About us
At Datacom, we combine technology, expertise, and talented people to help organisations thrive in a rapidly changing world. As one of Australasia's leading technology providers, we work with customers across industries to solve real-world problems and deliver meaningful outcomes. Whether we're supporting governments, enterprise organisations, or growing businesses, we're committed to creating meaningful outcomes for our customers, communities, and each other.
About the role
As a Senior Developer, you will play a key role in analysing, designing, developing, debugging and enhancing software applications across local, networked, cloud-based and Internet environments. You will help ensure solutions meet business requirements and quality standards while providing technical guidance, contributing to continuous improvement, and collaborating with customers and stakeholders.
What you will do
• Analyse, design, develop, debug and modify software applications and ensure solutions achieve intended business requirements.
• Take an active role in code reviews, resolve defects and address gaps or ambiguities in functional and technical designs to maintain high standards of software quality.
• Work with Project Leads, customers and business owners to provide technical thought leadership, identify potential improvements and contribute to continuous improvement. • Complete and review implementation plans, technical documentation and procedures for the installation and ongoing maintenance of systems.
• Monitor system performance and availability, install and test new or modified software, and analyse and resolve operating system and application issues.
• Provide technical guidance to team members, contribute to design, estimation and planning activities, and effectively communicate progress, risks and solutions to relevant stakeholders.
What you will bring
Must haves
· 5+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering and supporting production-grade applications.
· Strong proficiency in one or more modern programming languages and ecosystems such as C#, .NET, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, or similar.
· Experience designing and building scalable, maintainable, and secure software solutions using modern architectural patterns and engineering practices.
· Demonstrated ability to leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or similar) to improve productivity, code quality, documentation, testing, and delivery outcomes.
· Experience working with cloud platforms and services such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
· Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals including API design, distributed systems, performance, security, observability, and operational excellence.
· Experience with modern DevOps practices including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automated testing, monitoring, and deployment automation.
· Proficiency with relational and/or NoSQL database technologies and data modelling principles.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, sound engineering judgement, and the ability to balance technical excellence with pragmatic delivery.
· Experience working in Agile product and engineering teams, including estimation, planning, technical discovery, and iterative delivery.
· Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
· A collaborative mindset with a passion for mentoring, knowledge sharing, and raising engineering capability across the team.
· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
Nice to have
· 7+ years of software engineering experience, including experience in complex enterprise or SaaS environments.
· Technical leadership experience, including leading initiatives, mentoring engineers, and influencing architectural decisions.
· Experience implementing AI-assisted or…