Who we are?
At Torrens University Australia, making a difference is in our DNA. As a Certified B Corporation, we belong to a global community of future-focused companies using business as a force for good. We believe in the transformative power of education to change lives, families, communities – and the world. That’s why we’re on a mission to increase access to higher education, so learners from all walks of life can chase their dreams.
Just like our students, our employees are a diverse group who want to make an impact. When you join us, we give you the freedom to be bold, creative and courageous – with flexible working arrangements that allow you to bring your best. We’ve built a culture that celebrates community, collaboration and innovation, where people love what they do.
What’s the job?
The Full Stack Tech Lead is responsible for leading the design, development, and delivery of modern digital platforms across the organisation. This role combines deep hands-on engineering expertise across front-end and back-end technologies with strong leadership capability, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-quality solutions aligned with business and enterprise architecture objectives.
Operating within the university’s digital ecosystem, the role will drive full stack solution architecture and guide development practices across web, mobile, and integrated platforms, including CRM systems, learning management systems (LMS), and cloud-native services.
Principal accountabilities include (but are not limited to):
Establish and govern full stack engineering standards, architecture patterns, development frameworks, and secure coding practices across front-end, back-end, API, integration, data, and cloud platforms. Provide technical leadership through code reviews, design reviews, mentoring, and engineering governance.
Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performing digital applications across web, mobile, and customer-facing platforms. Maintain hands-on involvement in complex technical solutions, critical development activities, and production issue resolution.
Own end-to-end solution architecture for digital platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity requirements, data governance standards, and business objectives. Define technology roadmaps and architectural strategies that support long-term platform scalability and maintainability.
Design and oversee integration architectures and API ecosystems, enabling seamless connectivity between digital platforms, CRM, LMS, student systems, identity services, data platforms, and third-party applications through RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures, and modern integration patterns.
Champion cloud-native engineering practices, DevOps culture, and platform automation, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, containerisation, automated testing, observability, monitoring, and operational resilience.
8+ years of experience in full stack software development within enterprise or digital environments
Demonstrated experience in a technical leadership or lead role, including mentoring and guiding development teams
Experience in full stack development using React, Java, Node.js, and .NET
Experience designing and building RESTful APIs, GraphQL and microservices architectures
Proven experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native development
Experience with DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and automated testing
Familiarity with containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
This is a full-time permanent role with hybrid flexibility and based at our Surry Hills Campus in Sydney. Candidates must have full, ongoing working rights in Australia. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Why join us?
Bold, modern and agile, we’re Australia’s fastest-growing university, going from 164 students in 2014 to 40,000+ alumni across 115+ countries and 2000+ staff today. In 2020, Australian Financial Review named us one of the country’s most innovative companies. As we continue to establish ourselves as a truly global university, we never lose sight of our student-centric approach. Supported by teams of passionate people, you’ll find endless opportunities for professional development and career progression.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, age, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all positions.
What we offer:
We support your personal passions, development and wellbeing, to make your working life a more rewarding experience. At Torrens University Australia, you’ll benefit from:
Study free in a course/degree related to your position
B Corp certified university – values driven, and purpose led
Access to internal opportunities - Be supported to learn, grow and move across the organisation
Hiring process:
We aim to provide you with the information you need at each stage of this process to help you present your best self.
If you have any accessibility requirements, please contact your recruiter at [email protected] for confidential support. We are committed to ensuring an equitable, barrier-free application process and have a Reasonable Adjustment Procedure in place to support you throughout the recruitment process.
To learn more about what makes Torrens University Australia a great place to work, visit https://www.torrens.edu.au/blog.
We’d love to hear from you.
To ensure a fair and thorough review process, applications for this role will close on Wednesday, 29 July.
You can expect to hear from our Talent Acquisition team after this date with updates regarding your application. Please note, we may close applications earlier should a suitable candidate be identified.
