Senior Full Stack Engineer

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.

Are you a passionate Full Stack Engineer with a knack for building scalable, secure, and high-performing web applications? We’re looking for a Senior Engineer to join our team and help shape the future of our digital platforms.

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable web applications that deliver exceptional user experiences. You’ll be responsible for building robust front-end interfaces using Next.js, React, and TypeScript, ensuring they are responsive, accessible, and aligned with modern design principles. Your work will directly impact how users interact with our platforms, making usability and performance top priorities.

On the back end, you’ll architect and integrate RESTful APIs, contribute to microservices development, and ensure seamless system integration across various services. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to design APIs that are secure, efficient, and scalable, while also managing data flow and service communication.

You’ll be expected to apply best practices in cloud-native development, leveraging AWS and other cloud platforms to deploy and manage applications. Your familiarity with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code, will be essential in maintaining a reliable and agile development environment.

Security and testing are also core to your responsibilities. You’ll implement secure coding practices, manage authentication and authorization using standards like OAuth and JWT, and ensure data protection through protocols like TLS. You’ll also write and maintain unit and integration tests to uphold code quality and system reliability.

Additionally, you’ll have the opportunity to work with tools like Apigee for API management, Tailwind CSS or shadcn for styling, and observability platforms such as CloudWatch, ELK, or Splunk to monitor and optimize application performance. Your contributions will be instrumental in driving innovation and delivering high-impact solutions that support the growth of the business.

Essential Skills:

• Strong proficiency in Next.js, React, and JavaScript/TypeScript
• Proven experience building and integrating RESTful APIs
• Ability to develop responsive and accessible UI/UX using modern design frameworks
• Solid understanding of API design, microservices architecture, and system integration
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and familiarity with Azure or GCP
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with unit and integration testing frameworks
• Good grasp of application security standards including OAuth, JWT, TLS, and secure coding practices

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Apigee API management and API gateway integration
• Familiarity with logging, monitoring, and observability tools (e.g., CloudWatch, ELK, Splunk)
• Knowledge of Tailwind CSS or shadcn
• Experience with AWS Lambda functions

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