Job Description
We're looking for a
robust, versatile Senior Lead Developer
to build and enhance modern applications across the full technology stack. This role needs someone with deep development expertise, modern DevOps practices, and
practical cloud exposure
, rather than a dedicated cloud engineer.
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Key Responsibilities
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Design, develop, refactor, and maintain
end‐to‐end applications
(backend, frontend, integrations).
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Collaborate with Product Owners and Agile leaders on
user stories, design, documentation, and testing
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Implement high‐quality, maintainable solutions using agreed
engineering standards and design patterns
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Write and maintain
unit tests
; participate in and lead
code reviews
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Contribute to
CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling, and automation
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Work with containerised and cloud‐hosted applications; resolve technical dependencies across teams.
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Mandatory Skills & Experience:
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Python
for application and systems development – strong working experience (7+ years preferred)
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Docker
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Git
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Terraform
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Build, packaging, and release processes
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Practical exposure to
AWS
or similar cloud platforms
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CI/CD pipelines
(Azure DevOps or GitLab preferred)
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Full‐stack developers preferred.
React or Angular
(3+ years).
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Understanding of:
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Networking fundamentals
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Cloud‐hosted architectures
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Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts
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Nice to Have
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Experience with other languages or ecosystems (e.g.
JavaScript beyond frontend, NET
)
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Exposure to
AI‐assisted/agentic developer tools
(e.g. Cursor, Codex, Claude Code)
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📌 Lead Developer (Queensland)
🏢 XPT Software Australia Pty
📍 Queensland