Senior Python Lead - Data Platform Replatform (Part-Time)

Talent; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 140,000; Part time

Job summary

Talent is seeking an experienced Senior Python Developer to lead and hands‑on develop the re‑platforming of a data processing application on a modern, scalable platform. This part‑time Melbourne role is based in Docklands on an initial 6‑month contract with potential extension.

The ideal candidate is a senior engineer or tech lead who enjoys coding while guiding technical direction, solution design, mentoring and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Strong Python development experience including design, optimisation and troubleshooting.
• Senior Software Engineer or Tech Lead on application modernisation or re-platforming projects.
• Solid object‑oriented design skills and clean code principles.
• Experience building data‑intensive applications, ETL pipelines, APIs and microservices.
• Experience integrating databases, external APIs and enterprise systems.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, release management, monitoring and logging.
• Baseline Security Clearance is required.
• Experience in large enterprise, government or regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and implementation of the re‑platforming initiative.
• Define migration approach and develop Python solutions for data processing workloads.
• Design and develop data‑intensive applications, ETL workflows, APIs and microservices.
• Build data ingestion, transformation, validation and processing pipelines.
• Apply modern software engineering, DevSecOps, CI/CD and automation practices.
• Conduct code reviews and promote clean code and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with solution architects, platform teams, project managers and stakeholders.
• Support knowledge transfer and capability uplift across application support teams.

Skills

Python development

Senior software engineer

Technical leadership

CI/CD

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Git

APIs

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Talent is seeking an experienced Senior Python Developer to lead and hands‑on develop the re‑platforming of a data processing application on a modern, scalable platform. This part‑time Melbourne role is based in Docklands on an initial 6‑month contract with potential extension.

The ideal candidate is a senior engineer or tech lead who enjoys coding while guiding technical direction, solution design, mentoring and stakeholder engagement.