Software Engineer

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Software Engineer (Up to 12 Months Temporary Opportunity)

Organisation/Entity: Transport For NSW

Job category: Information & Communication Technology

Job location: Sydney, NSW, AU, 2000

Job reference number: 112344

Employment type: Fixed Term Full-Time

Salary range: $141678.0-$158677.0

You can be part of the team that enables significant service improvements for our people. You're passionate about building high-performance technology solutions. From collaborating across disciplines to creating refined experiences, you'll be instrumental in shaping the technological landscape and driving digital transformation. In this role you will

Work within the SCATS team (Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System), the world's leading intelligent traffic management system, powering smarter cities across more than 200 locations globally. Created by Transport for NSW, SCATS enables road authorities to optimise traffic flow across some of the most complex transport networks in the world using advanced algorithms, real time data, and high performance software.

SCATS is now undergoing a major transformation, evolving into a modern, cloud enabled platform to capture growing global demand and unlock new commercial opportunities. This is a rare chance to join a mission critical technology organisation at a pivotal moment and help shape the future of intelligent transport at a global scale.

The Software Engineer role will:

• Work within an Agile project team contributing to the designing, building, testing, and supporting of new and existing technology solutions
• Assist the development of high quality, robust and secure software solutions that meet business and customer expectations
• Assist with on-going software, platform, data and integration analysis
• Participate in the continuous improvement of products, solutions and processes in a collaborative manner
• Conduct code reviews and analysis to identify issues and ensure consistency, efficiency and reliability of new software

The team comes together in person for activities such as branch all-in days (Location Sydney CBD Office), training sessions, planning workshops and collaborative work. This is a fulltime fixed term hybrid role based at 477 Pitt Street, Sydney CBD. Employees are required to work a minimum of 50% of their time from office (50% of that time in Base office location & 50% of that time in any TfNSW office).

This is a fulltime Fixed Term role till 30th November 2027.

• Proven development experience across in a similar role.
• Completed a technology focused degree, or demonstrated equivalent practical experience
• Ability to work within a complex operating environment delivering crucial software solutions Capable of working to schedules coordinated across the development team
• Experience developing desktop applications in C++ is highly desirable
• Knowledge of traffic systems is also highly desirable

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you'd like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers .

For more information about this role, please contact .

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal People or Supporting People with Disability for more information or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us.

Transport acknowledges the Aboriginal people of the country on which we work, their traditions, culture and a shared history and identity. We also pay our respects to Elders past and present and recognise the continued connection to country.