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 modern 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.

Solid 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.

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