WHO WE ARE?

Headquartered in Perth, Australia, Qoria is an ASX listed global leader in child digital safety technology and services. We are a purpose-driven business, operating under the ‘Linewize’ brand in North America and Asia Pacific, under the ‘Smoothwall’ brand in the UK, and under the ‘Qoria’ brand in EMEA. Our solutions are utilized by schools, school districts and their parental communities to protect children from seeing harmful content online, to identify children at risk based on their digital behaviors and to ensure teachers maintain focus and safe learning in the digital classroom. 27K schools and 6 million parents depend on our solutions to keep 22 million children safe in 180 countries around the world.

WHAT’S THE OPPORTUNITY?

We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Smoothwall Appliance Team. This is a high-impact role where you’ll work on a critical product used by thousands of schools and organizations worldwide. The Smoothwall Appliance acts as a firewall and internet safety filter, offering content-aware filtering, activity reporting, and safeguarding alerts for on-site devices. Your work will contribute directly to improving the core functionality of the appliance, making a difference in ensuring the safety of students worldwide.

Here’s how you’ll do it:

• System fitness: You’ll work closely with other experienced engineers to refine and evolve the architecture of the product. You’ll help ensure the system meets technical, business, and user needs by responding effectively to new requirements, emerging risks, and changing priorities.
• Predictable delivery: In collaboration with the Product Manager, especially during discovery phases, you’ll help balance quality, risk, and value to support realistic planning. You’ll contribute to tracking progress and adapt plans when needed, helping the team stay on track and respond early to potential issues.
• Technical leadership by example: As a senior engineer, you’ll set a high standard through the quality of your code, your proactive engagement with team goals, and your commitment to continuous improvement. You’ll remain hands-on in development while maintaining a solid understanding of the broader system, helping guide the team through thoughtful, data-informed decisions

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with Perl, Go, and Python.
• Knowledge of packet capture and filtering, proxying, and network security.
• Familiarity with firewalls, VPNs, and IPS/IDS.
• Experience with user authentication (Active Directory, Entra ID, Google Workspace Directory, RADIUS).
• Experience with Linux tools (SystemD, Debian/Ubuntu package management).
• Familiarity with DevOps tools (Jira).

Here’s how you’ll do it:

• System fitness: You’ll work closely with other experienced engineers to refine and evolve the architecture of the product. You’ll help ensure the system meets technical, business, and user needs by responding effectively to new requirements, emerging risks, and changing priorities.
• Predictable delivery: In collaboration with the Product Manager, especially during discovery phases, you’ll help balance quality, risk, and value to support realistic planning. You’ll contribute to tracking progress and adapt plans when needed, helping the team stay on track and respond early to potential issues.
• Technical leadership by example: As a senior engineer, you’ll set a high standard through the quality of your code, your proactive engagement with team goals, and your commitment to continuous improvement. You’ll remain hands-on in development while maintaining a solid understanding of the broader system, helping guide the team through thoughtful, data-informed decision

In this role, you can expect:

• Employee stock options
• Enhanced holiday & family leave
• Tech Allowance…. and much more