Our Why
Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow.
About the Role (your why)
We are seeking a versatile and highly skilled Senior Fullstack Developer with a strong generalist mindset to join our engineering team. In this role, you won't just write code; you will design, build, and maintain robust, end-to-end applications and integration solutions. As a generalist, you thrive on solving complex engineering problems across the entire stack—from crafting intuitive user experiences to architecting scalable backend systems. You are highly adaptable, cloud-agnostic, and passionate about seamless system integrations and modern software engineering principles.
Key Responsibilities
- End-to-End Application Development: Design, develop, and deploy scalable, high-performance web applications, managing the full software development lifecycle from concept to production.
- Modern Frontend Development: Build responsive, highly interactive user interfaces primarily utilizing React, ensuring a focus on clean architecture, state management, and optimal user experience.
- Robust Backend & Integration Architecture: Architect and implement secure, scalable backend services and APIs using the .NET stack (C#). Design integration solutions that connect internal systems, microservices, and third-party APIs seamlessly.
- Cloud-Agnostic Deployment: Deploy and maintain applications across various cloud ecosystems (e.g., AWS, Azure) utilizing infrastructure-as-code principles and modern CI/CD pipelines.
- Data Layer Management: Design, optimize, and manage both relational (e.g., SQL Server, PostgreSQL) and non-relational databases, leveraging ORMs like Entity Framework while maintaining the ability to write raw, high-performance queries.
- Quality & Automation: Write comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end tests. Champion automated testing strategies to ensure application stability and continuous delivery.
- Technical Leadership & Collaboration: Actively participate in design reviews and code reviews. Mentoring and fostering a culture of technical excellence and shared learning.
- Agile Delivery: Partner with product managers and stakeholders to break down complex business requirements into clear technical specifications within an Agile framework.
Key Skills & Qualifications
Technical Core
- Backend Expertise: Strong proficiency in modern .NET (.NET Core / .NET 6+) and C#, with deep experience building Web APIs, RESTful services, and microservices.
- Frontend Expertise: Solid experience with modern React (including hooks, state management, and modern build tools) alongside a strong foundation in TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
- Integration & Systems Design: Proven experience designing and integrating complex APIs, webhooks, event-driven architectures, and third-party services.
- Cloud & DevOps: A cloud-agnostic mindset with experience deploying to platforms like AWS or Azure. Familiarity with Docker, containerization, and building automated CI/CD pipelines.
- Database Proficiency: Strong skills in database design, query optimization, and data modelling (SQL and NoSQL options).
Soft Skills
- Generalist Aptitude: A strong ability to quickly pick up new technologies, frameworks, or languages as required by the business problem.
- Problem Solving: Exceptional analytical and debugging skills across distributed systems.
- Collaboration: Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Leadership: Proven track record of mentoring team members and driving software engineering best practices (Clean Code, SOLID principles, TDD).
Why Join Us?
Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.
We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment.
We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.
We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.
Skills Required
- Strong proficiency in .NET (.NET Core / .NET 6+) and C#
- Experience building Web APIs, RESTful services and microservices
- Proven experience with React (hooks, state management) and TypeScript/JavaScript
- Experience designing and integrating complex APIs, webhooks and event-driven architectures
- Cloud and DevOps experience deploying to AWS or Azure, containerization with Docker, and building CI/CD pipelines
- Database design and optimization skills for SQL and NoSQL (SQL Server, PostgreSQL), experience with Entity Framework and writing raw queries
- Experience writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests; familiarity with TDD and automated testing strategies
- Demonstrated technical leadership: conducting design and code reviews, mentoring engineers, promoting Clean Code and SOLID principles
- Ability to operate as a generalist: quickly learn new technologies, frameworks, and adapt to business needs
- Experience working in Agile delivery with product managers and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical specifications
Datacom Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Datacom and has not been reviewed or approved by Datacom.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare support includes complimentary health insurance packages in Australia and New Zealand alongside employee assistance programs. Wellbeing resources and on‑site meditation rooms are highlighted as part of the offering.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Flexible and remote work support, plus discounts on gyms, travel, and selected retailers, are prominently featured. The package emphasizes work–life balance and lifestyle support alongside core benefits.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible working is promoted across locations, with hybrid/remote arrangements positioned as standard practice where feasible. Benefits are framed as locally tailored by country and business unit, reflecting adaptability to context.
Datacom Insights
What We Do
Datacom is Australasia's largest home-grown tech company. Drawing on the experience of over 6500 staff in 24 locations around the globe, we work with a full range of clients, from small start-ups through to government agencies and multinational corporations, to explore and extract the hidden value in their systems. We bring together over half a century of know-how, the right technology and the knowledge and creativity of our people, to deliver sustainable solutions to our customers’ greatest challenges. With our team of dedicated professionals, we work with leading partners to deliver the solutions that are right for our customers – that solve their issues and enhances their businesses. We design, build and run IT systems and processes across operations, cybersecurity, cloud, digital platforms, payroll and enterprise applications. We deliver customer care services and operate mission-critical infrastructure with best-in-class data centre facilities – Datacom delivers on the promise: practical imagination.
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