Lead Software Engineer

Virtusa; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

We are seeking a senior software engineer with 7+ years of experience in Java, TypeScript, and React to build scalable, high-performance services in an enterprise context. The role covers microservices, DDD, and event-driven designs using RabbitMQ and Kafka, with databases such as SQL Server and PostgreSQL.

You will work on AWS-based deployments, IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation), and CI/CD pipelines, while pushing quality through automated testing and front-end excellence with Next.js.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience with Java, TypeScript and modern front-end stacks.
• Strong background in building scalable, high-performance microservices.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, Springboot and enterprise applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement microservice-based architectures with robust APIs.
• Lead front-end integration using React/TypeScript and Next.js.
• Leverage AWS services and IaC for scalable cloud deployments.
• Promote automated testing and quality-driven delivery across teams.

Skills

Java

TypeScript

JavaScript (Node.js)

Springboot

React

Next.js

Microservices

DDD

RabbitMQ

Kafka

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Automated testing

Tools

TeamCity

Octopus Deploy

GitHub Actions

GitHub

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Job description

\"Experience 7+ Years, Programming: Java, TypeScript and JavaScript (Node.js) ,Springboot building scalable, high-performance services.

\"Frameworks & Platforms: . Java,React (TypeScript), Springboot EE for RESTful APIs and enterprise applications.\"

\"Architecture: Microservices, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), event-driven systems using RabbitMQ and/or Apache Kafka.
Databases: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and/or other relational/NoSQL databases – e.g., PostgreSQL and DynamoDB\"

\"Cloud (AWS): EC2, Lambda, ECS/Fargate, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFormation, CDK, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CloudWatch.
CI/CD: TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, GitHub & GitHub Actions.\"

\"Containers: Kubernetes and Docker.
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible.\"

\"Quality Engineering: Strong advocate for automated testing and quality-driven delivery.
You also bring (or are keen to grow) front-end engineering capability, with skills in TypeScript, React, and Next.js, highly regarded across our full-stack engineering practice and a key differentiator for delivering seamless end-to-end customer and developer experiences.\"

AI & Chatbot Integration: Exposure to building AI-driven support tools, such as integrating with LLMs/ChatGPT for developer support. Knowledge of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server concept or similar ChatGPT plugin development is a plus, as this squad owns an AI ChatBot for developer enablement