Senior Full-Stack Tech Lead — Hybrid & Flexible Work

the original; New South Wales; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Transport for NSW is seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer (Tech Lead) to lead a high-performing engineering team. You will drive architecture, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable applications across backend and frontend tech stacks, while collaborating with product owners and stakeholders to shape the technical roadmap.

You will bring 7+ years of development experience, deep Java/Spring expertise, GraphQL, and strong AWS/Kubernetes knowledge.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development with 2+ years in a Tech Lead capacity.
• Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and the Spring Framework.
• Proven GraphQL experience including schema design and federation.
• Frontend expertise with TypeScript/JavaScript and React or Angular.
• Experience with API gateways like Kong or Apigee.
• Strong knowledge of microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.
• Cloud experience with AWS (Lambda, EKS, S3, IAM).
• CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines, GitHub Actions, or similar.
• Strong SQL with exposure to NoSQL databases.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments and guiding architectural decisions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle.
• Drive architecture decisions and mentor developers while staying hands-on.
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, and stakeholders to shape the technical roadmap.
• Lead design and architecture across backend and frontend applications.
• Drive API gateway governance and engineering best practices.
• Troubleshoot production issues and lead root-cause analysis.

Skills

Technical Lead

Java/Spring

GraphQL

React/TypeScript

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD

SQL/NoSQL

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder comms

Tools

Jenkins

Bitbucket Pipelines

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kong

Apigee

Job description

Transport for NSW is seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer (Tech Lead) to lead a high-performing engineering team. You will drive architecture, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable applications across backend and frontend tech stacks, while collaborating with product owners and stakeholders to shape the technical roadmap.

You will bring 7+ years of development experience, deep Java/Spring expertise, GraphQL, and strong AWS/Kubernetes knowledge.