Full Stack Developer

Michael Page; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 166,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily rate contract

AWS cloud tech

Digital transformation

Agile team environment

Flexible work

North Brisbane location

Extension opportunities

Job summary

Michael Page is partnered with a well-established Queensland Government agency to recruit a Senior Full-Stack Engineer. You will develop, enhance, and maintain scalable applications, design cloud-based solutions on AWS, and translate business needs into technical outcomes within an Agile environment.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, implement APIs and microservices, ensure security and governance, and contribute to DevOps and CI/CD practices while delivering enterprise-scale digital

Qualifications

• Strong experience in full stack software development across both front-end and back-end technologies.
• Hands-on experience designing, developing, and deploying applications in AWS environments.
• Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, S3, ECS, EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFormation, or similar.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Strong understanding of API development, integrations, and microservices architecture.
• Experience with database design, development, and performance optimisation.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Strong focus on security, quality, and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and maintain scalable full-stack applications and software solutions.
• Design and build cloud-based solutions leveraging AWS services and best practices.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to gather, analyse, and translate requirements into technical outcomes.
• Develop and support front-end and back-end components using modern frameworks and programming languages.
• Create, maintain, and optimise APIs and integrations with internal and external systems.
• Write clean, efficient, secure, and maintainable code.
• Perform testing, debugging, troubleshooting, and optimisation of applications.
• Ensure solutions align with architecture, security, and cloud governance standards.
• Participate in Agile delivery activities, including sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, automation, and DevOps practices.
• Provide technical guidance and support to stakeholders and team members where required.

Skills

Full stack development

AWS

API/microservices

CI/CD

Agile

Security

stakeholder communication

Tools

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

S3

ECS

EC2

DynamoDB

CloudFormation

Job description

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and maintain scalable full-stack applications and software solutions.
• Design and build cloud-based solutions leveraging AWS services and best practices.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to gather, analyse, and translate requirements into technical outcomes.
• Develop and support front-end and back-end components using modern frameworks and programming languages.
• Create, maintain, and optimise APIs and integrations with internal and external systems.
• Write clean, efficient, secure, and maintainable code.
• Perform testing, debugging, troubleshooting, and optimisation of applications.
• Ensure solutions align with architecture, security, and cloud governance standards.
• Participate in Agile delivery activities, including sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, automation, and DevOps practices.
• Provide technical guidance and support to stakeholders and team members where required.

Requirements

• Strong experience in full stack software development across both front-end and back-end technologies.
• Hands-on experience designing, developing, and deploying applications in AWS environments.
• Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, S3, ECS, EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFormation, or similar.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Strong understanding of API development, integrations, and microservices architecture.
• Experience with database design, development, and performance optimisation.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Strong focus on security, quality, and scalability.
• Ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team culture.

About the client

Our client is a well-established Queensland Government agency currently undertaking a large-scale digital transformation program. With a strong focus on cloud adoption, modern software engineering practices, and continuous improvement, the organisation provides an opportunity to work on meaningful projects that deliver value across the public sector.

Benefits

• Attractive daily rate contract.
• Opportunity to work with modern AWS cloud technologies.
• Exposure to enterprise-scale digital transformation initiatives.
• Collaborative and supportive Agile team environment.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Convenient North Brisbane location.
• Potential extension opportunities based on project requirements.