Lead Software Architect

Lead Software Architect 

• Initial 6-month contract with leading mining client in WA
• From functional concept through to leading a team that builds it
• Complex, real-world distributed systems – Perth-based with flexibility

Our client:
Specialist technology and consulting firm delivering complex, distributed software solutions across Australia’s resources and industrial sectors. The team work on real-time, safety-critical platforms where design rigour and technical quality directly matter.

The role:
We are seeking a Lead Software Architect with hands on development, architecture AND leadership experience.

Responsibilities include:

• Produce detailed technical designs
• Translate high-level requirements into detailed design specifications
• Define microservices, event-driven interactions, APIs and data models
• Contribute hands-on as a full stack developer where needed
• Apply architectural patterns such as event-driven architecture, actor model and distributed systems design
• Lead a team of developers through delivery, providing technical direction, code reviews, and hands-on support to ensure designs are built correctly

Key experience:

• 5+ years of hands-on full stack development experience across the full technology stack
• 5+ years of demonstrated architecture experience
• Experience leading or technically mentoring a small development team

Tech skills:

• Strong, hands-on C# / .NET (Core / 6+) background
• Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging systems (MQTT, RabbitMQ, Kafka, or Azure Service Bus)
• Distributed systems and microservices design; REST and asynchronous / event-based API design
• Data modelling and persistence – SQL Server / relational DBs; real-time data and telemetry processing
• GitHub and CI/CD pipelines as part of everyday development practice

Desirable skills:

• Experience in mining, industrial IoT, or other complex operational technology environments
• Cloud platform experience (Azure / AWS)
• Exposure to multi-vendor or large-scale integration environments
• Background in safety-critical systems or operational technology (OT)

 
If you possess the required experience and are interested, please apply now the via the link below to be considered.

Contact: Laura Gilles – (08) 9423 1416 – (Job reference: 269542)


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