Senior Developer at New South Wales Government

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

23 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

23 Dec, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Application Development, Code Review, Agile Methodologies, Technical Advice, Programming Standards, Resource Planning, System Design, Full Stack Development, DevOps, Cloud Platforms, AWS, Azure

Industry

Law Enforcement

Description

Guiding the future of NSW education Position details Clerk Grade 9/10 Temporary, full-time opportunity up to 30 June 2028 with possibility of extension Close to transport & hybrid work arrangements available About us At the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA), we’re dedicated to carrying out meaningful work that drives improvements and elevates student achievement across NSW, now and into the future. We accomplish this by supporting all school sectors with high-quality syllabuses, assessment (including managing the HSC and NAPLAN), teaching standards (e.g., accrediting teachers) and school environments (including setting and monitoring school standards). NESA is a unique organisation in NSW (of around 740FTE staff) with significant state-wide impact, visit our website to learn more about the important work we do. About the role The Senior Developer contributes to the development of large or complex applications that facilitate the achievement of business outcomes, guide and mentor’s developers in the team. On a day-to-day basis you will be responsible for: Prepare and review code to enable application development. Contribute to the Development Practice by applying best practice methodologies and industry recognised standards, processes and systems, including co-ordination of input from Developers across squads to ensure they are clear about the ways of working in a Digital Agile environment Advise on the right way to apply standards and methods, ensuring compliance with security and application development standards, assuming technical responsibility for all the stages and iterations of a software development project Provide technical advice to stakeholders and set the team-based standards for programming tools and techniques, planning and allocating resources across the squads to support effective delivery Select appropriate design standards, methods and tools and ensures they are applied effectively, including the systems designs of others to ensure the selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources and integration of multiple systems and technology Our ideal candidate will have the ability to develop technical plans ensuring competing demands are balanced, as well as being able to take a solutions focus to their work ensuring effective service delivery. Experience in full stack development and exposure to DevOps and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure will be held in high regard. Note: A current NSW Working with Children Check (WWCC) clearance for paid employment is required before commencing in this role. It is not required at the application stage. The cost of the WWCC clearance is the responsibility of the successful applicant. For further information on this role, we invite you to download the role description. Ready to join us? Select apply and attach an up-to-date résumé and address the 2 targeted questions below in your application to the best of your knowledge: A large customer service organisation receives cases from multiple channels (Email-to-Case, Portal, Phone, API). SLAs are inaccurate because Origin and Primary Customer values are often missing or inconsistent. How would you design a solution that ensures every Case record is created with accurate and consistent Origin and Primary Customer values across all capture channels? A customer using Omnichannel for Customer Service reports that live chat cases are being created but not routing to the correct workstream queue—they remain in the default queue. What steps would you take to troubleshoot and resolve incorrect queue routing for Cases created through Omnichannel? Advice on applying for NSW Public Sector roles If you need reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process and workplace, please reach out to the contact person above. Close date: 14 January 2026 at 11.59pm AEST Thank you for your interest in this opportunity, we look forward to receiving your application. Important information We particularly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability, people of all ages, genders, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans and refugees. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For ongoing roles, you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident. Australian Temporary Residents may be considered for a fixed term contract for the length of their visa, depending on the requirements of the hiring area and the position. A Talent Pool (valid for 18 months) may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles.

Responsibilities

The Senior Developer is responsible for developing large or complex applications and mentoring other developers. They will prepare and review code, advise on standards, and ensure compliance with security and application development standards.