Senior Developer/ Technical Lead -. NET Or Angular - Contract/Perm

NCS Group Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Discounted health insurance

Career development programs

Job summary

NCS Group Australia is searching for a Technical Lead to provide hands-on leadership in agile teams, ensuring solutions align with enterprise architecture. This role is ideal for a senior engineer ready to take on a leadership position while actively participating in development.

You will work with architects and developers to deliver secure and scalable solutions while mentoring team members. Offers include paid parental leave, wellness initiatives, and career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in software engineering and solution delivery.
• Proven ability to lead technical implementation within agile teams.
• Comfortable balancing hands-on delivery with technical guidance.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership within agile delivery teams.
• Define solution design approaches aligned with enterprise standards.
• Guide and support team members on technical implementation.

Skills

Software engineering

Technical implementation leadership

Hands-on .NET expertise

Hands-on Angular expertise

Problem-solving skills

Stakeholder engagement

Mentoring skills

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Technical Lead to provide hands‑on leadership within agile delivery teams, ensuring solutions are designed, built, and delivered in alignment with enterprise architecture standards and engineering best practices.

This role is ideal for a senior engineer stepping into an emerging leadership capacity. You will remain actively hands‑on in development while also guiding the team on technical implementation, design decisions, and engineering quality.

As the primary technical authority within the Scrum team, you will collaborate closely with architects, developers, DevOps engineers, and Product Owners to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient solutions.

To be effective, your technical expertise should align strongly with the team’s technology stack — particularly .NET and Angular — enabling you to provide credible leadership and practical support across both design and build phases.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide hands‑on technical leadership within agile delivery teams
• Define and maintain solution design approaches aligned with enterprise standards
• Collaborate with architects to ensure alignment with target state architecture and roadmaps
• Lead technical planning during sprint cycles and Program Increment (PI) planning
• Guide and support team members on technical implementation and development practices
• Identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks and implementation challenges
• Ensure non‑functional requirements (performance, security, scalability, observability, accessibility) are met
• Drive engineering quality through coding standards, reviews, and best practices
• Support integration planning, deployment readiness, and operational supportability
• Contribute to technical governance, assurance activities, and peer reviews
• Mentor developers and uplift team capability
• Participate in engineering communities, guilds, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements

Qualifications

You are a strong engineer with natural leadership capability, comfortable balancing hands‑on delivery with technical guidance and mentoring. You bring credibility through your technical expertise and enjoy supporting others to succeed.

You thrive in agile environments and are passionate about building robust, maintainable, and scalable solutions.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in software engineering and solution delivery
• Proven ability to lead technical implementation within agile teams
• Hands‑on expertise in .NET or Angular (essential)
• Solid understanding of enterprise architecture principles and engineering standards
• Strong problem‑solving and troubleshooting skills
• Experience mentoring developers and improving engineering quality
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Provides specialist technical leadership within delivery teams
• Remains hands‑on in development while stepping into a Technical Lead capacity
• Influences engineering practices and technical decision‑making
• Performs complex engineering and design activities
• Supports technical governance and quality outcomes
• Contributes to mentoring and capability uplift initiatives

Benefits

We offer paid parental leave, initiatives focused on your well‑being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint, industry and partner training programs, special interest groups, and an AI‑driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career, we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth.

EEO Statement

NCS Australia is an equal‑opportunity employer, and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community. At NCS Australia, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply.