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Tech recruitment, Sydney.

Re:Sourced is headquartered in Sydney. We recruit senior engineers across AI, software, data, cyber, cloud and forward-deployed disciplines for scale-ups, public companies and global teams hiring in NSW. 21-day median, brief to signed, 90-day replacement guarantee.

The Sydney market

Where senior engineers actually live.

Sydney is Australia's largest tech hiring market. The deepest pools sit in fintech (Atlassian, Canva, Block, Airwallex, Up), AI scale-ups (Harrison.AI, Cortical Labs, Eucalyptus), enterprise cloud (CBA, Westpac, Macquarie, IAG), and a long tail of Series B-D scale-ups across health, govtech and infrastructure.

Our active Sydney network spans roughly 700 senior engineers. Hybrid is the modal pattern (2-3 days in office) but full-remote is increasingly negotiated as part of total compensation.

Salary bands 2026

What you should pay senior engineers in Sydney.

Bands are base only. Total comp commonly runs 20-50% above base when equity is structured well. Bonus and superannuation are additional in most public-company offers.

Discipline	Senior base	Principal base	Tech lead base
AI / ML engineer	AUD 180-220k	AUD 220-250k	AUD 200-240k
Software engineer	AUD 160-190k	AUD 190-220k	AUD 190-210k
Data engineer	AUD 160-190k	AUD 190-250k	AUD 200-250k
Cyber engineer	AUD 170-200k	AUD 200-220k	AUD 200-230k
Cloud / SRE / platform	AUD 170-210k	AUD 190-220k	AUD 190-230k
Forward deployed	AUD 180-240k	AUD 240-280k	-

Base only. 25th-75th percentile of accepted offers. Full Salary Guide 2026 ->

Recent placements

Indicative recent searches.

Indicative samples drawn from recent and active mandates. Specific clients available under NDA on request.

Senior ML engineer x3, fintech scale-up, all closed from first shortlist
Staff backend engineer, AI-native platform company, 19-day close
Head of platform, healthtech Series C, placed against an 8-month internal search
Cloud architect, financial services, contractor-to-permanent conversion
Senior application security engineer, payments scale-up, 16-day close

Specialisms in Sydney

Six disciplines, one process.

AI Engineering

ML, applied science, AI platform.

Software Engineering

Backend, frontend, full-stack, mobile.

Data Engineering

Analytics, platform, ML data.

Cyber Engineering

AppSec, architecture, GRC.

Cloud Engineering

Platform, SRE, DevOps.

Forward Deployed

Customer-embedded engineering.

Common questions

Hiring in Sydney, answered.

How much does a tech recruitment agency in Sydney cost?

Re:Sourced works on a no-fee-until-placement basis with a 90-day replacement guarantee. The fee is an agreed percentage of first-year base salary. There is no charge to brief us or to receive a calibrated shortlist.

How long does it take to hire a senior engineer in Sydney?

Our median is 21 days from brief to signed offer, with a calibrated shortlist inside 72 hours of the intake call.

What do senior engineers earn in Sydney in 2026?

Senior base salaries run roughly AUD 160-240k depending on discipline, with AI and forward-deployed engineers at the top of the range. See the table above or the full Salary Guide 2026 for principal and tech-lead bands.

Does Re:Sourced have an office in Sydney?

Yes. Re:Sourced is headquartered at 39 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000. We recruit across ANZ from our Sydney base, with active networks in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and remote-first roles nationwide.

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