Role Purpose The Dev/Tech (Principal) Lead owns the end‐to‐end technical architecture and engineering standards for business‐critical digital platforms.
This role is a hands‐on technical leadership position , not a people‐only lead, responsible for ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, cloud‐native, and aligned with business objectives .
Key Responsibilities Technical Architectural Leadership Own and define end‐to‐end solution architecture .
Drive architecture and design decisions aligned with business outcomes.
Define and enforce reusable design patterns and frameworks .
Design API‐first, microservices‐based architectures in cloud environments.
Apply Domain‐Driven Design (DDD) principles.
Ensure security by design , scalability, and resilience.
Engineering Excellence Lead and review feature‐level technical designs .
Drive adoption of up-to-date engineering frameworks and practices .
Lead complex internal and external system integrations.
Remain hands‐on where needed across backend, frontend, cloud, and CI/CD.
Cloud, DevOps Automation Architect and optimize multi‐cloud solutions (AWS Azure) .
Define and govern CI/CD standards and reusable pipelines in GitLab.
Mentor teams on IaC best practices using Terraform .
Establish release management governance.
Observability, Performance Cost Establish observability frameworks (logging, monitoring, alerting).
Monitor performance, reliability,



and availability using cloud‐native monitoring services .
Drive cost optimization , capacity monitoring, and performance tuning.
Automate operational and service management tasks.
Quality, Testing Frontend Leadership Define testing strategies across unit, integration, and E2E testing.
Ensure testing is embedded in CI/CD.
Oversee advanced frontend practices including React optimization and Module Federation .
Enforce accessibility and quality standards.
Data Platform Design Define data strategies: Relational vs NoSQL selection.
Normalized and denormalized schema design.
Sharding and partitioning for NoSQL where applicable.
Ensure HA/DR , scalability, and resilience.
Required Skills Experience Proven experience as a Technical Lead / Principal Engineer in cloud‐native platforms.
Deep expertise in: .
NET ReactJS AWS Azure Terraform Microservices API‐first architecture Strong DevOps mindset with hands‐on CI/CD experience.
Ability to mentor Senior and Junior engineers at a technical level.
Strong understanding of service management, automation, and operations .
Key Expectations Must perform Dev Lead or Tech Lead duties , not just coordination.
Must be capable of delivering architecture and designs without client FTE dependency .
Accountable for solution quality, performance, cost, and operational readiness.
Acts as the technical authority for the delivery.

📌 Principal Consultant (Queensland)
🏢 Xpt Software Australia
📍 Queensland