Senior Software Engineer

Are you a seasoned software engineer ready to architect AI-powered solutions that transform enterprise sales?


Company Overview

AutoRFP.ai is pioneering generative AI solutions that automate critical parts of the sales workflow. We've built the leading platform for RFP response management and automation, serving customers across 30+ countries worldwide, including SugarCRM and Workforce.com. After a successful seed round, we're now profitable and scaling rapidly with 15%+ month-over-month growth driven by customer revenue.


Position Summary

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to:

  • Lead technical initiatives across our full-stack platform

  • Architect scalable solutions for our growing customer base

  • Mentor junior team members in our 3-person engineering team while working closely with founders


Technical Challenges You'll Solve

  • Scale our infrastructure to support rapid customer growth across 3 regions while maintaining high availability

  • Optimize our AI response engine, staying at the cutting edge of LLM technology while creating an intuitive user experience

  • Tackle complex document processing and editing challenges that require innovative approaches


Your Mission

As a Senior Software Engineer in our Brisbane team, you will:

  • Drive technical excellence and innovation in our AI-powered platform

  • Shape our architecture and technology decisions as we scale

  • Impact the trajectory of a fast-growing startup poised to dominate the $100B daily RFP market

  • Join a global team with offices in Brisbane and Vancouver


This role offers a unique opportunity to become a key individual contributor in our engineering team and directly influence how we build solutions that eliminate tedious work for sales teams worldwide.


Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable features across our Vue.js frontend and Node.js/TypeScript backend

  • Lead complex technical initiatives from concept through implementation and deployment

  • Architect solutions that integrate cutting-edge AI technologies into practical applications

  • Establish best practices for code quality, testing, and technical documentation

  • Provide technical mentorship to junior developers and conduct thoughtful code reviews

  • Collaborate with founders and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical specifications

  • Contribute to technical decision-making for infrastructure, cloud services, and third-party integrations

  • Proactively identify and resolve technical debt and performance bottlenecks


On your first day you can expect to:

  • Set up your development environment

  • Push a PR to production

  • In your first month you can expect to:

  • Gain deep understanding of our architecture, codebase, and development processes

  • Identify immediate opportunities for technical improvements

  • Contribute to ongoing development initiatives


In your first three months you can expect to:

  • Lead the implementation of at least one major feature or architectural improvement

  • Establish yourself as a technical mentor within the team

  • Help refine our development processes and technical standards


In your first six months you can expect to:

  • Drive significant technical initiatives that directly impact customer experience and business metrics

  • Play a key role in scaling our architecture to support our growing user base

  • Help shape our engineering team culture and recruitment strategy


Your experience may look like

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership

  • Deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js backend development

  • Strong experience with modern frontend frameworks, particularly Vue.js or React

  • Proven track record designing and implementing scalable cloud-based systems

  • Experience with Firebase or similar real-time database and authentication systems

  • Solid understanding of RESTful API design, performance optimization, and security best practices

  • Experience integrating and working with AI/ML technologies is highly valued

  • History of mentoring junior developers and contributing to team growth


We welcome candidates from all backgrounds with diverse skill sets. If you believe you can add value to AutoRFP.ai and would thrive in our environment but may not tick all the boxes, please do still apply.


Location & Office

Brisbane: Our office is located in Fortitude Valley.

You will work 5 days in office per week with flexibility for appointments.


We provide standing desks, brand new M3 Macs, 49" Ultra Wide monitors, and licenses to cutting-edge AI tools.


Tech Stack & Engineering Practices

  • Vue.js Frontend with a TypeScript Node.js backend

  • Firebase Database and Authentication

  • Specialized Generative AI Tooling

  • AWS Cloud Infrastructure

  • Nx monorepo architecture for efficient code organization

  • Infrastructure as Code using Terraform

  • Continuous deployment with daily releases via GitHub Actions


Compensation

Salary: $150,000+ depending on experience and capabilities

Opportunity to join a profitable startup experiencing 15%+ MoM growth

Work directly with founders to shape the future of the company and product