Lead Software Engineer

iterate; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Iterate in Sydney/Melbourne is seeking a Contract Lead Software Engineer to own end-to-end cloud-based solutions. The role blends hands-on coding with problem discovery, design, and mentoring a junior developer through delivery.

You will diagnose defects across large systems, build on AWS, and drive standards. If you excel at turning complex issues into actionable tasks and communicating with stakeholders, this contract could be a fit.

Qualifications

• Experience deploying and operating complex software in AWS.
• Strong fundamentals with Git, GitHub Actions and IDE workflow.
• Ability to diagnose production issues and explain core concepts to non-engineers.
• Experience or familiarity with AWS IoT Greengrass is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose defects and problems across large, complex, integrated systems, not just fixed flags.
• Design and build cloud-based software components on AWS, end to end.
• Break complex work into clear, actionable tasks and mentor juniors through delivery (including code reviews).
• Collaborate with stakeholders to shape solutions and secure leadership endorsement.

Skills

AWS

Git & GitHub Actions

Production debugging

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring

Tools

AWS IoT Greengrass

Job description

Contract Lead Software Engineer | Melbourne/Sydney | Hybrid | 4 Days onsite 1 Day WFH

Most Lead dev roles ask you to write good code. This one asks you to find the problems nobody's spotted yet, work out how to fix them, and then hand that plan to someone junior in a way that actually sets them up to win.

Our client is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to sit within the cloud-based data and analytics engine behind several of their flagship programs the systems quietly making the energy transition work in the background. They're after a Lead Engineer who can own that end to end: spot the issue in a complex, business-critical system, diagnose it properly, break it into clear tasks, and mentor a junior developer through delivering the fix.

What you'll actually be doing:

• Diagnosing defects and problems across large, complex, integrated systems not just fixing what's already been flagged
• Designing and building cloud-based software components on AWS, end to end
• Breaking complex work into clear, actionable tasks and supporting junior developers through delivery (plus regular code reviews)
• Working directly with stakeholders to shape solutions and get them endorsed by leadership
• Helping lift coding standards and practices across the wider team

What you'll bring:

• Extensive experience deploying and operating complex software in AWS
• Strong fundamentals with Git, GitHub Actions and a solid IDE workflow
• Strong analytical chops; you can pull apart a gnarly production issue and explain it clearly to people who aren't engineers
• Ideally experience with AWS IoT Greengrass