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
contemporary 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.
Strong 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 (Queensland)
🏢 XPT Software
📍 Queensland