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Tech recruitment, Melbourne.

Re:Sourced recruits senior engineers across Melbourne's enterprise software, fintech and AI-native employers, covering AI, software, data, cyber, cloud and forward-deployed disciplines. Headquartered in Sydney, active across Victoria. 21-day median close, 90-day replacement guarantee.

The Melbourne market

Where senior engineers actually work.

Melbourne is Australia's second-largest tech hiring market and its enterprise-software heartland. The deepest pools sit in enterprise SaaS and fintech (REA Group, MYOB, SEEK, Culture Amp, Zeller, Judo Bank), a growing AI-native scene, and the engineering teams of the big banks and insurers running Melbourne delivery centres.

Our active Melbourne network spans senior engineers across all six disciplines. Hybrid is the dominant pattern, two to three days in office, with full-remote common for senior individual contributors. Melbourne base salaries run roughly 5 percent below Sydney, though the gap narrows at principal level and for scarce AI and forward-deployed skills.

Salary bands 2026

What you should pay senior engineers in Melbourne.

Melbourne base salaries run around 5 percent below Sydney. Bands are base only; total compensation commonly runs 20-50% above base when equity is structured well.

Discipline	Senior base	Principal base	Tech lead base
AI / ML engineer	AUD 175-210k	AUD 210-240k	AUD 190-230k
Software engineer	AUD 155-180k	AUD 180-210k	AUD 180-200k
Data engineer	AUD 155-180k	AUD 180-240k	AUD 190-240k
Cyber engineer	AUD 165-190k	AUD 190-210k	AUD 190-220k
Cloud / SRE / platform	AUD 165-200k	AUD 180-210k	AUD 180-220k
Forward deployed	AUD 175-230k	AUD 230-270k	-

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

Recent placements

Indicative Melbourne searches.

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

Senior software engineer x2, enterprise SaaS, both closed from first shortlist
Staff data engineer, fintech scale-up, 18-day close
Forward deployed engineer, AI-native platform, hybrid Melbourne
Cloud platform engineer, insurer, contractor-to-permanent conversion
Senior application security engineer, payments scale-up, 17-day close

Specialisms in Melbourne

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, cleared roles in Melbourne.

Cloud Engineering

Platform, SRE, DevOps.

Forward Deployed

Customer-embedded engineering in Melbourne.

Common questions

Hiring in Melbourne, answered.

How much does a tech recruitment agency in Melbourne 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 Melbourne?

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 Melbourne in 2026?

Senior base salaries run roughly AUD 155-210k depending on discipline, around 5 percent below Sydney. See the table above or the full Salary Guide 2026 for principal and tech-lead bands.

Do you only recruit in Melbourne?

Re:Sourced is headquartered in Sydney and recruits across ANZ, with active networks in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and remote-first roles nationwide.

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