Full Stack Developer

About the Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled Full Stack Developer to join a large-scale digital transformation program delivering modern, cloud-native solutions. This role will work across the full software development lifecycle, contributing to the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of enterprise-grade applications using AWS cloud technologies and contemporary engineering practices.

You will work within a collaborative Agile delivery environment alongside architects, technical leads, business stakeholders, and delivery teams to build secure, scalable, and resilient solutions that support critical business outcomes.

 

Key Responsibilities:

As the Full Stack Developer, you will:

• Design, develop, and maintain modern web applications using React and TypeScript.
• Develop and support cloud-native backend services, APIs, and microservices.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs using OpenAPI specifications and contract-first development principles.
• Deliver synchronous and event-driven integrations using modern API and messaging patterns.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using AWS CDK.
• Design and develop scalable relational and NoSQL database solutions.
• Implement secure, reliable, and maintainable AWS-based applications.
• Develop monitoring, logging, audit, validation, and exception management capabilities.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and quality assurance practices.
• Participate in solution design sessions, code reviews, and architecture discussions.
• Produce technical documentation and support knowledge transfer activities.
• Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams while managing work independently.

Required Skills & Experience:

Front-End Development

• Strong commercial experience with React, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Experience developing responsive, accessible, and user-centric web applications.
• Strong understanding of modern CSS frameworks and component libraries.
• Experience building complex workflow-driven and role-based user interfaces.

Backend & Integration Development

• Proven experience developing and supporting RESTful APIs within AWS cloud environments.
• Experience with OpenAPI specifications and API-first development methodologies.
• Strong experience developing microservices and distributed applications.
• Experience implementing authentication and authorization solutions, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and JWT.
• Experience developing backend services using Python.

AWS Cloud Technologies

Demonstrated hands-on experience with:

• AWS Lambda
• Amazon API Gateway
• Amazon EventBridge
• Amazon SQS
• Amazon SNS
• Amazon S3
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL (RDS)
• AWS IAM
• AWS Secrets Manager
• AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store
• Amazon CloudWatch

Additional experience with:

• Serverless architectures
• Event-driven solutions
• AWS networking, VPCs, and private API integrations
• Secure service-to-service communications

DevOps & Software Engineering

• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK.
• Experience with GitHub Actions or equivalent CI/CD platforms.
• Strong Git source control, debugging, testing, and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Experience integrating automated testing, security scanning, and quality controls into delivery pipelines.
• Strong understanding of software development best practices and secure coding principles.

Highly Desirable

• Experience implementing observability, monitoring, structured logging, and distributed tracing solutions.
• Experience designing highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant cloud-native applications.
• Experience working within large enterprise or government environments.
• AWS Certifications, particularly AWS Certified Developer, Solutions Architect, or equivalent.
• Experience delivering solutions within complex stakeholder environments.

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 5 years' experience in software development.
• Minimum 2 years' hands-on AWS cloud development experience.
• Demonstrated experience delivering end-to-end solutions across front-end, backend, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and operational support.
• Experience working within Agile delivery teams and modern DevOps environments.
• Proven ability to contribute across the full application development lifecycle.

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to work on high-profile digital initiatives.
• Exposure to modern AWS cloud technologies and enterprise-scale architectures.
• Collaborative Agile environment with experienced technical professionals.
• Long-term contract opportunity with potential extension options.
• Brisbane-based role with flexible working arrangements.

Apply now if you're passionate about building modern cloud-native solutions and have strong experience across React, AWS, microservices, and DevOps engineering practices.