Engineer - Software

• Join an AI forward team
• Melbourne CBD office - 1 day flex
• Melbourne based

Join a team that's All Kinds of Useful

At Origin, being useful is more than a tagline - it’s how we approach work every day. As a collective, we’re a team that thrives on finding better ways, working together, and owning our impact. From powering homes to delivering award-winning internet and helping to lead Australia’s energy transition. If you’re driven by purpose and excited to be part of something bigger, we’d love to have you on the journey.

About The Role

At Origin, we're transforming the way we serve our customers and building the technology platforms that will power the future of energy. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing, developing and maintaining critical customer-facing and operational systems across our Retail technology landscape.

Working across initiatives including customer identity, digital channels, metering and account management, you'll collaborate with product teams, delivery partners and engineers to deliver scalable, high-performing solutions that improve customer experiences and business outcomes. This is an opportunity to influence technical direction, mentor others and contribute to one of Australia's largest technology transformations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable software solutions using modern engineering practices and technologies.
• Lead the delivery of complex features and enhancements across customer and operational platforms.
• Drive engineering excellence through test automation, quality assurance and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines to improve reliability, efficiency and deployment outcomes.
• Collaborate with product, delivery and technology teams to define requirements and deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and coaching to engineers across the team.
• Champion Agile delivery practices, engineering standards and secure software development principles.
• Actively integrate AI tooling into your daily engineering workflow — from code generation and review to architecture exploration — raising the bar on what one engineer can deliver.

About You

You are an experienced software engineer who combines strong technical capability with a passion for delivering high-quality customer outcomes. You enjoy solving complex problems, influencing technical direction and supporting the growth of others within a collaborative team environment.

We're an AI-forward team. You'll be expected to bring curiosity and ambition to how you use AI tools in your day-to-day work — accelerating delivery, sharpening your craft and helping set the standard for the team around you.

To be successful, you will bring:

• Extensive experience developing applications using Node.js, TypeScript and modern frameworks such as NestJS and React.
• Strong experience designing and building RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs.
• Expertise in automated testing, software quality practices and CI/CD pipeline development.
• Experience working with cloud technologies, preferably AWS, and modern software delivery practices.
• Strong knowledge of database design, optimisation and SQL.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments and large-scale technology programs.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and mentoring skills.
• Comfort using AI-assisted development tools (such as GitHub Copilot or similar) and a drive to continuously explore how AI can improve your engineering output.

Origin - Where good change happens

At Origin, we’re powered by people who believe in creating change.

We are committed to fostering a diverse, gender equitable workforce, where everyone is welcome, and all applications are evaluated on merit and potential. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with disabilities, culturally diverse people, any stage in life, people with intersex variations and people within LGBTQ+ communities, including trans and gender diverse.

Enjoy a challenging career in an exciting industry where you can grow and explore your potential. If you think you have transferable skills, an appetite to learn and would be a great fit, we’d love to hear from you.

Here's a little about us:https://www.originenergy.com.au/about/careers/

Background checks may be required to determine your suitability for this position as part of the recruitment process and during your employment. These checks may include police checks, AusCheck, medical assessment and/or drug and alcohol testing.

Please note unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Origin recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.

Function: IT Applications