? Principal Developer / Lead Backend Developer | Federal Government

? Location: Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne or Sydney

? Contract: 12 months + 12-month extension option

? Working arrangements: Hybrid – minimum 3 days per week in office

? Clearance: Must be able to obtain an NV1

Citizenship: Australian Citizen

Bridge IT is looking for an experienced Principal Developer / Lead Backend Developer to join a Federal Government department with offices in multiple locations. This is a technical leadership role with a robust hands-on focus, leading the design, development and evolution of enterprise-scale backend services and the API platform supporting the departments web, portal and mobile applications.

We’re looking for experience across:

- Golang & GraphQL
- Enterprise-scale backend services & API architecture
- AWS,



Kubernetes & Amazon EKS
- Authentication, authorisation & service-to-service communication
- CI/CD, automated testing & modern platform engineering
- Technical leadership and mentoring of development teams
- AI-assisted software development tools and practices
- Salesforce / MuleSoft integrations highly regarded
- Cloudflare experience would also be beneficial

This would suit a Principal Developer, Lead Developer, Lead Backend Engineer, API Technical Lead or Software Engineering Lead who can provide technical direction while remaining actively involved in delivery.

*only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

📌 Back End Developer (Canberra)
🏢 Bridge IT Engineering
📍 Canberra