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 (Brisbane)
🏢 XPT Software
📍 Brisbane