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Lead Software Engineer

Melbourne, Victoria💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the design, delivery, and continuous evolution of secure, high-quality software solutions for a mission-critical Defence program.

Role type

Senior IC/Lead Software Engineer (Java, Cloud, DevSecOps)

Builds

Scalable, adaptable software solutions for complex enterprise challenges within the intelligence lifecycle.

Domain

Defence, National Security, Government

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Technical leadership, software architecture, systems integration, Java, REST APIs, JSON/XML, DevOps, CI/CD, risk management, Agile methodologies

Preferred skills

NiFi, Kafka, Elastic (ELK) Stack, Solr, Jenkins, Git, Ansible, experience in highly regulated environments

Technologies

Java, REST APIs, JSON, XML, NiFi, Kafka, Elastic (ELK) Stack, Solr, Git, Jenkins, Ansible, Linux, Windows

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership across the software engineering lifecycle; Lead and mentor cross-functional Agile teams; Drive architectural decisions and technical roadmaps; Partner with stakeholders to translate requirements into practical solutions.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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