Senior Application Tech Lead: Architecture & Delivery

UnitingCare Queensland; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,900 p.a. (x

Meal and entertainment benefits

12 weeks paid parental leave + 2 weeks

Diversity and inclusive leave options

Career development opportunities

Job summary

UnitingCare Queensland is recruiting an Application Technical Lead to provide technical governance, architectural direction and engineering leadership across mobile and web applications. The role sits within the Digital & Technology team, guiding delivery, mentoring developers and ensuring secure, scalable outcomes.

Hybrid work, Fixed Term contract through to Sep 2028, Brisbane. You will collaborate with Product Owners, Cyber Security and stakeholders to drive engineering excellence while

Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience in commercial software engineering, application development or solution architecture roles.
• Expert-level knowledge of React Native and React.js development environments.
• Strong experience designing scalable application architectures across enterprise environments.
• Experience implementing development governance frameworks, code review standards and best practice engineering methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-based technologies and services within Microsoft Azure.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• Strong understanding of modern authentication and authorisation frameworks, including JSON Web Tokens (JWT).
• Experience working collaboratively with Cyber Security, Product Owners and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across mobile, web and cloud-based applications.
• Establish and enforce software engineering standards, code review processes and development governance practices.
• Lead solution design decisions across modern application environments including React Native, React.js and microservices architectures.
• Partner with Cyber Security teams to embed secure development practices and shift-left security testing frameworks.
• Oversee application release governance, including Change Advisory Board (CAB) approvals, risk assessments and deployment controls.
• Mentor and coach developers, fostering technical capability, continuous improvement and high-quality engineering outcomes.
• Act as the primary escalation point for complex technical issues relating to applications, integrations, performance and environments.
• Support the development and maintenance of Azure DevOps pipelines, deployment automation and release management processes.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with technical and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technology solutions.
• Drive platform improvements, application upgrades and engineering initiatives that enhance performance, reliability and security.
• Coordinate testing activities, quality assurance practices and production release readiness across multiple delivery teams.
• Support incident response and stakeholder communications during critical production issues and release deployments.

Skills

Technical leadership

React Native

React.js

Cloud architecture

Security practices

Stakeholder engagement

Mentoring

Tools

Azure DevOps

Azure

React Native

React.js

Job description

UnitingCare Queensland is recruiting an Application Technical Lead to provide technical governance, architectural direction and engineering leadership across mobile and web applications. The role sits within the Digital & Technology team, guiding delivery, mentoring developers and ensuring secure, scalable outcomes.

Hybrid work, Fixed Term contract through to Sep 2028, Brisbane. You will collaborate with Product Owners, Cyber Security and stakeholders to drive engineering excellence while