Mid-level Software Developer

Nakatomi

Nakatomi co-founds bold ventures with brilliant minds who want to shape the future.

We validate, develop, and launch game-changing businesses — partnering with curious corporates and brilliant founders to co-create solutions people want and the world needs.

The Role

We are looking for a mid-level software developer to join our team.

• You'll be directly bringing ideas to life through code and creative technical solutions.
• You'll be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining systems and applications across the stack. You'll work closely with our founders, creative strategists, and designers to translate concepts into reliable, scalable software that meets our ambitious timelines.
• Your mission will be to drive development forward, ensuring we deliver high-quality solutions -maintaining the level of craft and service that we pride ourselves on.
• You'll be working with the software team to develop products from scratch, across a variety of industries and technologies.
• You'll be providing technical knowledge and advice to design and strategy teams throughout the ideation and design of new products.
• Continually developing your technical skillset and ensure Nakatomi stays at the forefront of emerging technologies by proactively performing research and development.

This role is located in Paddington, Sydney. We occasionally work remotely, but the nature of our work is incredibly collaborative and better suited to in-person.

Experience & Mindsets Required

• 3–5 years experience
  in software development, preferably full-stack across web and/or mobile applications.
• Strong programming fundamentals
  , with experience developing in multiple programming languages, such as TypeScript, Python, C++.
• Comfortable with cloud-based development
  , with experience building infrastructure as code on AWS, GCP and/or Azure.
• Strong understanding of and interest in the applications of AI
  , including LLMs, and the ability to pragmatically apply in the development of software.
• Collaborative and communicative
  , with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• You're dedicated and take ownership
  of the improvement and execution of your craft and are able to learn new skills rapidly.
• You see your future in startups
  — building, scaling, and creating new ventures.

What can Nakatomi offer you?

Nakatomi is a place that fosters intellectual curiosity. We love helping people solve problems and reach their goals. This includes our clients and you.

Our culture celebrates making, enthusiasm, imagination and empathy. We support each other and help each other achieve our goals.

As all of our solutions are unique, no day is ever the same. We offer opportunities across all business areas and encourage you to try new things.

You'll learn new things (All interesting but not all useful. Always fun) at our regular Friday spotlight sessions. We like to do regular random activities together each month.

What to include in your application:

CV (short, please. Highlight experience directly applicable to this role)

Include at least the following;

1. Explain you. What motivates you? What's your core psychological driver?
2. Solving Samples: Please include examples of hard problems you've solved. These don't need to be from your professional experiences. We'd love to see your personal projects. Please be specific about why it was hard, how you went about solving it and the result. We like detail.

Tell us a bit about;

1. What does leadership mean to you?
2. Speed is everything, how do you maintain urgency while preserving craft?
3. What excites you about joining Nakatomi?