About

• Spacetalk is an ASX-listed technology company dedicated to creating innovative and life-enhancing connected mobile services, wearables, and software for families and seniors. Our products enable people to stay connected, safe, and engaged no matter their age or stage in life; enabled by location, health and wellbeing data.
• We are undergoing an exciting technology transformation, modernising our platforms to support international scale, and are seeking passionate engineers to join us on this journey.
• With a global presence (already live in Australia, New Zealand, America and Europe) and an expanding product line, Spacetalk is evolving rapidly as we continue to scale our international footprint.
• We are seeking an experienced Full stack software engineer to be another superhero in our engineering team, delivering rapid product innovation to support our mission… Safety at every stage of life.
• Why this role matters
• As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in building and evolving our cloud-based backend services that power our suite of apps, APIs, and wearables.
• Reporting to the Head of Engineering, you will contribute to the design, development, and operation of our AI-enabled safety and wellbeing platform, with a strong focus on serverless architectures using Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS.
• While the focus will be backend services, you will also have opportunities to work on frontend technologies (React, React Native) as needed, ensuring a well-rounded skillset and product knowledge.
• This is a hands-on engineering role suited to a developer who thrives in scale-up, agile environments, and is keen to be part of a mission-led team driving safety innovation globally.
• Technical Execution & Hands-On Development
• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway).
• Contribute to frontend applications using React (and React Native, as needed) GraphQL.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Data Science, QA, and Mobile teams to deliver features that enhance safety, wellbeing, and user experience.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and DevOps practices, ensuring high-quality, scalable, and secure solutions.
• Collaboration & Product Alignment
• Assist in improving our CI/CD pipelines (GitLab) and DevOps processes.
• Help evolve and implement best practices in software engineering, security, and cloud operations.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-documented code suitable for production environments.
• Key skills & Experience
• Essential
• 3+ years of experience in Node.js/React software engineering, with a focus on backend services.
• Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript, including serverless development on AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, etc.).
• Experience with React for frontend web applications.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred) and modern DevOps practices.
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, integration patterns, and microservices.
• Passion for writing clean, maintainable, testable code and working in agile teams.
• Desirable
• Experience with .NET and C#, particularly during system migrations.
• Exposure to AI/ML-driven applications or IoT data integrations.
• Experience in building mobile applications using React Native.
• Exposure to GraphQL (using Apollo Server/Client)
• Experience in health, safety, or other regulated industries.
• Knowledge of Terraform, OpenSearch, or serverless frameworks (SST)
• Join an ASX-listed, mission-driven company driving the future of family and personal safety.
• Work on globally impactful products used by families, seniors, and carers worldwide.
• Play a key role in our technology reset and scale-up journey, adopting modern tools and cloud-native architectures.
• Be part of a collaborative, high-energy, and purpose-led team.
• Grow your career in a fast-paced environment with opportunities for progression into tech leadership roles.
• Why Join Us?
• At Spacetalk, we believe in innovation, integrity, and a customer-first approach in everything we do. As we expand globally, we are committed to delivering best-in-class products that improve the lives of our users. Our Values—Innovate, Engage & Elevate are embedded in how we work and grow together as a team. You’ll be joining a company at the forefront of family safety technology, with the chance to drive impactful change in how we deliver connected, data-driven solutions to our customers globally.
• If you’re ready to lead a dynamic engineering team and shape the future of software development for a fast-growing, purpose-driven company, we’d love to hear from you!
• Apply today and help Spacetalk achieve its vision of becoming a leader in family safety technology powered by data and insight.