Full-stack Developer

We are partnering with a large and complex Government Department to recruit an experienced Full Stack Developer for a long-term contract through to September 2027.

This role will suit a strong hands-on developer with experience delivering modern cloud-native applications across front-end, back-end, integration and AWS infrastructure layers.

About the role Working as part of a collaborative technology delivery team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing and supporting modern applications within an AWS environment.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Developing modern web applications using React and TypeScript
• Building backend services and microservices using Python
• Designing and integrating RESTful APIs using OpenAPI standards
• Developing synchronous and event-driven integrations
• Building and maintaining AWS infrastructure using AWS CDK
• Working with AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, S3, DynamoDB and Aurora PostgreSQL
• Implementing secure authentication and authorisation using OAuth 2.0, OIDC and JWT
• Contributing to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, security and quality controls
• Implementing monitoring, logging, exception handling and observability
• Participating in solution design, architecture discussions and code reviews
• Producing technical documentation and supporting knowledge transfer across the team

About you To be successful in this role, you will bring strong full stack development experience and the ability to work across the complete application lifecycle.

You will ideally have:

• 5+ years' software development experience
• 2+ years' hands-on AWS cloud development experience
• Strong React and TypeScript experience
• Strong Python backend development experience
• Experience developing REST APIs, microservices and distributed systems
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS serverless and event-driven architectures
• Experience with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS and related AWS services
• Experience using AWS CDK for Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL and DynamoDB
• Experience implementing OAuth 2.0, OIDC and JWT authentication
• Experience with GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD tooling
• Strong testing, debugging and troubleshooting capability
• The ability to work independently while collaborating with architects, technical leads and delivery teams

Experience working within large enterprise or Government environments, along with AWS certifications, will be highly regarded.

For further information, please contact Laura Syms on laura.syms@empiregroup.com.au 
Reference number: 1677312
Profession:Information & Communication TechnologyInformation & Communication Technology

Company: empire group
Date posted: 3rd Sep, 2026