[Hiring] Senior Full Stack Engineer @Synchron Inc.

Role Description

Synchron is hiring a Senior Full Stack Engineer based in Australia to ensure the reliability of the systems that power live patient sessions. This role owns the operational stability of the software stack spanning the macOS desktop application, device connectivity layer, backend services, and cloud infrastructure used in clinical environments. You will work closely with Clinical Operations, Neuroscience, and Engineering teams to diagnose and resolve issues across the entire system while improving the reliability, tooling, and infrastructure that support patient deployments. This position is critical to ensuring that Synchron’s technology remains stable during real-world clinical use.

Key Responsibilities

• Clinical Session Reliability:
  • Serve as the primary Australia-time zone on-call engineer supporting live patient sessions.
  • Diagnose and resolve incidents affecting the desktop application, device connectivity layer, backend services, and cloud systems.
  • Implement mitigations or fixes during sessions when required.
  • Maintain and improve session runbooks, escalation procedures, and post-incident reviews.
• Full Stack Development:
  • Develop and maintain the macOS desktop application (Swift / SwiftUI / AppKit) used in SyncLab.
  • Maintain the Python backend responsible for device connectivity and orchestration.
  • Debug issues across the device → desktop → backend → cloud data flow.
  • Improve system reliability, performance, and maintainability across the full stack.
• Testing & Release Infrastructure:
  • Build and maintain testing infrastructure for desktop software, device connectivity, and backend systems.
  • Ensure builds are validated prior to patient sessions and system releases.
• Security, Compliance & Governance:
  • Work with Security and Regulatory teams to maintain secure and compliant architectures for clinical data.
  • Support access control, privacy protections, and security best practices across the platform.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  • Work closely with Clinical Operations, Software Engineering, Hardware, Quality, Regulatory, and Data Science teams.
  • Contribute to architecture discussions and operational improvements.
  • Help ensure system readiness for clinical deployments.
• On-Call Expectations:
  • Primary on-call coverage during Australia business hours for patient sessions.
  • Rapid response to incidents affecting clinical systems.
  • Participation in post-incident reviews and continuous improvement of operational procedures.
  • Occasional off-hours coverage as required by the rotation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing and operating production software systems.
• Strong experience building macOS applications using Swift (SwiftUI/AppKit/Xcode).
• Production experience with Python backend systems.
• Experience debugging distributed systems across desktop, device, and cloud environments.
• Experience interfacing with hardware devices (USB, serial, Bluetooth, or similar).
• Experience operating systems in production cloud environments (AWS preferred).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
• Demonstrated experience handling production incidents or on-call rotations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience releasing and distributing macOS applications (code signing, notarization, build pipelines).
• Experience working with IoT or embedded firmware systems.
• Familiarity with message brokers or session routing systems (MQTT, Kafka, etc.).
• Experience with containers and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS).
• Experience working in regulated industries (medical devices, healthcare, aerospace).
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines supporting desktop and backend software.
• Implement and maintain observability systems (metrics, logging, tracing, alerting).
• Support deployment workflows including rollout strategies such as blue/green or canary releases.
• Maintain artifact management, dependency scanning, and security tooling.

Why This Role Is Unique

This role owns the full operational path of patient sessions — from the Swift desktop application to the device connectivity layer, backend services, and cloud infrastructure. Ensuring that these systems operate reliably during live clinical use is critical to Synchron’s mission, and this engineer will play a central role in maintaining and improving that reliability.

Working Relationships

• Reports to: Head of Software Engineering
• Collaborates with: Clinical Operations, Systems, Hardware, Quality Assurance, Regulatory, and Data Science teams.

Compensation

The base salary range for this role is $165,000-$195,000AUD depending on experience, skills, and qualifications. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or equity grants, subject to board approval and company policy.

Visa Sponsorship

We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position at this time.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Synchron is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants and provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please let us know.

Join Us

At Synchron, you will be part of a transformative mission and you will work alongside driven people who believe in the power of collaboration and innovation to make a lasting impact. If you are excited to stretch your skills and contribute to something meaningful, apply now and build the future with us.