The Role

We're hunting for a Senior Full-Stack Developer to join our established development crew and take charge of both technical solutions and team uplifting. This is a senior-level position for someone with 5+ years of experience who can confidently guide development teams, make sharp technical decisions, and juggle stakeholder relationships across all levels of our organisation.

At Roadhouse Digital, we've been crafting sophisticated platforms since 2000. We're not chasing the latest shiny objects – we're focused on creating lasting, rock-solid solutions for long-term clients and bold startups alike. Our hybrid model means 1-2 days in our Melbourne office, with the flexibility to work remotely while maintaining tight team collaboration.

What You'll Be Steering

As a Senior Full-Stack Developer, you'll drive technical decisions across web and mobile platforms while shepherding and mentoring development teams. You'll be involved heavily in project prioritisation, process refinement, and ensuring delivery quality meets the expectations of our clients.

Our current portfolio includes AgTech platforms, membership/CRM platforms, workforce management systems, and social aggregation applications – often weaving in hardware integration alongside traditional web and mobile development. You'll shape architecture decisions, spearhead implementation across multiple simultaneous projects, and be accountable for both technical outcomes and uplifting of the teams capabilities.

Essential Leadership & Technical Talents

Technical Confidence: Your experience in driving solutions means that you can assess the challenge, understand the options and implement a great solution without checking at each step.

Stakeholder Wrangling: Strong communication skills for managing upward (senior leadership) and downward (development team) relationships

Process & Prioritisation: Ability to establish development workflows, juggle competing priorities, and drive project delivery

JavaScript/TypeScript (5+ years)

Node.js (3+ years)

React (3+ years)

React Native/Expo (3+ years)

NextJS framework experience

REST API development and best practices (5+ years)

Database design and implementation (3-4+ years)

Security-conscious development practices

Testing methodologies and implementation

What Makes Candidates Shine

Technical Leadership: Experience as a Senior Developer with team responsibility

Decision-Making: Track record of making confident technical and process decisions under fire

Client Leadership: Direct client interaction, requirements gathering, and solution presentation

AWS implementation experience (ECS, RDS, cloud architecture)

Express/NestJS framework expertise

API documentation and technical communication skills

Agile project management and team coordination experience

Formal software development qualifications

Why Engineers Pick Us

We offer genuine project variety without the chaos of constant context switching, and the freedom to make meaningful technical and process decisions. Our 20+ years in the trenches means we understand how to balance innovation with stability, delivering quality solutions while maintaining sustainable work practices.

You'll work with established clients across some of the biggest brands in the country. Our focus on platform development (not agency work) means deeper technical engagement and the chance to see projects through their full lifecycle – with the authority to guide how they're delivered.

We value technical growth and cross-platform learning, but we also recognise that senior developers need leadership opportunities and the ability to influence technical direction. You'll have genuine input into our development processes and the autonomy to make decisions that impact project outcomes.

How We Work

We maintain a professional but approachable culture where senior developers are trusted to lead. We're serious about delivering excellent technical solutions and building lasting client relationships, while keeping the collaborative, problem-solving spirit that's driven us for two decades.

As a leader in our crew, you'll be expected to contribute to strategic technical discussions, provide input on business decisions, and ensure our development practices continue to evolve with industry best practices.

Next Steps

We're looking for Melbourne-based developers ready to tackle senior-level technical challenges. If you're passionate about building quality platforms, confident in making technical calls, and ready to lead a team while managing stakeholder relationships, we'd love to hear from you.

Note: We strongly encourage applications from candidates who demonstrate the right technical foundation and leadership attitude, even if you don't tick every box.