Job Description

Senior Full Stack Web Developer | 6-Month Contract

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Join a small, high-performing team delivering digital services that matter.

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Liquid has a strong pipeline of work across government, health and education, and we're looking for an experienced Senior Full Stack Web Developer to join us on a six-month contract. You'll play an important role in strengthening our engineering capability and helping our teams deliver a busy portfolio of high-quality digital projects.

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This is a hands-on senior role for someone who enjoys solving complex technical problems, providing technical leadership and working across both front-end and back-end development. You'll collaborate with designers, strategists and delivery teams to build secure, accessible and well-engineered digital services, while helping to guide technical decisions and support other developers.

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We're a Brisbane-based team and work in a hybrid way, so we're looking for someone who can regularly work from our Brisbane studio and enjoys collaborating face-to-face as part of a close-knit team.

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We're also looking for someone who's curious about the practical application of AI and excited to explore how emerging tools can improve engineering workflows, team processes and product outcomes over time.

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What you'll be doing

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Build, test, document and improve public-facing websites and web platforms.

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Work across front-end and back-end development using technologies such as Drupal and Next.js.

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Help deliver secure, accessible and well-engineered digital services for government and other complex environments.

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Contribute to configuration management, build automation, deployment and release processes.

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Support maintenance, issue resolution and application support.

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Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver practical, high-quality digital outcomes.

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Contribute ideas about how AI can improve workflows, team processes and product outcomes.

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What you'll bring

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Experience as a senior full stack web developer across front-end and back-end delivery.

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Experience building or maintaining websites, web platforms or digital services.

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A solid understanding of accessibility, security and quality requirements in public-facing digital environments.

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Experience with testing, refactoring, deployment, maintenance and support.

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Experience with cloud based hosting providers such as Azure, AWS and GovCMS.

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Confidence working in small to mid-sized multidisciplinary teams.

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Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

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Curiosity about AI, LLMs and emerging tools, and an interest in applying them in practical ways.

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Tech we work with

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You don't need to tick every box, but you should be confident working across several of the following:

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PHP and common OOP design principles

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Drupal / GovCMS, including Drupal 9, 10 and 11

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SQL and relational databases

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Front-end frameworks such as React, Vue or Angular

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Composer and NPM

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REST APIs, with GraphQL as a plus

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Git and Git-based workflows

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CLI tools such as Drush

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Configuration management and Drupal configuration workflows

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It would be great if you also bring experience in any of the following:

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Government or public sector digital services

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Accessibility standards and user-centred digital delivery

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CI/CD pipelines, cloud hosting or managed platform environments

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TypeScript

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Symfony

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GraphQL

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Next.js and/or React

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Writing controlled and uncontrolled front-end components

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AI-assisted development tools used in a thoughtful and disciplined way

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Relevant certifications or platform accreditations

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Working at Liquid

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You'll do well here if you enjoy working in a team-oriented, low-ego environment with people who care about doing good work and making a real impact. We're a Brisbane-based hybrid team, we work on meaningful national projects, and yes — the office is dog-friendly.

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Applying

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📌 Senior Full Stack Web Developer | 6-Month Contract (Queensland)
🏢 Liquid Interactive
📍 Queensland