Senior Python Lead Developer – Cloud & Full-Stack

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd; City of Brisbane, Perth; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd in Brisbane is seeking a Senior Lead Developer to design, develop and optimize full stack applications across backend and frontend. You will drive technical decisions, mentor team members and collaborate with Product Owners in an Agile setup.

We value deep DevOps practice, cloud exposure and strong focus on scalable, testable code. The role requires experience with AWS, CI/CD pipelines and modern frontend frameworks, in a dynamic consultancy environment.

Qualifications

• Python for application and systems development – strong working experience (7+ years preferred).
• Build, packaging, and release processes.
• Practical exposure to AWS or similar cloud platforms.
• CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or GitLab preferred).
• Full stack developers preferred. React or Angular (3+ years).
• Understanding of: Cloud hosted architectures
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts
• Exposure to AI assisted/agentic developer tools (e.g. Cursor, Codex, Claude Code) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, refactor, and maintain end to end applications (backend, frontend, integrations).
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Agile leaders on user stories, design, documentation, and testing.
• Implement high quality, maintainable solutions using agreed engineering standards and design patterns.
• Write and maintain unit tests; participate in and lead code reviews.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling, and automation.
• Work with containerised and cloud hosted applications; resolve technical dependencies across teams.

Skills

Python

DevOps practices

Full stack development

Cloud architectures

Agile collaboration

Tools

AWS

Azure DevOps

GitLab

React

Angular

Job description

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd in Brisbane is seeking a Senior Lead Developer to design, develop and optimize full stack applications across backend and frontend. You will drive technical decisions, mentor team members and collaborate with Product Owners in an Agile setup.

We value deep DevOps practice, cloud exposure and strong focus on scalable, testable code. The role requires experience with AWS, CI/CD pipelines and modern frontend frameworks, in a dynamic consultancy environment.