Lead Software Engineer

Virtusa Corporation; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa Corporation is seeking an experienced full-stack engineer with 7+ years in the industry. The role focuses on .NET Core/.NET 6/8, REST APIs, and microservices, with AWS as a must-have. Frontend is HTML/CSS/JS with React/Next.js or Angular preferred, and Kafka knowledge is a plus.

The ideal candidate will contribute to end-to-end development, CI/CD pipelines, and secure DevOps practices across the stack, collaborating with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years as a full-stack engineer.
• Strong C# and .NET (Core/6/8) expertise.
• Hands-on with REST APIs and microservices.
• AWS cloud experience is essential.
• Front-end proficiency in HTML/CSS/JS; React/Next.js or Angular preferred.
• Kafka experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend services.
• Collaborate with front-end teams to deliver features end-to-end.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment tooling.
• Ensure security and DevOps practices are applied across the stack.

Skills

C# / OOP design patterns

REST APIs

Microservices

Kafka knowledge

Frontend: React/Next.js / Angular

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Git / CI tools (GitHub Actions, TeamCI

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

TeamCity

Octopus Deploy

Job description

Experience: 7+ years of industry experience as a full-stack engineer

• Development Methodologies: .NET Core/.Net 6/.Net 8, REST APIs, Microservices, experience on .NET is mandatory, streaming platforms like Kafka is good to have as well.
• Frontend Technologies: HTML5, CSS and Javascript. Also strong in one of the JS frameworks - either React/NextJs (Desired) or Angular
• Programming Languages: Expert in C# with sound knowledge of OOPS concepts and design patterns.
• CI/CD: Any Git tool for source control. Build tools like TeamCity or Jenkins or GitHub Action and experience with deployment tooling like Octopus or similar.
• Databases: Either of the relational databases like MSSQL / Oracle.
• Cloud: AWS (must-have)
• DevOps: Developer Awareness to DevOps tooling and security