Technical Lead

Aurizon; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development opportunities

Mentoring programs

Discounts on selected health insurance

Parental leave program

Job summary

Aurizon is seeking a hands-on Technical Lead to guide the design, development and delivery of complex technology solutions within the Core Development Services team. You’ll lead developers, review code and set engineering standards while remaining actively involved in building critical features, APIs and integrations.

You’ll work with architects, stakeholders and other engineers to shape scalable, secure and maintainable solutions, mentor the team and drive best practices in CI/CD, testing and

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development and implementation of complex technology solutions.
• Provide technical leadership on coding quality, security, performance and maintainability.
• Remain hands-on in development of features, APIs and integrations.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor developers.
• Develop prototypes to test new technologies.

Job description

Are you an experienced software development professional who enjoys staying hands-on while providing technical leadership to others?

We’re looking for a Technical Lead to provide technical expertise and leadership across the design, development and delivery of complex technology solutions. Working within the Core Development Services team, you’ll play a key role in shaping solutions, guiding developers and ensuring strong engineering standards across development and delivery.

About the role

This is a hands-on technical leadership position where you’ll work closely with developers, architects and stakeholders to turn complex requirements into scalable, secure and maintainable technology solutions.

You’ll contribute directly to development while providing technical direction, reviewing code, solving complex problems and helping build capability across the broader development team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead the design, development and implementation of complex technology solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to developers across coding quality, security, performance and maintainability.
• Remain hands-on in the development of complex features, APIs, integrations and critical solution components.
• Lead technical design activities and collaborate with architects to ensure solutions align with enterprise standards and objectives.
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical coaching and mentoring to developers.
• Develop prototypes and proof-of-concepts to assess new and emerging technologies.
• Support testing, deployment and production-readiness activities.
• Provide technical leadership when investigating and resolving complex production issues.

About you

You’ll be an experienced software development professional who combines strong technical depth with the ability to lead and influence others.

Ideally, you will bring:

• Extensive software development experience, typically 10+ years, including significant full-stack development and technical leadership experience.
• Extensive commercial development experience with C# and .NET, including designing and developing secure, scalable and maintainable backend services and APIs.
• Strong experience designing and developing REST APIs, integrations, event-driven solutions and distributed applications.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure, including technologies such as AKS, Azure SQL and Azure Service Bus, or comparable cloud technologies.
• Strong understanding of relational database technologies and principles, including data modelling, schema design, indexing, query performance and data integrity.
• Strong experience with containerised application development and deployment using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, object-oriented development principles and contemporary software engineering practices.
• Strong experience with Git-based source control, branching strategies, pull requests and collaborative development practices.
• Strong experience designing and working with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and modern application deployment practices.
• Strong understanding of application security, performance, observability, resilience and production-readiness.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical design discussions, conduct effective code reviews and establish engineering standards across development teams.
• Ability to evaluate new technologies through prototypes and proof-of-concepts and provide clear technical recommendations.
• Strong problem-solving capability, including the ability to lead the investigation and resolution of production issues.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to communicate technical concepts and influence technical decisions across developers, architects, product teams and business stakeholders.

Why this role?

This is an opportunity for an experienced technical professional who wants to remain close to the technology while stepping into a genuine leadership role. You’ll have the opportunity to influence technical decisions, solve complex problems, work alongside enterprise architects and help strengthen development capability across the team.

If you’re a Technical Lead, Lead Developer, Lead Software Engineer or highly experienced Senior Full Stack Developer ready to take greater technical ownership, we’d love to hear from you.

What we offer you:

At Aurizon, we support the development and growth of our employees. With a national portfolio of operations, we offer long-term and exciting career opportunities.

Some of our benefits include:

• Development and growth opportunities.
• Access to mentoring and development programs.
• Discounts on selected health insurance funds, personal travel, gyms, vehicles and retail brands.
• Parental leave program and super booster.

About Aurizon.

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Aurizon is Australia’s largest rail freight operator and a top 100 ASX company.Each year, we deliver more than 250 million tonnes of Australian commodities right across the country. Aurizon is crucial to the Australian economy, connecting miners, primary producers and industry with international and domestic markets.

Look to Aurizon for a diverse and collaborative culture.

At Aurizon, we are proud of our diverse, collaborative, creative and high-performance culture. We celebrate the contribution of every employee and provide opportunities for career development in a dynamic, caring, and inclusive work environment.

To learn about us and our company values, please visit www.aurizon.com.au/careers