms trusted around the world.
The globally recognised Monash FODMAP team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to take a leading role in the design, development and evolution of our digital platforms, including web applications, mobile apps and integrated services used by clinicians, dietitians, researchers and patients worldwide.
This role offers a rare blend of hands‑on engineering, architectural influence and real‑world health impact, within a collaborative university research environment.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a key technical contributor and leader responsible for delivering well‑architected, scalable and secure digital solutions that support the Monash FODMAP Members Platform and associated services.
You will work across the full software development lifecycle, from requirements discovery and solution design through to development, testing, deployment and long‑term optimisation. The role works closely with researchers, product owners, business users, external partners and University IT teams to translate complex needs into intuitive, high‑quality digital experiences.
Beyond delivery, you will help shape engineering standards and practices, influence architectural direction, and support continuous improvement across the team.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading the design and development of full‑stack applications, including web platforms, APIs and supporting services
- Contributing to and influencing software architecture, including microservices‑based implementations
- Building and maintaining robust backend services using Python (Django) and Node.js / Express
- Developing responsive, user‑centred frontend interfaces using React, Vue or Angular
- Designing, building and integrating RESTful APIs and third‑party systems, including Salesforce
- Supporting and enhancing mobile applications (iOS and/or Android), an advantage for the role
- Working with MySQL databases, applying strong data modelling, optimisation and performance practices
- Deploying and supporting systems in AWS cloud environments
- Contributing to platforms used in educational and e‑learning contexts, including Canvas LMS
- Working with content‑driven systems and CMS platforms such as Wagtail
- Ensuring high standards of code quality, testing, security and maintainability
- Participating in technical reviews, mentoring team members and sharing expertise
- Collaborating with stakeholders to balance user experience, research outcomes, compliance and technical sustainability
About You
You’re a senior, hands‑on engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, working across disciplines, and seeing your software have a meaningful real‑world impact.
Essential Experience
- 5+ years of full stack software development experience
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript / TypeScript, Python and SQL
- Backend development experience with Python Django and Node.js / Express
- Frontend development using HTML5, CSS3, and modern frameworks (React, Vue or Angular)
- Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs using JSON
- Solid experience with MySQL, including database design and optimisation
- Strong working knowledge of Git and modern development workflows
- Experience delivering and supporting applications in AWS
Highly Desirable
- Experience working with educational technology or e‑learning platforms
- Hands‑on experience with Canvas LMS
- CMS experience, ideally Wagtail
- Salesforce integration experience
- Experience designing, implementing or supporting microservices architectures
- Mobile app development experience (iOS and/or Android)
About Monash University
At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen. We make tangible contributions because our purpose is clear; to deliver positive economic, social and environmental impact in resolving the global challenges of our age.
At the core of achieving this purpose is the diversity of our staff. We welcome and value everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. When you come to work, you can be yourself, be a change-maker and develop your career in exciting ways. This is why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
Some 20,000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95,000 students, four Australian campuses, and campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia. We also have a major presence in India and China, and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy.
In our short history, we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the world's best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world’s top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.
Learn more about Monash.
Today, we have the momentum to create the future we need for generations to come. Accelerate your change here.
Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.
To Apply
For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'.
Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.
Enquiries: Associate Professor Jane Muir, Head of Translational Nutrition Science, Jane.Muir@monash.edu
Position Description: Senior Software Engineer FODMAP
Applications Close: Sunday 3 May 2026, 11:55pm AEST
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