Software Engineer

Job Description

Software Engineer

• Permanent, full-time role with highly competitive remuneration and benefits

• Based in Murarrie, QLD, working on-site with a supportive, collaborative team

• Grow your career in a high-impact industry with real scope to develop

• Gain hands-on experience across complex software design, development, integration, and testing

Join a trusted global leader in animal health and help build the technology behind the Tag Personalization System (TPS) - a large-scale identification system manufacturing platform supporting customer order processing through to manufacturing, packaging, and shipping.

This is a hands-on software engineering role focused on industrial shopfloor systems, device integration, and custom application development. You will work on software that drives production equipment, supports label printing and RFID (radio-frequency identification) programming, and communicates with hardware using serial and TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) protocols at the binary level.

What You Will Do

Responsibilities include, however not limited to:

• Design, develop, test, maintain, and refactor complex software solutions across Windows, cloud, and desktop environments

• Build software supporting customer order processing, label printing, manufacturing execution, shipping, and related workflows

• Develop and maintain software that interfaces with production equipment and peripherals, including laser printers, inkjet printers, RFID programming stations, vision systems, and PLCs (programmable logic controllers)

• Implement hardware communication protocols over serial ports and TCP/IP connections

• Support industrial and distributed software systems that operate across multiple devices and tasks

• Design complex software components and modules using agreed standards, patterns, and methodologies

• Evaluate design options and trade-offs to deliver practical, robust solutions

• Produce build definitions, perform system integration testing, and diagnose build and integration issues

• Participate in peer code reviews and contribute to code quality and continuous improvement

• Work with Structured Query Language (SQL) databases and data pipelines to ensure data is secure, accessible, and reliable

• Support integrations with internal and external systems, including Representational State Transfer (REST), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), and GraphQL interfaces

• Design and execute manual and automated test cases, define test plans and acceptance criteria, and report results, issues, and risks

• Perform ad hoc technical missions as requested by management

What You Must have

• Tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent industry experience

• Strong C# and the Microsoft .NET platform experience, including Windows application development

• Strong Structured Query Language (SQL) experience

• Solid experience with Git source versioning

• Working knowledge of Test-Driven Development

• Experience developing serial and TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) protocols

• Experience with multitask application development

• Experience with Inversion of Control patterns and dependency injection

• Experience building custom, distributed, industrial software solutions

• Experience developing applications that interact with hardware, peripherals, or production equipment

• Fluent English with strong communication skills

Desirable Experience

If you bring any of the following, it would be an advantage:

• Microsoft Azure and cloud technologies

• Serverless architecture

• Continuous Integration and Deployment processes and tools

• PostgreSQL

• Angular

• Experience with RFID technologies or ultra-high frequency (UHF) devices

• Experience in manufacturing, automation, or device integration environments

What You Can Expect 

• The opportunity to work with real autonomy while being supported by a knowledgeable and collaborative team

• The chance to tackle complex technical challenges and make a meaningful impact

• Career growth in a thriving, globally respected animal health business

• Exposure to the full software lifecycle, from design and development through to integration, testing, and deployment

• Hands-on experience with new technologies, including cloud and serverless environments

• An on-site role in Murarrie, QLD, where teamwork, knowledge-sharing, and innovation are part of everyday life

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing talented and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive workplace.

Required Skills:

Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Designs, System Integration, Testing

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

Yes

Hazardous Material(s):

N/A

Job Posting End Date:

07/27/2026

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