Software Engineer (Contract)

[12 months contract, renewable] We are looking for a Software Engineer for RSAF to support training data systems and digitalisation initiatives. The scope would broadly cover:

• Enterprise systems integration across training management systems, business applications, analytics platforms, and workflow solutions

• Design, development, and maintenance of APIs, middleware services, connectors, and system interoperability mechanisms

• Full-stack application development and integration across web applications, backend services, databases, and enterprise platforms

• Modernisation of existing applications and migration of legacy systems towards service-oriented and cloud-enabled architectures

• Cloud onboarding, deployment, operationalisation, and sustainment of applications within enterprise cloud environments

• Design and implementation of authentication, access control, security, and governance requirements

• Application sustainment, troubleshooting, performance optimisation, and enhancement of operational systems

• Development of technical documentation, architecture artefacts, integration specifications, and implementation guides

• Support for onboarding and integration of externally developed products into existing enterprise ecosystems

• Collaboration with stakeholders to translate operational requirements into scalable technical solutions

We are looking for candidates with experience in areas such as:

• Full-stack development (React, Angular, Vue.js, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript)

• Backend development (.NET, Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, Python)

• API design and integration (REST, GraphQL, OpenAPI)

• Databases and data integration (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB)

• Cloud technologies and DevOps practices

• Containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

• CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and software engineering best practices

• Identity and access management, security implementation, and enterprise integration patterns

The candidate should be comfortable engaging users directly, translating operational requirements into technical solutions, rapidly developing and integrating software systems and supporting the sustainment of deployed applications in operational environments.