Full-stack Developer

Empire Group; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Empire Group is seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer to deliver modern cloud-native applications within an AWS environment. You will design, develop, test and support applications across frontend, backend, integration and AWS infrastructure layers.

The role emphasizes hands-on development with React, TypeScript, Python and AWS serverless architectures, including Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge and DynamoDB. Collaboration with architects and delivery teams is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience
• 2+ years of hands-on AWS cloud development experience
• Strong React and TypeScript experience
• Strong Python backend development experience
• Experience developing REST APIs, microservices and distributed systems
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS serverless and event-driven architectures
• Experience with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS and related AWS services
• Experience using AWS CDK for Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL and DynamoDB
• Experience implementing OAuth 2.0, OIDC and JWT authentication
• Experience with CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions
• Strong testing, debugging and troubleshooting capability
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with architects and delivery teams

Responsibilities

• Develop modern web applications using React and TypeScript
• Build backend services and microservices using Python
• Design and integrate RESTful APIs using OpenAPI standards
• Develop synchronous and event-driven integrations
• Build and maintain AWS infrastructure using AWS CDK
• Work with AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, S3, DynamoDB and Aurora PostgreSQL
• Implement secure authentication using OAuth 2.0, OIDC and JWT
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, security and quality controls
• Implement monitoring, logging and observability
• Participate in solution design, architecture discussions and code reviews
• Produce technical documentation and knowledge transfer across the team

Skills

React

TypeScript

Python

REST APIs

Microservices

AWS

CDK

OAuth 2.0 / OIDC / JWT

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Testing & Debugging

Tools

AWS CDK

GitHub Actions

Job description

We are partnering with a large and complex Government Department to recruit an experienced Full Stack Developer for a long-term contract through to September 2027.

This role will suit a strong hands‑on developer with experience delivering modern cloud‑native applications across front-end, back-end, integration and AWS infrastructure layers.

About the role

Working as part of a collaborative technology delivery team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing and supporting modern applications within an AWS environment.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Developing modern web applications using React and TypeScript
• Building backend services and microservices using Python
• Designing and integrating RESTful APIs using OpenAPI standards
• Developing synchronous and event‑driven integrations
• Building and maintaining AWS infrastructure using AWS CDK
• Working with AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, S3, DynamoDB and Aurora PostgreSQL
• Implementing secure authentication and authorisation using OAuth 2.0, OIDC and JWT
• Contributing to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, security and quality controls
• Implementing monitoring, logging, exception handling and observability
• Participating in solution design, architecture discussions and code reviews
• Producing technical documentation and supporting knowledge transfer across the team

About you

To be successful in this role, you will bring strong full stack development experience and the ability to work across the complete application lifecycle.

You will ideally have:

• 5+ years' software development experience
• 2+ years' hands‑on AWS cloud development experience
• Strong React and TypeScript experience
• Strong Python backend development experience
• Experience developing REST APIs, microservices and distributed systems
• Strong hands‑on experience with AWS serverless and event‑driven architectures
• Experience with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS and related AWS services
• Experience using AWS CDK for Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL and DynamoDB
• Experience implementing OAuth 2.0, OIDC and JWT authentication
• Experience with GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD tooling
• Strong testing, debugging and troubleshooting capability
• The ability to work independently while collaborating with architects, technical leads and delivery teams

Experience working within large enterprise or Government environments, along with AWS certifications, will be highly regarded.