G79 - Full Stack Engineer

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Full Stack Software Engineer to design, develop, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing digital platforms.

You will be part of the Developer Productivity & Services (Portal) team, responsible for building and enhancing platforms that enable government agencies, developers, and technology partners to discover, evaluate, and adopt digital products and services.

The role involves full-stack development, API integration, search capabilities, content management systems, and AI-assisted engineering workflows to improve developer productivity and user experience.

Key Responsibilities

Full Stack Development & Platform Engineering

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable web applications.
• Build and integrate frontend and backend services, APIs, content management systems, and search capabilities.
• Develop reusable components and services to improve system integration and development efficiency.
• Implement API versioning, error handling, automated testing, and technical documentation.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate software delivery while maintaining code quality.

Product Development & User Experience

• Develop and enhance digital portals, documentation platforms, and dashboards.
• Implement product discovery features, including search, filtering, recommendations, and navigation.
• Integrate shared services such as product catalogues, subscriptions, and onboarding workflows.
• Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Improve platform usability, accessibility, and overall user experience.

System Reliability & DevOps

• Ensure high availability, scalability, security, and resilience of applications.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance optimization.
• Develop and maintain automated testing and CI/CD pipelines.
• Troubleshoot production issues and continuously improve system performance.
• Apply engineering best practices to maintain software quality and reliability.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Work closely with cross-functional engineering, product, and design teams.
• Support technical discussions, system integrations, and solution design.
• Gather user feedback and identify opportunities for platform improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote knowledge sharing within the team.
• Maintain clear technical documentation and development standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong experience in full-stack web application development.
• Proficiency in frontend technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js.
• Experience in backend development and API design/integration.
• Experience with Node.js and TypeScript is advantageous; other backend technologies are also welcome.
• Good understanding of software architecture, system design, and scalable application development.
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and production support.
• Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Good communication, teamwork, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience mentoring developers and promoting engineering best practices.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with search technologies, content management systems, or knowledge platforms.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code.
• Experience building developer portals, documentation platforms, or shared platform services.
• Knowledge of observability, service-level objectives (SLOs), and application performance monitoring.
• Experience working in Agile and DevOps environments.