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# Software Engineer (Back-end and Full-stack) at CorePlan

- **Company:** CorePlan
- **Location:** Perth, Australia
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/coreplan/75fd2832-4c65-4f6b-83f7-11d5615e8f46/application

**Skills:** Typescript, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, AWS, CI/CD, Microservices, API Design, Distributed Systems, NestJS, Django, Next.js, React, Tailwind, React Native

> Join CorePlan to build scalable backend systems and full-stack features for a cloud-native mining software platform. The role involves designing APIs, optimizing database performance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.

## Job description

🔍 About Us CorePlan is a product-led SaaS company building modern operational software for the mining industry. We design and scale a cloud-native platform used by global customers to manage complex, real-time field operations. Our system replaces fragmented tools and spreadsheets with a single, high-performance product that handles critical operational data at scale. Mining is our domain. Technology is our craft. We are a high-performing, execution-focused team building a category-defining SaaS platform from Perth to the world.

💼 The Opportunity We are growing our engineering team and hiring: ● 1 x Backend Engineer ● 1 x Full-Stack Engineer

🔧 Backend Engineer You will focus on building scalable, reliable backend systems that power our platform.

## What You Will Do

- Design and implement scalable backend services and APIs that power our drilling management platform
- Architect robust data models and optimise database performance for complex mining datasets
- Build and maintain microservices that integrate with various drilling equipment and third-party systems
- Implement security best practices and ensure data integrity across all backend systems
- Drive performance optimisation and system reliability to support 24/7 mining operations
- Collaborate with frontend teams to deliver seamless user experiences
- Mentor junior developers and contribute to backend architecture decisions
- Embrace CorePlan's collaborative ethos, working alongside a dedicated team to achieve shared goals

You Will Bring

- Strong experience with Typescript (Node.js), Python, or similar
- Deep understanding of API design and distributed systems
- Experience with PostgreSQL or similar databases
- Cloud deployment experience (AWS preferred)
- Experience with CI/CD and containerised environments

💻 Full-Stack Engineer You will own features end to end, from UI through to backend integration.

## What You Will Do

- Design and deliver high-performance features
- Work across frontend and backend services
- Collaborate closely with product and design
- Improve engineering tools and processes
- Contribute to code quality and peer reviews

You Will Bring

- Strong experience with Typescript (Node.js), Python, or similar
- Backend experience with Node.js, Python, or similar
- Experience building production SaaS applications
- Cloud deployment knowledge
- Comfort working across the full stack

🧰 Our Tech Stack Backend: NestJS (Node.js), Django (Python), TypeScript, PostgreSQL, AWS Frontend: Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind Mobile: React Native

🚀 Key Engineering Projects You will work on initiatives such as:

- Scaling our multi-tenant SaaS architecture to support global growth
- Designing high-performance APIs for complex operational datasets
- Improving system reliability in 24/7 mission-critical environments
- Evolving our microservices architecture for resilience and observability
- Building real-time data flows between field hardware and cloud systems
- Enhancing database performance across large relational datasets
- Strengthening CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
- This is product engineering at scale, with real-world impact.

🎁 Perks & Benefits

- Central CBD location - in state of art offices
- Hybrid role - blending deep focus time with collaboration and connection
- Vibrant office culture and team events (monthly all hands, lunch and learns, office pilates, office jukebox + more)
- Corporate swag
- Parental leave top-up pay (covering the difference between the government's minimum parental leave payment and your regular base salary)
- Access to EAP mental health & wellbeing services for you and immediate family members

🚀 Ready to Apply? Tell us which stream you are applying for – Backend or Full-Stack - and share your CV and a short cover letter outlining what you love building.

