Lead Developer

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd; City of Brisbane, Perth; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd is seeking a strong, versatile Senior Lead Developer to build and enhance modern applications across the full technology stack in Brisbane. This contract role emphasizes deep development expertise, modern DevOps practices, and practical cloud exposure.

Key responsibilities include end-to-end design, collaboration with Product Owners, and contributing to CI/CD pipelines, testing, and automation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Python development experience in enterprise environments.
• Experience with Docker and Git in a DevOps setting.
• Terraform for infrastructure as code and cloud provisioning.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitLab.
• Hands-on exposure to AWS or similar cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, refactor, and maintain end-to-end applications across backend and frontend.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Agile leads on user stories and testing.
• Implement high-quality solutions following engineering standards and patterns.
• Write and maintain unit tests; participate in code reviews.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling, and automation.
• Work with containerised and cloud-hosted applications; resolve cross-team dependencies.

Skills

Python

Docker

Git

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

AWS

Job description

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd | Contract

Lead Developer

Brisbane,perth, Australia | Posted on 04/16/2026

• XPT SoftwareAustralia PTY Ltd, incorporated in 2016, is a Software Services company
  
• XPT works with topclients across Australia in Banking, Insurance, Telecom,Retail, Energy, Mining and Manufacturingdomains.
  
• We have 120+technocrats in Australia working at our clientlocations.
  
• XPT SoftwareAustralia is part of group companies which has globalpresence across India & Europe.
  
• We have served100+ clients globally, fulfilling their onsite-offshoreneeds.
  

Job Description

We’re looking for a strong, versatile Senior Lead Developer tobuild and enhance modern applications across the full technology stack. Thisrole needs someone with deep development expertise, modern DevOps practices,and practical cloud exposure, rather than a dedicated cloud engineer.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, refactor, and maintain end‑to‑endapplications (backend, frontend, integrations).
  
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Agile leaderson user stories, design, documentation, and testing.
  
• Implement high‑quality, maintainable solutionsusing agreed engineering standards and design patterns.
  
• Write and maintain unit tests; participatein and lead code reviews.
  
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, developertooling, and automation.
  
• Work with containerised and cloud‑hostedapplications; resolve technical dependencies across teams.
  

Mandatory Skills & Experience:

• Python for application and systems development – strongworking experience (7+ years preferred)
  
• Docker , Git
  
• Terraform
  
• Build, packaging, and release processes
  
• Practical exposure to AWS or similar cloudplatforms
  
• CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or GitLab preferred)
  
• Understanding of:
  
• Cloud‑hosted architectures
  
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts
  

Nice to Have

• Exposure to AI‑assisted/agentic developertools (e.g. Cursor, Codex, Claude Code)