Lead Node.js API Developer - Integration Platform | Contract | Brisbane | Hybrid

🔹 Flexible Full-Time | Non-Permanent Contract
🔹 High-impact role on Whole-of-Government integration platform
🔹 Up to 6 months with potential to extend

We're recruiting for a specialist opportunity within a Queensland Government digital team that's reshaping service delivery across the state. This contract position sits within a multi-disciplinary division responsible for building, scaling, and maintaining API platforms that support cross-agency integration, enabling smarter, more connected digital services for Queenslanders.

🔧 Your New Role

You'll take the lead on the delivery and ongoing enhancement of a newly established Graph API (GAPI) platform - the central integration gateway enabling secure, consistent, and high-performance APIs across multiple backend systems and service providers.

Working alongside a Product Manager and a talented group of engineers, you'll contribute to a federated microservices ecosystem built for scale, reliability, and collaboration.

💼 Key Responsibilities

• Lead development on a high-visibility, whole-of-government GraphQL integration platform.
• Deliver scalable Node.js microservices using TypeScript, REST, and GraphQL.
• Drive API gateway design, lifecycle governance, and secure data interoperability.
• Build and support automation pipelines using GitHub, CI/CD, and DevSecOps practices.
• Provide technical oversight in a federated architecture involving multiple teams.
• Deliver in a highly collaborative agile team focused on continuous product improvement.
• Participate in after-hours support/on-call work during key project phases.

🧠 What You Bring

• Expertise in Node.js, GraphQL (Apollo Server & Federation), and TypeScript.
• Experience unifying APIs across disparate systems in high-security environments.
• Knowledge of API gateway governance, OIDC/OAuth2, and ABAC security policies.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, serverless/cloud-native environments (AWS).
• Test automation and JavaScript unit/integration testing experience.
• Comfort operating in agile and DevSecOps environments using JIRA, Confluence, and GitHub.

✅ Bonus Points For

• Experience supporting platforms with high availability/reliability requirements.
• Prior experience delivering public-facing digital government services or working with federated teams.

📩 Ready to apply?

Submit your application via the link or reach out to [email protected] for a confidential discussion.