Hybrid Staff Backend Engineer

at SafetyCulture

• Job title: Staff Backend Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Sydney, Australia

About the role

• Staff Backend Engineer at SafetyCulture responsible for technical direction of identity and access control systems. Leading architecture decisions and ensuring security for the cloud engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and technical direction for role-based access control (RBAC), identity management, and permissions across the platform
• Lead delivery of complex, cross-cutting features — scoping, estimating, and shipping end-to-end
• Raise the technical bar through code review, design critique, and deliberately building the people around you
• Translate complex security trade-offs for product partners and leadership
• Surface problems others haven't noticed yet and drive them to resolution without waiting to be directed
• Use AI-assisted development tools fluently (Copilot, Cursor, or equivalent) and help the team establish good practice around them

Requirements

• Deep backend expertise with production experience designing access control systems (RBAC, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, or similar)
• Comfort operating across service-oriented architectures and at SaaS scale
• A track record of owning delivery — not just contributing — and making smart effort vs impact calls
• You give honest feedback, receive it well, and invest in the people around you as much as your own output
• You move without waiting for a perfect brief, and you think about the customer behind every technical decision
• Clear ability and desire to demonstrate SafetyCulture values (Think Customer, Open Honest Always, Better as a Team, Be Bold Bring Action)

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements. We encourage you to create the best work blend while working from your home and the local SafetyCulture office
• You’ll have access to professional and personal training and development opportunities
• We’re a pet friendly workplace
• Hackathons - if you’re into them :)
• Workshops and Lunch & Learns from our leadership and industry experts
• We also encourage you to get involved in the community, open source work, attending talks and events, and experimenting with new technologies; whatever floats your boat!
• Equity with high growth potential, and a competitive salary
• Great food! Our In-house chefs will serve up fresh and healthful breakfast, lunch and unlimited snacks catering to all dietary requirements
• Love coffee or tea? Our commercial espresso machine has you covered. We also have beer and wine on tap, a pool table, board games, and books library
• Wellbeing is key! In addition to our onsite gym, we provide EAP services and generous parental leave policy
• Last but not least, we celebrate quarterly and our teams love the annual ShipIt global offsite