Three (3) Senior Software Engineer

Canberra, Australia Posted on 07/09/2026

• Initial Contract Duration 12 months
• Job Opening Status Open
• Extension Options 2
• Location ACT
• Security Clearance NV1
• Province Australian Capital Territory
• Country Australia
• Postal Code 2600

Hybrid

Job details

Software Engineers have experience overseeing software development projects, writing

optimised code, and provide technical leadership to a team of software engineers. They are

responsible for the quality and functionality of the software produced by their team.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Designing and developing cloud-native applications, APIs, microservices and integration hosted on AWS;
• Building event-driven, serverless and containerised solutions leveraging AWS services including Lambda, ECS, EKS, API Gateway, EventBridge, SNS, SQS and Step Functions;
• Designing and provisioning AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK) in accordance with security, governance and operational requirements;
• Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, deployment, release and infrastructure provisioning processes across development, test and production environments;
• Developing reusable cloud components, services and deployment patterns that support multiple business initiatives and improve delivery capability;
• Translating business requirements and user stories into high-quality, secure, scalable and resilient cloud-based software solutions;
• Performing testing, code reviews and quality assurance including unit, integration, automated testing and defect resolution;
• Investigating, analysing and resolving production incidents, defects and performance issues;
• Collaborating on technical design and architecture, including solution design workshops, architecture reviews and cloud governance forums;
• Providing specialist technical advice on AWS technologies, cloud-native architecture patterns and emerging cloud capabilities to guide solution design decisions;
• Communicating technical concepts and architecture decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders; build effective relationships with business, technical teams and delivery partners;
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies and contemporary delivery practices to support;
• Functional and Non-Functional Specifications.

All deliverables performed by the specified personnel must:

be performed or delivered promptly and without delay in accordance with the timeframes

notified by the buyer from time to time; and

a.meet the assessment and performance criteria set out in any monitoring and performance

assessment processes notified to the seller from time to time.