Job Description
Full Stack Developer – Digital Experience
Full-time | Hybrid role | Brisbane
Join the Canstar Group and make a real difference every day!
We are seeking a proactive, product-minded Full Stack Developer to engineer the best online experience for Canstar customers. In this role, you will build and scale high-performing web applications that enable millions of Australians to compare financial and consumer products online, while also developing internal tooling and cutting-edge GenAI/agentic solutions for our operations teams.
Working within a cross-functional Agile squad alongside Product Owners, Designers, and Data Engineers, you will work across our modern front-end stack (Next.js/React) and robust backend GraphQL APIs deployed on AWS and GCP. If you thrive on taking end-to-end ownership, from building high-traffic customer interfaces to connecting AI agents via Model Context Protocol (MCP), this is the perfect opportunity to make a tangible digital impact.
Key Responsibilities
Customer Experience & Application Engineering
- Design, build, and maintain high-performing, accessible front-end applications using Next.js, React, and modern web architectures.
- Develop, scale, and optimize business-critical GraphQL and REST APIs deployed on cloud infrastructure.
- Design efficient relational data models in PostgreSQL and build data pipelines in BigQuery using Dataform.
- Deliver and deploy code through modern DevOps/CI pipelines targeting AWS and GCP (Cloud Run, GKE, GCE, Cloud Build).
GenAI, Automation & Internal Tooling
- Build and maintain Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers connecting internal enterprise data and SaaS tools (AWS, GCP, Atlassian) to LLM “agents”.
- Develop internal tools and workflow applications to streamline operations for tech and other teams.
Quality, Reliability & Security
- Establish and enforce rigorous automated testing standards (unit, integration, and E2E testing).
- Maintain enterprise-grade monitoring, logging, and alerting using cloud-native tools to ensure high availability and performance.
- Participate in routine operational activities including logging, monitoring, incident triage, and proactive system maintenance.
- Adhere strictly to security best practices, ensuring zero public exposure of PII or sensitive customer data, and proactively remediate code vulnerabilities.
Required Skills & Experience
- Full Stack Experience: 3–5 years of web application development experience in commercial environments.
- Core Languages & Frameworks: Strong proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript/Node.js, with hands-on experience using Next.js, GraphQL, and REST APIs.
- Database & Data Pipelines: Solid experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL), query optimization, data modeling, and constructing data pipelines in BigQuery via GCP Dataform.
- Cloud & DevOps: Proven experience deploying and operating services on AWS and GCP (Cloud Run, GKE, GCE, Cloud Build, IAM, Secrets Manager, monitoring).
- AI & LLM Integration: Exposure to large language models or GenAI (Vertex AI, Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic) with hands-on experience building simple LLM-backed endpoints or apps (prompting, function calling, RAG).
- Model Context Protocol (MCP): Ability to build and maintain MCP servers connecting internal data and SaaS products (GCP, AWS, Atlassian) to LLM “agents”.
- Security, Governance & Reliability: Deep awareness of PII, data residency, and compliance constraints (mindful of never exposing customer data publicly). Experience maintaining enterprise-level monitoring/alerting and remediating high-severity vulnerabilities across multiple repositories.
Desired skills and experience
- Domain Curiosity: Curiosity about product and business workflows, with the willingness to shadow and learn directly from internal teams (e.g., Editorial).
- AI Ownership Trajectory: Comfortable starting as a “regular” Full Stack developer, with the drive to take on increasing ownership of AI and agentic tooling work over time.
- Communication & Stakeholder Management: Clear communication and documentation habits, backed by strong analytical skills to explain AI behavior, risks, and limitations to non-technical stakeholders.
- Product Mindset: Cares deeply about adoption, usability, and measurable commercial/customer impact.
- Agility & Adaptability: Skilled at navigating shifting priorities; maintains a consistent development velocity for new features while proactively resolving high-priority production issues to ensure system stability.
- Tooling Proficiency: Ability to work effectively within the Atlassian suite of products (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket).
Why Join Us?
- Hybrid Work Model: Flexible work arrangements balancing office culture and work-from-home focus.
- Innovation & Career Growth: Opportunity to expand your scope into GenAI, LLM agent architecture, and modern cloud architecture within an established industry leader.
- Play a Part in Helping Australians Compare Better: Your work directly empowers consumers to make informed financial decisions every day.
- Culture: Be part of a supportive, high-performing engineering culture focused on continuous learning, best practices, and collaboration.
- Perks & Benefits: Fully stocked kitchen for in-office breakfasts & lunches, monthly catered lunches, birthday morning teas, ClassPass benefits, and comprehensive wellness perks.
Ready to make an impact?
Apply now and join Canstar Group as we continue to help Australians compare better.
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