Senior Software Engineer – Cloud, APIs & DevOps

The Hr Ally; Victoria; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

The HR Ally in Melbourne, VIC, AU is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and deliver scalable cloud-based systems. You will lead development across AWS, IaC (Terraform), REST/GraphQL APIs, and containerized deployments, while collaborating with stakeholders in an agile environment.

You will mentor teams, participate in code reviews, implement automated tests, and ensure accessible front-ends with React/TypeScript. Hybrid work and security clearance obligations apply.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering cloud-based systems on AWS.
• Expertise with IaC using Terraform for provisioning.
• APIs: REST/GraphQL, multiple languages like Go, TS, Python.
• Containerization with Docker/Kubernetes and Helm.
• CI/CD with GitHub/GitLab and tools like Artifactory.
• QA collaboration and automated testing strategies.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy, and support agency systems and integrations.
• Prioritize work queue to meet key initiatives and deadlines.
• Ensure solutions follow integration and architectural best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements and priorities.
• Provide leadership in agile project teams and participate in reviews.
• Deliver pragmatic, value-for-money solutions aligned with SDLC and testing.

Skills

Leadership

Agile development

Stakeholder collaboration

On-call readiness

Testing

Code reviews

Team mentoring

Tools

AWS

Terraform

REST

GraphQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

GitHub

GitLab

Artifactory

Jira

HashiCorp Vault

PostgreSQL

MySQL

React

TypeScript

Python

Job description

The HR Ally in Melbourne, VIC, AU is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and deliver scalable cloud-based systems. You will lead development across AWS, IaC (Terraform), REST/GraphQL APIs, and containerized deployments, while collaborating with stakeholders in an agile environment.

You will mentor teams, participate in code reviews, implement automated tests, and ensure accessible front-ends with React/TypeScript. Hybrid work and security clearance obligations apply.