Senior Python Lead Developer – Cloud & Full-Stack

XPT Software; Council of the City of Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software Australia PTY Ltd is seeking a strong Senior Lead Developer to design, build, and evolve modern applications across the full technology stack. The role requires deep development experience, modern DevOps practices, and hands-on cloud exposure rather than a dedicated cloud engineer.

You will collaborate with Product Owners and Agile teams, implement high-quality solutions, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automation in a containerised, cloud-hosted environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Python development experience.
• Experience with build, packaging, and release processes.
• Practical exposure to AWS or similar cloud platforms.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or GitLab).
• Full stack development experience, with React or Angular (3+ years).
• Understanding of cloud-hosted architectures and IaC concepts.

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 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

Build & release processes

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Full stack development

Frontend frameworks (React/Angular)

Cloud architecture

IaC concepts

AI tools exposure

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitLab

Job description

XPT Software Australia PTY Ltd is seeking a strong Senior Lead Developer to design, build, and evolve modern applications across the full technology stack. The role requires deep development experience, modern DevOps practices, and hands-on cloud exposure rather than a dedicated cloud engineer.

You will collaborate with Product Owners and Agile teams, implement high-quality solutions, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automation in a containerised, cloud-hosted environment.