Senior Full-Stack Engineer — AWS, React/TypeScript

Michelle Sneesby - Founder and Managing Partner; Queensland; On-site; AUD 124,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Empire Group is recruiting an experienced Full Stack Developer for a long-term AWS-focused contract. You will design, develop, test, and support cloud-native applications in an AWS environment.

Key duties include building React/TypeScript front-ends, Python microservices, RESTful APIs, and end-to-end CI/CD with observability and security controls. Government sector experience is highly regarded.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' software development experience.
• 2+ years' hands-on AWS cloud development experience.
• Strong React and TypeScript experience.
• Experience developing REST APIs, microservices and distributed systems.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS serverless and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS and related AWS services
• Experience using AWS CDK for Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL and DynamoDB
• Experience implementing OAuth 2.0, OIDC and JWT authentication
• Experience with GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD tooling
• Strong testing, debugging and troubleshooting capability
• The ability to work independently while collaborating with architects and delivery teams
• Experience in large enterprise or Government environments; AWS certifications welcomed

Responsibilities

• Developing modern web applications using React and TypeScript
• Building backend services and microservices using Python
• Designing and integrating RESTful APIs using OpenAPI standards
• Developing synchronous and event-driven integrations
• Building and maintaining AWS infrastructure using AWS CDK
• Working with AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, S3, DynamoDB and Aurora PostgreSQL
• Implementing secure authentication and authorisation using OAuth 2.0, OIDC and JWT
• Contributing to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, security and quality controls
• Implementing monitoring, logging, exception handling and observability
• Participating in solution design, architecture discussions and code reviews
• Producing technical documentation and knowledge transfer across the team

Skills

React

TypeScript

Python

AWS

REST APIs

Microservices

OAuth 2.0

OIDC

JWT

CI/CD

AWS CDK

Lambda

API Gateway

Event-driven

DynamoDB

Tools

GitHub Actions

OpenAPI

Job description

Empire Group is recruiting an experienced Full Stack Developer for a long-term AWS-focused contract. You will design, develop, test, and support cloud-native applications in an AWS environment.

Key duties include building React/TypeScript front-ends, Python microservices, RESTful APIs, and end-to-end CI/CD with observability and security controls. Government sector experience is highly regarded.