Senior Product Developer

Senior Product Developer

At the NSW Department of Education, we educate and inspire lifelong learners – from early childhood, through schooling to vocational education and training.

• Ongoing opportunity in a supportive and high performing team

• Location: Eveleigh / Flexible working arrangements. You will also be required to attend Parramatta Office to support the team as required.

• A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process to fill anticipated vacancies over the next 18 months.

• Competitive remuneration ranging from $129,464 to $142, 665 plus super & annual leave loading.

About the Department of Education

The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population.

For more information about the Department of Education, please visit NSW Department of Education

About the role

The Senior Product Developer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining complex enterprise systems to support core departmental functions. The role involves providing expert technical advice while proactively escalating and resolving risks or issues impacting service delivery, development, and testing. The responsibilities include:

• Overseeing the full software development lifecycle, ensuring standards compliance and delivery of scalable, cloud-native solutions.
• Developing robust front- and back-end systems, ensuring functionality and fitness for purpose. Having adept knowledge with VueJS will be highly advantageous.
• Automating infrastructure and deployments through CI/CD pipelines for efficient delivery in the Azure and AWS cloud environments.

• Providing third-level support, troubleshoot issues, and optimising performance in collaboration with vendors.

• Maintaining clear, up-to-date technical documentation and knowledge bases.

For further information please click here to view the role description.

About you

• Possesses significant knowledge in modern development languages, and integration technologies.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting formal quality assurance testing and supporting user acceptance testing.
• Ability to manage complex ICT projects and achieve project objectives within deadlines.
• Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the Department's Aboriginal Education Policy and upholding the Department's Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people.

Essential requirements of the role

• Hold a valid clearance to work with children (Working with Children Check).
• Appropriate tertiary qualifications or demonstrated, relevant, equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education.

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• 35 hour working week
• Competitive, salary sacrificing, employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
• Flex Leave entitlements, generous holidays & leave conditions
• Opportunities for advancement and mobility across the Department to support your career growth

How to apply

Attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role.

Please refer to the Applicant's Guide to Applying to assist you with your application.

If you are an existing Education Support Staff (corporate staff) with the NSW Department of Education, click here for instructions on how to submit your application.

All other applicants please submit your application by clicking 'Apply Now'.

Note: the selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role. Successful candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening for this role which includes a National Criminal History Check.

This is a child-related role. As a condition of employment you will be required to provide a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) Clearance number (for paid employment). Visit the website for more information.

Candidates must have Australian work rights (citizens, permanent residents, New Zealand citizens or a valid work visa). Ongoing (permanent) roles are open to Australian citizens and permanent residents and New Zealand citizens, while temporary roles welcome applicants with a visa.

Closing date: 15 October 2025 at 11:59pm.

For role enquiries please contact Zarn Bou at

We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team ) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion.

A recruitment pool may be created through this recruitment process. A recruitment pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months.