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 contemporary 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 (Brisbane)
🏢 Xpt Software Australia
📍 Brisbane