Job Description
Are you a senior Drupal specialist who enjoys solving complex problems, leading technical direction and helping teams deliver great digital solutions?
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Salsa Digital is looking for a Technical Lead to join our team on a full time basis and play a key role in designing and delivering enterprise digital solutions that help governments become more open, connected and consolidated.
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This is a hands‐on technical leadership role. You'll work across discovery, solution design and project delivery, providing technical authority while supporting and mentoring developers and helping clients make the right technology decisions.
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You'll be involved in things like:
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Leading technical discovery and solution design
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Developing technical blueprints and assessing technical risks
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Working directly with clients on technical direction and solutions
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Leading and supporting development teams
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Conducting code reviews and driving technical excellence
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Mentoring developers and improving engineering practices
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Exploring automation, AI-assisted development and reusable patterns
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Contributing to the Drupal and broader open-source community
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Sharing your knowledge through meetups, conferences, webinars and technical content
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What we're looking for
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You'll need:
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8–10+ years' experience delivering enterprise digital solutions using Drupal
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2–5+ years' experience in technical leadership of enterprise digital solutions
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Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
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To be based in Australia and an Australian Citizen
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Experience with GovCMS, cloud-native architectures, CI/CD, containerised environments, DevOps, infrastructure automation or AI-enabled development tools would be highly regarded.
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Why Salsa?
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We're a team of around 55 people with a 20-year legacy in open source, working on some genuinely interesting challenges in the government digital space.
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You'll get:
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Work from home
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Flexible working hours
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A diverse, passionate and genuinely good team
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A flat, transparent and creative culture
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The opportunity to work with a team that is serious about open source
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And importantly, you'll have the opportunity to shape technical solutions, influence how we work and contribute to the wider open-source community.
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If you're an experienced Drupal technical leader looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.
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Reach out to Angela Rako at if you have questions or would like a copy of the full position description.

📌 Technical Lead (New South Wales)
🏢 Salsa Digital
📍 New South Wales