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

- Drive architecture and design decisions aligned with business outcomes.
- Define and enforce reusable design patterns and frameworks .
- Apply Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles.
- Ensure security by design , scalability, and resilience.
- 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

- 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
- Terraform
- 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 .
- 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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📌 Technology Lead (Brisbane City)
🏢 XPT Software
📍 Brisbane City