Senior EngineerRemote — Permanent Full TimeAustralia & New Zealand
Starling Surgical
Australia · New Zealand
Posted on Mar 30, 2026
About Envato
At Envato, everything we do is about empowering creatives to thrive.
We're here to help creatives bring their ideas to life, supercharge their workflows, and equip them with an unparalleled toolkit they can use anywhere. With unlimited access to world-class assets, innovative AI tools, and hands-on tutorials, we deliver what creatives need today - and are continually evolving our offering. As AI transforms the creative landscape, we’re committed to building what’s next for the future.
We’re a purpose-driven company and we’ve long embraced flexible, inclusive ways of working. We’re proud of the connected culture we’ve built across our global team. Our values: Community Spirit, Build Our Future, Embrace Diversity, Make It Happen, and Make Envato Proud, guide everything we do, shaping how we work, grow, and succeed.
You can read more about us on our blog, including news of our acquisition by Shutterstock Inc in 2024.
About the Role
As a Senior Engineer, you are one of our senior individual contributors in engineering responsible for providing technical and delivery leadership in a cross-functional team to build and ship impactful projects and features. As an AI-first engineering organisation, Envato is redefining how we build software by applying AI to our delivery practices. In this role, you'll work with stakeholders and engineers to design and implement solutions that balance quality, cost, time, and maintainability.
You will be joining a team working on a critical customer-facing part of the business that helps creatives search and find what they are looking for on our flagship product.
What you'll be doing
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Writes high-quality, clean, and reliable code while using practices like Test Driven Development
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Leads the delivery of mid-to-large scale projects, identifying risks and coordinating engineers to meet business requirements.
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Works as a member of a cross-functional team, applying AI to engineering practices like agentic workflows and smarter pipelines.
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Shares your knowledge by providing coaching and mentoring to help your teammates learn and grow.
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Works on strategic architectural problems, tactical improvements, and the maintenance of production systems.
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Seeks to better understand our business model and user needs to deliver sustainable, high-impact solutions.
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Takes ownership of the systems you build, including verifying functionality and participating in on-call support
About you
- You likely have 5+ years of full stack development experience, including lead responsibility on several projects.
- You are proficient in relevant server-side and client-side programming languages, with experience in dynamic public-facing web apps
- You use engineering practices that emphasise maintainability and clarity, applying automated testing and sustainable solution-building.
- You value learning from others, no matter their experience level, and seek constructive feedback.
- Collaboration is important to you, and you thrive in a team where everyone shares ownership and works together to solve problems.
- You evaluate trade-offs in your decisions, balancing the need for experimentation and rapid iteration with the operational realities of production systems and a commitment to keeping our community safe and secure.
Life at Envato
• Flexible Working: remote-first across Australia or New Zealand with flexibility for you to manage work and life as you need
• Work from Anywhere: apply to work in another location for up to 3 months per calendar year.
• Connection Budget: an annual budget to connect with the team IRL where and when possible.
• Learning Budget: study leave and an annual budget for you to put towards your learning and development.
• Home Office Allowance: a contribution towards your set-up and a monthly allowance to support work from home costs.
• Wellbeing: access to a holistic assistance program that provides support in many areas of life and health.
• Volunteer Leave: 2 days per calendar year to volunteer and give back to the community.
• Parental Leave:20 weeks paid primary carer leave, and 6 weeks paid secondary carers leave.
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