Full Stack Technical Lead (React &… at NCS Australia · Melbourne

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About us:
At NCS Australia, we believe in doing technology services better. Our commitment to quality, focus on people, and willingness to challenge traditional thinking set us apart. Our team brings this belief to life by partnering with our clients and communities to make tomorrow together.
We are committed to creating an environment that prioritises innovation, collaboration, and purposeful work. Our diverse team is empowered to make a meaningful impact with curiosity, creativity and resilience to shape better outcomes. Join us and accept the challenge of creating a better tomorrow.
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We are seeking a Full Stack Technical Lead to drive the design, architecture, and delivery of modern data and AI-driven applications. This is a hands-on leadership role that combines software engineering, solution design, and stakeholder engagement.
Working across the full software development lifecycle, you will be responsible for designing and building scalable web applications using React and Python or Node.js, while helping shape technical direction and engineering standards. You will work closely with architects, engineers, designers, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, high-quality solutions that leverage modern data, analytics, and AI capabilities.
The successful candidate will provide technical leadership through mentoring, coaching, and code reviews, while promoting engineering best practices across development, testing, deployment, and support activities. You will also contribute to solution architecture, delivery planning, estimation, and agile execution, helping ensure successful outcomes for complex enterprise technology initiatives.
qualifications
Strong commercial experience developing full stack applications using React, TypeScript, and either Python or Node.js.
Proven experience providing technical leadership and guiding engineering teams through the delivery of complex software solutions.
Strong understanding of modern application architecture, API development, and system integration patterns.
Experience designing and delivering secure applications, including authentication and authorisation frameworks such as OAuth and OpenID Connect.
Exposure to cloud-based environments, particularly AWS, and modern DevOps practices.
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, containerisation technologies, and automated deployment approaches.
Background delivering data, analytics, AI, or machine learning-enabled applications within enterprise environments.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.
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Why join us:
NCS Australia is where you can feel at home, nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together, one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave, initiatives focused on your well-being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint, industry and partner training programs, special interest groups, and an AI-driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career, we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth.
NCS Australia is an equal-opportunity employer, and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve.We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.
At NCS Australia, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply.
Agencies:
We’ve got this. We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process, no fee or payment will be given.
Work rights and background checks:
To be eligible for a position with us, applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks