Job Info
Location: Sydney, NSW
Salary: >$100,000
Job Type: Permanent position | Full time position
Job Description
Cox Purtell Python Engineer - Real-Time Distributed Systems Remote - Australia-based only Full Australian work rights required Salary negotiable to $150k
* Super
* Performance Bonus Engineering
Without Theatre We design and operate low-latency, distributed systems that ingest real-time data, execute automated logic and manage risk in fast-moving electronic markets. Performance is measurable.
Failure is visible. Correctness matters. You will build and operate production systems that run continuously under real-world constraints.
This is core infrastructure, not feature churn. What You'll
Do Build high-performance Python services supporting real-time workflows Design and optimise event-driven data pipelines with strict latency targets Deploy and operate containerised services in production across public cloud environments Build internal tools, APIs and dashboards used by technical stakeholders Improve CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks and release safety Monitor live systems and resolve production issues methodically Write clean, well-tested and well-documented code Ownership is end-to-end. If it runs in production, you care about how it behaves. Technology Environment
You'll be working primarily in Python within a containerised, Kubernetes-based environment deployed across major public cloud platforms. Our systems rely on: Event-driven messaging and streaming architectures Relational and time-series data stores Infrastructure-as-code and Git-based deployment workflows Production-grade monitoring and alerting tooling We operate real-time services with strict latency and reliability expectations, so performance tuning and observability are part of everyday engineering.
Core Requirements 4
* years professional Python development experience Strong understanding of distributed systems and concurrency Experience operating containerised workloads in production Hands-on experience with public cloud infrastructure Experience building or running real-time or high-throughput systems
The Details Remote role - must be based in Australia Full Australian work rights required Salary negotiable to $150k
* Super
* performance-based bonus Flexible working arrangements Learning budget and modern tooling
If this sounds aligned with the kind of systems you enjoy building, send through your CV or a short note outlining the environments you've worked in. All conversations are handled confidentially. Skills: Python Distributed Systems Real-Time Systems Event-Driven Architecture Low Latency Kubernetes Public Cloud Messaging Systems SQL Databases Infrastructure as Code CI/CD Concurrency Performance Engineering Salary benefits: Super
* Bonuses
About Company We've been matching the right people with temporary and permanent roles since 1994 and as one of Australia's most respected recruitment firms, our approach is to treat both our clients and our candidates the way we would like to be treated. In our world, recruitment is about listening to what you want and only making the match when we believe we've found the right chemistry.
And we're good at it, as our retention figures show. We are known for our long term relationships and long term placements, which is why so many people trust us with their recruitment needs, or with their entire careers. We have three specialist areas across permanent, temporary and fixed term contracts.
They are Corporate Support, Technology and Government. Work Type: Full time Salary: $1000-150000 Job Publish: 18-02-2026 Job Expire: 20-03-2026