Associate Software Engineer

About Search Property

Search Property is a buyer's agency specialising in high-yield investment properties with strong capital growth potential across Australia.

We purchase across six Australian states, helping clients secure investment properties aligned to their individual financial goals.

Our approach is built on data, discipline, and long-term thinking.

Every purchase sits within a broader portfolio strategy designed to balance cash flow, capital growth, and risk over time. This has allowed us to consistently outperform national averages while remaining fully independent. No commissions. No referral incentives. No conflicts of interest.

Behind our results is a growing team of researchers, strategists, and operators who care deeply about outcomes. We challenge assumptions, focus on the details, and hold ourselves to a high standard because our clients trust us with decisions that change their financial future.

Search Property exists to help Australians retire earlier through smarter property decisions.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Software Developer to join our newly formed engineering team and take on projects and initiatives as a group and independently. This is a rare opportunity to shape the technical direction of a fast-moving company from the ground up.

You’ll work on a mix of internal tools that drive efficiency across departments, and public-facing applications in the wealth management space. Every day is different; expect to solve real problems, explore emerging technologies and ship things that matter.

What you’d be doing in this role

This role is focused on:

• Writing robust backend and frontend code with unit and feature tests

• Tackling real world problems; leading initiatives from discovery through to delivery and taking ownership of technical architecture and execution

• Balancing trade-offs between ideal architecture and shipping things fast - making pragmatic decisions

• Clearly communicating project status to stakeholders through written and/or verbal updates

• Writing excellent technical documentation when required, communicating ideas and problems effectively

• Conducting technical spikes to validate or uncover ways of doing things - identifying limitations or bottlenecks early

• Working closely with monitoring tools such as DataDog to monitor metrics post-launch and quickly triaging and resolving bugs

• Enabling other team members through reusable libraries or shared internal tooling

You’re probably a match if

• You are a strong communicator

• You can manage expectations of multiple stakeholders and triage feedback

• You can run persuasive presentations when sharing new features or ideas

• You have 2–5 years of professional experience as a software engineer

• You have strong computer-science fundamentals and programming knowledge relating to data structures and algorithms - a formal degree is advantageous

• You have a solid grasp of web application architecture and how the internet works under the hood

• You can write comprehensive, maintainable code in Python + Javascript/React and/or Laravel PHP

• You have meaningful experience building, consuming and documenting APIs

• You’re curious and resourceful in learning a new technologies or debugging tough issues; you don’t need to be told what to do (but know the right time to ask for help)

Why you’ll love it here

Our entire tech team are hands-on programmers. We collaborate closely with every department and believe that the best software is built when engineers deeply understand the problem space.

We prioritise autonomy - our engineers own their work and are trusted to take full responsibility for what they ship. If you’re looking for a role where you can influence architecture, work across the stack, and grow fast - you’ll fit right in.

Based in Macquarie Park, our office is part of a modern campus with a gym, café, childcare facilities and direct Metro access.