[golergka]

How many positions have you applied to, what salary level did you tell the companies you want, what companies did you look for, did you look for remote jobs or for relocation (judging by Australia, it had to be one of those)?

Last time I looked for a job as a senior backend developer (having made the transition from gamedev in the last few years), I've had very easy time interviewing and a lot of offers. I don't live in a first world country and my salary here is probably much more humble than what you're aiming at, but the whole job market here still looks very good, and there's plenty of remote opportunities from all over the world as well.

[abright]

I'm mostly looking at remote jobs (There aren't a lot of openings at the smaller companies I'm applying to in Pittsburgh but of those I mostly haven't even gotten past the resume screen). I told them I was shooting for $120k/year although I was flexible. I've probably submitted 50ish applications so far.

[golergka]

$120k sounds way too high for remote, that's almost CTO level.

[abright]

My apologies, I'm in Pittsburgh in the USA and currently making 90k just for front-end work. According to the research I've done, 120k is on the low end for senior devs across the nation and perhaps just right, maybe a tad high for my local area.

[astro-codes]

Try half that salary for jobs in Australia and you might have more luck.