Senior Full-Stack Tech Lead: Cloud & Microservices (Hybrid)

Transport for NSW; Parramatta; On-site; AUD 158,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Job summary

Transport for NSW is hiring a Senior Full Stack Developer (Tech Lead) to lead the engineering team in Parramatta. You will guide architecture, mentor developers, and stay hands-on across backend and frontend technologies.

You bring 7+ years in software development, with 2+ years in a technical leadership role, and deep skills in Java, Spring Boot, GraphQL, and AWS. Strong CI/CD and stakeholder communication are essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience with 2+ years in a Tech Lead role.
• Strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot; experience with GraphQL and API gateways.
• Cloud experience with AWS and Kubernetes; CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins/Bitbucket/GitHub Actions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle.
• Drive architecture decisions and mentor developers while remaining hands-on.
• Deliver scalable, high-quality applications across backend and frontend.
• Engage with product owners, architects and stakeholders to shape the roadmap.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

GraphQL

API gateways

Microservices

AWS

CI/CD

SQL

NoSQL

Stakeholder engagement

Agile/Scrum

Technical design

Mentoring

API governance

Troubleshooting production issues

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Jenkins

Bitbucket Pipelines

GitHub Actions

Job description

Transport for NSW is hiring a Senior Full Stack Developer (Tech Lead) to lead the engineering team in Parramatta. You will guide architecture, mentor developers, and stay hands-on across backend and frontend technologies.

You bring 7+ years in software development, with 2+ years in a technical leadership role, and deep skills in Java, Spring Boot, GraphQL, and AWS. Strong CI/CD and stakeholder communication are essential.