Technical Lead

Australian Citizens residing in Australia with ability to obtain Baseline Clearance only respond.

• Contract start 30 October 2023 to 8 months, 4 x 6 months extensions.
• Australian Citizen, Ability to obtain Baseline Clearance, Canberra, Melbourne, Offsite role.

An exciting opportunity is available to be part of a multi-year product team to revitalise IP Australia's core Designs business system.

At IP Australia, you will play an important role in the Designs System Revitalisation Project which is at the forefront of service improvement through better digital tools while piloting and embedding new Agile delivery methods and Human Centred Design (HCD) approaches.

We are looking for an experienced, self-motivated, and competent Technical Lead / Senior Developer to lead build and release activities on IP Australia's Designs system. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in designing and building large complex (PaaS and SaaS) systems and integrating them with other systems and will have a deep understanding of micro-services architecture, AWS, Pega (ideally version 8.8), Low-code applications platforms, and UI frameworks (including Pegas Cosmos and Constellation) and DevOps practices.

Your responsibilities:

• Lead and be accountable for the technical direction of the product.
• Identify and manage technical risks and issues.
• Collaborate with the Delivery Manager, Service Designer, Solution Architect, Developers, and Database Administrators, to define appropriate design patterns and designs for development.
• Develop a strong understanding of user needs and facilitate technical deep dive workshops to explore technical design options.
• Guide team solutions with your technical knowledge of platforms.
• Take the lead on running Proof of Concepts and running technical spikes.
• Document detailed designs at a level sufficient to enable build work to commence, based on agile user stories and established Solution on a Page (SOAP), High-Level Design, and enterprise architecture guardrails and constraints.
• Take part in team activities, including Feature and User story refinement, effort estimations, and planning.
• Contribute to the product roadmap, advising the Delivery Manager on releases, code, and component dependencies across multiple technologies.
• Establish and maintain high-quality development standards and instructions, coaching developers where required to achieve and maintain high-quality development and documentation standards.
• Perform code review and provide assurance over code quality and security.
• Document as-built product design details for software deployed to production.
• Document technical work instructions and documentation that enable BAU teams to maintain and support the system.

Applicants are expected to be highly motivated to build their corporate knowledge of the complex business and technical areas at IP Australia, relevant to their role.

This role may be performed remotely up to 3 days per week, but the successful candidate is required to be in the office a minimum of 2 days per week.

Every application requires addressing selection criteria as part of the application submission.

1. Outline and provide details on your 5+ years in technical leadership, architecture, or similar position.
2. Demonstrate your experience in development and architecture in Pega, including relevant examples. Please outline the products you have built including the purpose and value they brought to the users.
3. Provide examples of your proven experience in leading and coaching technical team members in ensuring good code quality, development practices in the delivery of high-quality products. (Outline the problems and emphasise the impact you had in addressing them.)
4. Documented experience in designing and developing PaaS and SaaS in Agile Projects. Include the products used and the intended use and value.
5. Demonstrated experience in Pega 8.8 or 23 Infinity. Please include the business need they delivered, and the value provided.
6. Demonstrated experience in VUE.JS development, including the business value and purpose the products met.
7. Demonstrated experience in MuleSoft API development, including the applications they were developed with and what the APIs were created for.
8. Demonstrated experience with AWS, including how it was used and the applications involved.