Work with cutting edge technology, making the world a safer and more secure place. DroneShield (ASX:DRO) offers an opportunity to solve some of world’s most challenging technical problems in the Electronic Warfare, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, RF sensing, Sensor Fusion and distributed systems. Working with high profile customers across militaries, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure, law enforcement and many others.
With one of the largest listed defence company market capitalisations in Australia and having raised approximately $250m in 2024 alone, DroneShield is undergoing hypergrowth stage, fuelled by rapidly increasing use of drones for nefarious applications, from battlefield, to terrorism, to contraband delivery and commercial espionage.
This role is in the DroneShield Sydney headquarters in Pyrmont, Sydney. There are approximately 300 staff based in the 4,000sqm facility today, scheduled to grow to approximately 350 staff by end of 2026. Overseas on the ground presence includes Virginia (USA), Denmark, Germany and Dubai, as well as distributors in over 70 countries globally.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Proven experience in Go (Golang) backend development
• Proficiency with modern frontend frameworks (React, Vue, or similar)
• Experience building and integrating APIs, including WebSocket or streaming endpoints
• Comfortable working across the stack, from backend services and DBs to UI/UX design
• Familiarity with structured logging, observability tools, and frontend performance optimisation
• Bonus: Experience with annotation platforms, real-time dashboards, or developer tooling
  Note for recruitment agencies: we do not accept floated candidates from external recruiters unless they were instructed to do so

ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re looking for a Full Stack Engineer with Go backend experience and strong frontend skills to help build internal tools for annotation workflows, device monitoring, and AI operations. You’ll work across the stack — building APIs, crafting responsive user interfaces, and integrating real-time data and telemetry. Your work will directly impact our annotation teams, AI engineers, and field-deployed systems.
You will be part of the AI Systems team, focused on increasing ML tooling capability, ML and data integrations, operational efficiency, automation, and observability across our AI teams and capabilities platform.

RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES AND EXPECTATIONS

• Build and maintain full stack applications to support annotation tooling capability, ML workflow automation, and global device telemetry
• Develop backend APIs and services in Go to support frontend applications and data tools
• Build intuitive and responsive user interfaces using modern web frameworks
• Collaborate with AI and RFAI teams to surface logs, model state, and sensor metadata in real time
• Contribute to internal developer tools that support data ingestion, search, versioning, and monitoring
• Ensure high code quality, maintainability, and documentation across the stack