Lead Developer

3 days ago

brisbane, queensland, Australia Xpt Software Australia Pty Full-time

We’re looking for a strong, versatile Senior Lead Developer<\/b> to
build and enhance modern applications across the full technology stack. This
role needs someone with deep development expertise, modern DevOps practices,
and practical cloud exposure<\/b>, rather than a dedicated cloud engineer.<\/span>
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Key Responsibilities<\/span><\/b>
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  • Design, develop, refactor, and maintain end‑to‑end
    applications<\/b> (backend, frontend, integrations).<\/span>
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  • Collaborate with Product Owners and Agile leaders
    on user stories, design, documentation, and testing<\/b>.<\/span>
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  • Implement high‑quality, maintainable solutions
    using agreed engineering standards and design patterns<\/b>.<\/span>
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  • Write and maintain unit tests<\/b>; participate
    in and lead code reviews<\/b>.<\/span>
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  • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, developer
    tooling, and automation<\/b>.<\/span>
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  • Work with containerised and cloud‑hosted
    applications; resolve technical dependencies across teams.<\/span>
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    Mandatory Skills & Experience:<\/span><\/b>
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    • Python<\/span><\/u><\/b> for application and systems development – strong
      working experience (7+ years preferred)<\/span>
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    • Docker<\/span><\/u><\/b>, Git<\/b><\/span><\/u>
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  • Terraform<\/span><\/u><\/b>
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Build, packaging, and release processes<\/span>
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Practical exposure to AWS <\/b>or similar cloud
platforms<\/span>
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CI/CD pipelines<\/span><\/b> (Azure DevOps or GitLab preferred)<\/span>
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Full‑stack developers preferred. React or
Angular<\/u><\/b> (3+ years). <\/span>
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Understanding of: <\/span>
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Networking fundamentals<\/span>
<\/li>Cloud‑hosted architectures<\/span>
<\/li>Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts<\/span>
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Nice to Have<\/span><\/b>
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Experience with other languages or ecosystems
(e.g. JavaScript beyond frontend, NET<\/b>)<\/span>
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Exposure to AI‑assisted/agentic developer
tools<\/b> (e.g. Cursor, Codex, Claude Code)<\/span>
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