Companies hiring software engineering in Australia
As of 4 November 2026, 462 companies are hiring software engineering in Australia, with 1,538 open roles; 921 opened in the last 30 days and Sydney has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Top city
- Sydney · 405 roles
- Largest role family
- general software development · 24%
- Leadership roles (director+)
- 12 · 11 companies
- Remote share, last 30 days
- 40%
- Postings with a salary
- 2% · 20 companies
- Most-named tool
- Amazon Web Services · 168 companies
Most new software engineering roles, last 30 days
Companies with the most new postings in the last 30 days; job boards and directories left out. Headquartered in Australia. Open software engineering roles and all open roles per company.
| Company | Size | new, 30 d | open software engineering | all open |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CommBankRetail & commercial banks | 10,001+ employees | 26 | 72 | 236 |
LAB3Microsoft cloud specialist | 201-500 employees | 8 | 6 | 14 |
NCS AustraliaOutsourced cfo finance BPO | 51-200 employees | 6 | 12 | 55 |
WestpacRetail & commercial banks | 10,001+ employees | 6 | 9 | 164 |
CORTOLegal tech software | 2-10 employees | 4 | 7 | 13 |
AirwallexExpense ap automation software | 1001-5000 employees | 3 | 77 | 503 |
FirmusGpu cloud & ai compute | 51-200 employees | 3 | 15 | 74 |
Hastha SolutionsIT services & consulting | 11-50 employees | 3 | 7 | 33 |
MYOBAccounting bookkeeping software | 501-1000 employees | 3 | 3 | 17 |
NetwealthWealth management general | 201-500 employees | 3 | 5 | 31 |
PlanitIT services & consulting | 201-500 employees | 3 | 4 | 41 |
ShiftReceivables factoring | 51-200 employees | 3 | 4 | 14 |
ArincoAI automation agencies | 51-200 employees | 2 | 2 | 21 |
ArkeusDefence systems manufacturers | 11-50 employees | 2 | 2 | 14 |
Colonial First StateOther wealth management investment | 1001-5000 employees | 2 | 2 | 17 |
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By city, seniority and role family
Postings, then companies. Cities as the posting states them.
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Sydney | 405 · 141 |
| Melbourne | 275 · 93 |
| Canberra | 100 · 15 |
| Brisbane | 70 · 28 |
| Adelaide | 32 · 14 |
| NSW | 31 · 3 |
| Australia | 27 · 13 |
| Perth | 25 · 13 |
| North Sydney | 18 · 10 |
| VIC | 18 · 1 |
| Darwin | 12 · 4 |
| Hobart | 11 · 2 |
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Owner | 1 · 1 |
| Trainee, apprentice | 18 · 9 |
| Entry | 82 · 50 |
| Mid | 235 · 106 |
| Senior | 613 · 255 |
| Manager | 81 · 58 |
| Director | 9 · 9 |
| VP | 2 · 1 |
| C-level | 1 · 1 |
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| general software development | 365 · 178 |
| devops sre and platform | 245 · 113 |
| software testing and qa | 201 · 59 |
| enterprise platform and integration development | 151 · 47 |
| backend development | 132 · 65 |
| full stack development | 105 · 62 |
| forward deployed engineering | 64 · 43 |
| mobile development | 58 · 21 |
| embedded and firmware | 45 · 24 |
| frontend development | 42 · 24 |
Tools software engineering postings in Australia ask for
Office software left out. Click through to every company on a tool.
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Hybrid | 107 · 59 |
| Remote | 89 · 25 |
| Onsite | 24 · 16 |
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Posted in the last 7 days | 128 · 66 |
| Posted in the last 30 days | 921 · 260 |
| All open | 1,538 · 462 |
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462 companies have 1,538 open software engineering roles in Australia; 260 of them posted 921 in the last 30 days. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/hiring/software_engineering/australia)
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Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →
- Job postingsRead hourly from the applicant tracking systems behind company career sites, with portals filling the gaps. Reposts collapse into one record; a role closes when the company closes it.
- Function and familyRole tree v2: every title classified into a function and a family, in every language.
- LocationThe posting's stated location, normalised to city and country. This page counts roles located in Australia.
- ExclusionsJob boards, directories and aggregators are kept out of company lists; staffing firms stay in only for their own hiring.
Software engineering hiring in Australia: questions
What counts as a software engineering role?
A posting classified into the software engineering function by our role tree (v2), whatever the title says. "Account Executive", "Vertriebsmitarbeiter" and "SDR" all land in the same function, then in a family such as general software development.
Why is Australia the posting's country, not the company's?
This page counts roles located in Australia. A US company hiring in Berlin counts; a Australian company hiring in Paris does not. Company pages show the reverse view.
How fresh is it?
Career systems are checked hourly, so a role usually shows up the same day it opens and disappears the day it closes. Reposts collapse into one record.
Can I get the hiring manager?
Yes. For each company, the person the new hires report to, with a verified e-mail. The first 15 companies are on this page; the rest, and a weekly feed of new software engineering hiring in Australia, is in the product.
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