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# Principal Software Engineer - TypeScript/React at Objective Corporation

- **Company:** Objective Corporation
- **Location:** Sydney, Australia
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-11-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/objective/9f5190e5-1186-4838-bef4-e0c285a0f1a8

## Job description

Build What Matters. Lead What's Next. Our role: Shape the future of cloud-native GovTech solutions at Objective. As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership to design and build scalable, secure SaaS products using TypeScript, React and AWS. From driving architectural decisions to pioneering AI-enabled capabilities, you'll play a key role in delivering innovative technology that helps councils across Australia and New Zealand serve their communities. About Objective: At Objective, our mission is to deliver outstanding GovTech that drives stronger communities and nations. We are an Australian-headquartered, ASX-listed software company with a global presence, delivering innovative SaaS solutions to government and regulated industries. With over 400 talented people across Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US, we combine the stability of an established technology company with the opportunity to innovate, collaborate and make a meaningful impact.

A day in your role:

- Build and innovate: Design, develop and deliver secure, scalable SaaS solutions using TypeScript, React, Node.js and AWS serverless technologies.

- Shape architecture: Own technical design decisions, drive engineering standards and influence product roadmaps.

- Lead AI innovation: Engineer production-ready AI capabilities, including LLM-powered document processing, RAG and intelligent assistants.

- Drive engineering excellence: Champion clean code, automated testing, CI/CD and secure-by-design practices.

- Lead through expertise: Mentor engineers, solve complex technical challenges and collaborate across product and engineering teams

Your skills, experience and beyond:

- Proven experience as a Staff or Principal Software Engineer, with strong hands-on technical leadership.

- Deep expertise in TypeScript, React, Node.js and modern full-stack development.

- Strong AWS serverless experience, including Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge and DynamoDB.

- Experience designing scalable, multi-tenant SaaS platforms and distributed systems.

- Hands-on experience delivering LLM-powered features into production, including RAG, prompt engineering and evaluation.

- Strong architectural judgement, problem-solving skills and a passion for engineering excellence.

If you do not tick every box, do not let that stop you. We value potential, learning agility, coachability and diverse perspectives just as much as experience, and we encourage you to apply.

At Objective, we recognise and celebrate our diverse team as pivotal to our strong employee engagement and our high-performing culture, underpinned by Our Values.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristics or on any other basis prohibited by applicable laws in the regions where we operate.

To ensure a positive experience, please inform our Talent Team of any adjustments or accommodations you may require during the recruitment process, so we can support you effectively.

## About Objective Corporation

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Objective Corporation creates digital government software that helps public sector organizations and regulated industries work smarter with secure, governed information management.
- **Entity Type**: Public (ASX: OCL)
- **Headquarters**: North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **Founded**: 1987
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: GovTech (Government Technology), Information Management, Regulatory Compliance Software
- **Target customers**: B2G (Business to Government) — primarily federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as regulated industries such as financial services
- **Mission/Purpose**: "To help government shift to being completely digital. Where our customers can work from anywhere; with access to information, governance guaranteed and security assured."

## Products & Services
- **Objective Information Intelligence**: A suite that helps organizations manage, govern, and leverage information assets with enterprise content management, compliance and control, and secure external file sharing
- **Objective Planning & Building**: Streamlines the building assessment and consent process for planning authorities and building departments
- **Objective Regulatory Solutions (RegWorks)**: Centralises, tracks, and administers compliance processes including education and engagement for government and financial services regulators
- **Product Disclosure Management**: Helps produce accurate, verified disclosure documentation quickly while maintaining compliance

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: USD 1.45 billion (as of October 2024)
- **Annual Revenue**: USD 120.1 million
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange; works with over 1,000 government organizations globally
- **Growth Signals**: Employs 346 people (+1.2% YoY); presence across Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Singapore, and the United States; has made strategic acquisitions including Simflofy (2022) and Limehouse Software (2009)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep Government Specialisation**: 35+ years focused exclusively on government and regulated industries, giving them unmatched domain expertise and institutional trust
- **End-to-End Government Workflow**: From policy development and planning to compliance and disclosure — Objective covers the full lifecycle of government work
- **Security & Governance First**: Built-in information governance, audit trails, and secure access designed for the most stringent government data requirements
- **Customer Proximity**: Offices located near customers across Australia, UK, NZ, and Singapore, enabling deep partnerships and local support

## Strategic Focus
- **Digital Government Transformation**: Helping government agencies shift from paper-based or legacy systems to fully digital, anywhere-accessible operations
- **Geographic Expansion**: Growing presence in the UK and Asia-Pacific markets
- **Product Innovation**: Continued investment in cloud-based solutions and information intelligence capabilities
- **Regulatory Solutions Growth**: Expanding into regulated industries beyond government, such as financial services

## Why Work Here
- **Flexible Hybrid Work**: Generous hybrid work policies with trust-based management — designed so employees can attend school events or fit in a morning run while delivering great work
- **Purpose-Driven Impact**: Employees directly contribute to better outcomes for real communities — products help governments deliver services that matter
- **Growth & Learning**: Career mobility across teams and products, coaching, mentoring, and learning opportunities; leadership backs employee development
- **Values-Led Culture**: Transparent leadership, strong internal communication, and a culture where people "show up for each other" with monthly lunches, cultural celebrations, and company-wide conferences
- **Global Collaboration**: Distributed teams across time zones working in state-of-the-art offices or remotely, with a focus on shared purpose

## Sources
1. [objective.com](https://www.objective.com/about/careers)
2. [objective.com](https://www.objective.com/)
3. [objective.com](https://www.objective.com/about/about-objective)
4. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/objective-corporation)
5. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/objective)

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