Senior Software Engineer

We’re Civica and we make software that helps deliver critical services for citizens all around the world. From local to state government, to education, to health and care, over 5,000 public bodies across the globe use our software to help provide critical services to over 100 million citizens. 

Our aspiration is to be a GovTech champion everywhere we work around the globe, supporting the needs of citizens and those that serve them every day. Building on 21 years of continuous growth and success, we're at a pivotal point on our journey to realise that aspiration. 

As a company, we’re passionate about what we do and the citizens we help to serve. If you too would like to help champion the use of technology in public services, to improve outcomes for citizens and public sector organisations, then Civica is the right place for you. We will help you unlock the best version of yourself, achieve growth in your career whilst making a real difference to people and communities. 

Why you'll love this role as Senior Software Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Senior Developer to join our VIEW Product Team within Community Justice Services. In this role, you will contribute to the ongoing development and enhancement of VIEW, a business-critical justice platform that supports the delivery of essential services for our customers.

Working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional team, you will design, develop, test and support high-quality software solutions, leveraging your expertise in Microsoft .NET technologies alongside modern engineering practices, including cloud platforms, APIs, Docker and microservices. You will play a key role in evolving the platform while ensuring its security, reliability, scalability and performance.

As a senior member of the team, you will provide technical leadership, contribute to architectural and design decisions, mentor colleagues and champion engineering best practices

What You Will Do

• Design, develop, test and maintain high-quality software solutions using .NET and SQL.
• Build secure, scalable APIs and modern service-based architectures.
• Contribute to cloud-ready and cloud-native application designs.
• Develop and support containerised applications using Docker.
• Participate in solution design, estimation and technical planning activities.
• Drive code quality through peer reviews and engineering best practices.
• Support platform modernisation initiatives while maintaining customer commitments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable and maintainable solutions.
• Mentor and support developers through code reviews, knowledge sharing and technical guidance.
• Contribute to troubleshooting, performance optimisation and production issue resolution.

Requirements

What You'll Bring

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience developing enterprise applications using C# and Microsoft .NET.
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs.
• Practical experience with Docker and containerised applications.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, including testing, source control and CI/CD.
• Experience working with relational databases and application integration.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience providing technical leadership and mentoring within a development team.

Desirable Experience

• Modernising large-scale .NET applications and legacy platforms.
• Microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Cloud platforms and container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes.
• Event-driven and asynchronous integration patterns.
• Observability, monitoring, logging and performance optimisation.
• Infrastructure as Code and automated environment provisioning.
• Experience working on government, justice, courts, case management or highly regulated systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Relevant Microsoft, Cloud, Container or Software Engineering certifications are advantageous.

Benefits

Why you'll love working with us 

We know that when our people are happy, they will work better and have greater work satisfaction. Here's what you can expect: 

We're all different - and we love this about us. 

We provide an inclusive, safe, and welcoming environment to all Civicans, new and old Focus on learning- there are heaps of opportunities to enable you to grow and be your best. 

Giving culture - we encourage you to "give back" with benefits such as our Days of Difference leave where you can volunteer for a charity of your choice. 

Flexible Work - we have comprehensive flexibility options including part-time work, adjusted hours, staggered shifts, and hybrid or remote working, supporting work–life balance based on individual needs.

Apply for this job - Become part of something special Do you see yourself in this role? If so, then we would love to hear from you.