Senior Research Engineer
Job No.: 680317
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: 12-month fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: $120,138 - $132,610 pa HEW Level 08 (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
- Join our inclusive, collaborative community
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
The Faculty of Information Technology has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Research Engineer to join Action Lab, a centre of expertise for action-based research in communities and digital technologies.
The Senior Research Engineer leads full‑stack design, development, and maintenance of scalable research platforms, aligning with Action Lab’s strategic goals. You will supervise a team of Research Engineers and collaborate closely with Research Fellows, students, staff members, community members, clinical populations and occupational groups.
As the successful candidate you will:
- Have proven expertise with relational databases (PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, Prisma ORM) and non‑relational databases (MongoDB, Firebase)
- Be proficient in complex schema design, indexing strategies, and optimizing query performance
- Have demonstrable experience developing robust, scalable APIs using REST, GraphQL, tRPC, pub/sub systems and type-safe APIs leveraging TypeScript, tRPC, SuperJSON and schema-validation libraries (Zod, Arktype)
- Have designed middleware for authentication, authorization, and security enforcement
- Experience integrating APIs with AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud ecosystems.
- Experience in open-source dietary assessment tools and health data platforms
- Demonstrated leadership in planning, priority-setting, resource allocation, and delivering on deadlines
If you thrive on leading a team in innovative research technology platforms and would like to work at a globally ranked university with purpose-driven impact, we’d love to hear from you—apply now!
About Monash University
At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something groundbreaking – a place where great things happen.
We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
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Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.
To Apply
For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'.
Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.
Enquiries: Professor Patrick Olivier, Director, Action Lab, Department of Human Centred Computing, patrick.olivier@monash.edu
Position Description: Senior Research Engineer
Applications Close: Wednesday 9 July 2025, 11:55pm AEST
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