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## About CorePlan

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: CorePlan provides an integrated drilling management platform that digitizes and streamlines drilling program operations for mining, exploration, and drilling companies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture-backed; last round: Venture round Nov 2023)
- **Headquarters**: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Alex Goulios (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Mining technology / Drilling software
- **Target customers**: B2B – mining and exploration companies, drilling contractors (from one-man contractors to Tier 1 explorers worldwide)
- **Mission / purpose**: Replace “technology from the last century” with a modern, integrated platform that enables mining and drilling professionals to make better decisions and work together more effectively. CorePlan aims to be the sole enabler in the drilling operations tech stack.

## Products & Services
- **Drilling Management Platform (CorePlan 2.0)**: A cloud-based integrated platform that replaces spreadsheets and disconnected systems. Modules include:
  - Field Activities (offline-first mobile app for drill plod capture and safety management)
  - Contractor Portal
  - Cost Tracking (granular cost tracking to stop budget leakage)
  - Tenements Management
  - Mining Hub
  - Rig Scheduler
  - Earthworks
  - Forms & Reports
  - Time Usage / Client Portal / Drill Reports / Billing / Cost Summaries / Inspections / Bit Tracking
- **Type**: SaaS (Software as a Service)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**:
  - Total Funding: ~AU$5.5M (USD ~$5.5M as of 2026) – includes a AU$222k pre-seed round in Apr 2022 and a AU$2.6M venture round in Nov 2023 led by EVP.
  - Annual Revenue: Not publicly available
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: EVP (lead investor in 2023 round); notable customers include AngloGold Ashanti, Fortescue, Boart Longyear, Mitchell Services.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 70+ employees worldwide (as of 2026); headcount grew 23.6% YoY.
  - 90+ customers globally.
  - Over 45 million metres drilled on the platform.
  - 95% CSAT score.
  - 37% cost reduction and 75% productivity boost reported by customers.
  - Operations span 9 countries (including Canada, Chile, India, Peru, South Africa, Zambia, Bolivia, Malaysia).
  - Won GRX METS Award.
  - Launched CorePlan 2.0 in 2024 and an Earthworks module in 2025.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Integrated platform**: CorePlan is the first integrated drilling management platform, sitting at the centre of the drilling tech stack and connecting miners, drillers, and contractors in a single source of truth.
- **Domain specificity**: Built exclusively for the drilling and mining industry, replacing generic tools (spreadsheets) and legacy systems with workflows designed for rigs and field crews.
- **Offline-first mobile app**: Enables data capture in remote mining locations with limited connectivity.
- **Customer outcomes**: Proven metrics (e.g., 66% faster invoicing, 30% faster contractor invoicing, recoveries of $110k+ in overcharges) and high satisfaction (95% CSAT).

## Strategic Focus
- **International expansion**: Growing presence in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific (regional directors in Americas and EMEA).
- **Product innovation**: Continued launches of new modules (Earthworks, Field Activities) and CorePlan 2.0 to deepen platform capabilities.
- **Scale customer base**: From 30 customers in 2021 to 90+ in 2025/2026, targeting further adoption among Tier 1 explorers and drilling contractors.
- **Talent growth**: Active hiring with 13 open positions as of mid-2026, especially in sales, customer success, and engineering.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: CorePlan emphasises hiring “a team of diverse, passionate people” and fostering a culture that empowers employees to do their best work. The company describes itself as “made with love, right here in Perth.”
- **Work policy**: Not explicitly stated as remote/hybrid, but the global team (9 countries) and open positions across EMEA and North America suggest flexibility. The Perth head office has a friendly, collaborative vibe.
- **Training and support**: 24/7 support for customers and training designed for non-tech-savvy crews – likely extends to internal learning culture.
- **Perks**: High-trust environment, modern software stack, opportunity to shape a fast-growing startup in a traditional industry. Engineering culture emphasises building for a real-world impact in mining.

## Sources
1. [CorePlan About Page](https://www.coreplan.io/about)
2. [CorePlan Homepage](https://www.coreplan.io/)
3. [CorePlan Careers Page](https://www.coreplan.io/careers)
4. [CorePlan LinkedIn](https://au.linkedin.com/company/coreplan)
5. [CorePlan on The Org](https://theorg.com/org/coreplan)

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