Senior Full Stack Developer & Quality Engineering Lead

Key Responsibilities

Quality Assurance, Testing & Release Management

• Lead quality assurance and test engineering practices across the development lifecycle.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated tests for applications, APIs, integrations, and user interfaces.
• Establish and improve regression testing and release-readiness processes.
• Support defect management, root cause analysis, and corrective action planning.
• Review test coverage and quality of both developer‑created and AI‑generated tests.

DevOps & Release Support

• Support CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, and release processes.
• Troubleshoot build, deployment, and environment‑related issues.
• Maintain deployment documentation and operational procedures.
• Contribute to monitoring, logging, backup, recovery, and platform reliability initiatives.
• Improve release consistency and deployment confidence.

Full Stack Development & Code Quality

• Design, develop, test, and maintain front‑end and back‑end application components.
• Build and support APIs, integrations, database‑driven functionality, and user interfaces.
• Investigate and resolve defects, performance bottlenecks, and production issues.
• Perform code reviews and promote secure, maintainable, and scalable development practices.
• Support refactoring, technical debt reduction, and engineering standards.

Technical Leadership & Mentoring

• Assist with technical planning, backlog refinement, and implementation delivery.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to developers on testing, debugging, DevOps, and software quality practices.
• Promote the responsible use of AI‑assisted development tools to improve productivity and code quality.
• Escalate significant architectural, security, or platform‑related risks appropriately.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

Required

• Qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
• 5-8 years of software development experience.
• Proven full‑stack development expertise across front‑end, back‑end, API, and database technologies.
• Strong experience in QA, automated testing, regression testing, and release management.
• Experience supporting DevOps processes, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment environments.
• Strong SQL, relational database, Git, and code review experience.
• Experience mentoring and supporting development teams.

Advantageous

• Experience with SaaS products and product development environments.
• Exposure to geospatial, agricultural technology, analytics, or data‑intensive platforms.
• Experience with cloud platforms and modern deployment architectures.

Technical Skills

Essential

• Automated testing, regression testing, integration testing, and API testing.
• Git, GitLab, and CI/CD pipeline management.
• Docker and containerised development environments.
• Ansible deployment automation.
• Secrets and configuration management platforms.
• Full‑stack application development.
• AI‑assisted development tools and quality review practices.

Preferred

• Python, Django, Django REST Framework.
• Vue.js, JavaScript, TypeScript.
• PostgreSQL and database optimisation.
• Linux, Redis, Celery, and cloud technologies.
• Nginx, Caddy, or reverse‑proxy technologies.
• Kafka and event‑driven architectures.
• GIS, PostGIS, or spatial database exposure.
• Automated testing frameworks and front‑end test automation.

Key Competencies

Technical

• Full‑stack software development
• Quality engineering and automated testing
• DevOps and release management
• Secure coding and troubleshooting
• CI/CD and deployment automation
• Code review and technical mentoring

Behavioural

• Strong attention to quality and detail
• Analytical and problem‑solving mindset
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to balance delivery timelines with engineering excellence
• Ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement mindset

Success Measures

Success in this role will be demonstrated through:

• Increased automated test coverage across critical business processes.
• Improved release readiness and software reliability.
• Reduced production defects and technical rework.
• Stronger code quality and development standards.
• More reliable CI/CD and deployment processes.
• Better technical documentation and knowledge sharing.
• Effective developer mentoring and capability building.
• Reduced reliance on senior leadership for routine testing, release, and quality assurance activities.