Senior Software Developer

Key knowledge and experience

• Demonstrated experience designing, developing and supporting enterprise applications, Web APIs, background processing services and system integrations.
• Strong understanding of software design and architecture principles, including dependency injection, asynchronous programming, separation of concerns and clean code practices.
• Strong experience with relational database design and development, including data modelling,normalisation, query optimisation and database objects.
• Experience developing modern web applications and user-facing functionality.
• Experience developing, deploying and supporting applications and services in cloud environments.
• Knowledge of secure development, authentication, authorisation, logging, monitoring, exception handling and production support practices.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to technical design, translate approved specifications into working solutions, and resolve complex technical issues within multidisciplinary delivery teams.

Essential requirements

• Demonstrated expertise in C#, .NET and ASP.NET Core development, including building and supporting secure, reliable and well-tested Web APIs and background processing services.
• Strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server or a comparable relational database platform, including database design, data modelling, normalisation, efficient SQL queries, views, stored procedures and functions where appropriate.
• Strong experience using Entity Framework Core to develop and maintain efficient data access layers.
• Experience developing modern web applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and React or a similar front-end framework.
• Strong understanding of integration architecture, API design, data transformation and system interoperability principles.
• Experience developing and supporting services and applications on a major cloud platform.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, troubleshooting, communication and collaboration skills.
• Appropriate tertiary qualifications in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related discipline, or demonstrated equivalent professional experience.
• Willingness to use approved AI-assisted development tools where appropriate while applying sound judgement and reviewing the resulting work.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience working with Microsoft Azure services and platform capabilities.
• Experience working with Squiz DXP or a similar Digital Experience Platform, including public-facing and content-driven web solutions.
• Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging technologies such as Azure Service Bus, Azure Queue Storage or equivalent services.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, automated deployment processes, infrastructure automation and containerisation technologies.
• Knowledge of API management platforms, integration of middleware and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience integrating with enterprise CRM, workflow and service management platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365, Salesforce or ServiceNow.
• Experience developing and supporting solutions using Microsoft Power Platform, particularly Power Automate.
• Experience contributing to legacy system modernisation or digital transformation initiatives in a public sector, regulated or high-availability environment.

Pay: $108,676.53 – $146,945.00 per year

Work Location: In person