Full Stack Developer

• Join a highly motivated and enthusiastic team
• Work in a newly developed area of the university with limitless opportunities
• The position is located at our City Tower Campus.

About VU:

At Victoria University our aim is to be a global leader in dual-sector learning and research by 2028. Join us on the journey and help us achieve our strategic drives embedded in ourStrategic Plan 2022-2028: Start well finish of the drivers Thriving place to Study and Work will enable us to continue to create places that our students and staff love to belong and feel immense pride.

About the role

In this Full Stack Developer (HEP Level 8) role youll lead the end-to-end build of a modern web productshaping the architecture writing the code shipping to production and continuously improving performance and reliability. Youll work across Django (backend) and or React (frontend) hosted on Microsoft Azure and youll be hands-on integrating Azure OpenAI and agentic AI workflows (prompting RAG pipelines multi-agent orchestration) to automate ESG and Scope3 tax reporting. Youll also help ensure the solution is secure and compliant with human-in-the-loop validation privacy-by-design and strong engineering practices like CI/CD monitoring and version control.

The role sits within ISILC and is currently based at VU City Tower (Melbourne CBD) working closely with academic professional and research project staff.

This is a full-time fixed-term position at an HEP8 $113953 - $128326 plus 17% superannuation classification working 36.75 hours per week over a fixed-term contract period (until 30/1/2027).

About the person

• Strong professional experience as a full stack developer ideally with deep capability in Python/Django plus modern JavaScript/TypeScript and a frontend framework (Vue/React).
• Practical experience building production web apps: APIs routing/state management accessible UI/UX and testing practices (unit/integration/e2e).
• Comfort designing and running both relational and NoSQL databases (schema design query optimisation performance tuning).
• Cloud exposure (ideally Azure) including CI/CD monitoring and version control toolchains (e.g. GitHub / Azure DevOps).
• Youre someone who enjoys owning the whole product lifecyclearchitecture delivery deployment optimisationwithout losing sight of secure maintainable design.
• Youre excited by AI-enabled product development in a real application: you can integrate Azure OpenAI build RAG pipelines and collaborate on agentic / multi-agent workflows that support ESG and Scope3 reporting.
• You can operate well in an Agile environment collaborating with product owners designers and QA while keeping delivery quality high.
• Pragmatic problem-solver with good judgement: you know when to push through and when to escalate architectural/compliance/production risks.
• Detail-oriented and process-conscious: you understand that small mistakes in ingestion/RAG/metadata can compromise reporting quality.
• Collaborative communicator: you provide clear updates document workflows and coordinate effectively across a multidisciplinary team.
• Security- and privacy-minded: you naturally build with compliance in mind (e.g. GDPR / Australian Privacy Principles).
• A rare chance to build a modern Django Vue/React platform and deliver real AI functionality (Azure OpenAI RAG multi-agent orchestration) into production.
• Meaningful applied work: automating ESG and Scope3 tax reporting with strong governance and auditability built in.
• Working within ISILC at VU alongside research and project teams in a role that blends product delivery with high-impact sustainability-focused outcomes.

Duties

An example of duties you may perform will include:

• Design develop and maintain scalable web applications using Django (backend) and or React (frontend).
• Build secure authentication role-based access control (RBAC) and RESTful APIs integrating front-end and back-end services cleanly.
• Design and manage SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g. PostgreSQL/MySQL and MongoDB/Azure Cosmos DB) to support application workflows and performance.
• Integrate Azure OpenAI to automate ESG and Scope3 reporting processes including production-grade use of embeddings and endpoints.
• Build document ingestion and RAG pipelines using Azure Cognitive Search (chunking embedding retrieval) and implement human-in-the-loop validation to maintain auditable reporting quality.
• Manage deployments on Azure including CI/CD pipelines monitoring performance optimisation and troubleshooting while working closely with designers product owners and QA in Agile delivery.

How to apply

For a position description and to submit an application please click here: Position Description - Full Stack Developer

Applications must include:

• A cover letter
• Your curriculum vitae/resume
• Evidence of applicable qualifications licences and registrations
• A document containing your responses to the Key Selection Criteria

For further information relating to the position please contact Omid Ameri Sianaki Senior Lecturer in Information Systems Management by email at

The University is a Child Safe organisation. You will be required to hold a current Working with Children Check (WWCC) or be willing to obtain one prior to commencing employment.

Applications close: Monday the 2nd of February 2026 (11:59pm AEDT)

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role requires for applicants to have full and permanent working rights in Australia.

Why Join VU

VU provides competitive salaries excellent superannuation and a variety of benefits. The university fosters an environment where staff can excel achieve their goals and develop their careers. With a focus on diversity inclusion and family-friendly policies VU supports both professional and personal well-being. For more information please visit ourCareers at VU Webpage

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