SofwareEngineer(Innovation)

Location: Melbourne / Hybrid Type: Full-Time Reports to: Chief Innovation Officer BUILD THE FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY At Breadcrumb, we're making worksites safer, more connected, and more compliant. Our digital safety tool is trusted by construction and industrial businesses across Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland, and the United States - and we're growing fast. We're looking for a Software Engineer to join our Innovation Hub, a specialised team focused on rapidly executing and validating new ideas. You'll turn concepts into real, working solutions, contributing to both Breadcrumb's existing products and greenfield initiatives. Reporting to the Chief Innovation Officer, you'll work hands-on across the full lifecycle of innovation, from idea and prototype through to production, collaborating closely with product, engineering, and design teams. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Analyse and design complex software systems, APIs, and data models that span internal architectures and third-party integrations, ensuring alignment with organisational requirements. - Formulate technical specifications and make critical architectural decisions in ambiguous problem spaces, balancing rapid experimentation with the rigorous discipline required for production-grade software. - Apply emerging technologies, including AI/Large Language Models (LLMs) and automation tooling, to enhance system capabilities and deliver measurable value within the product ecosystem. - Lead the end-to-end Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), rapidly designing and building high-fidelity prototypes to validate product hypotheses with customers before scaling to production. - Develop and maintain robust applications across web, mobile, and desktop platforms using .NET (C#) and React, contributing directly to the core "Breadcrumb" product suite. - Oversee the evolution of prototypes, performing critical refactoring, system hardening, and seamless integration into core enterprise environments. - Uphold and cha