Careers

About the Organisation

Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians with this unique opportunity to provide both corporate expertise and community support. With a focus on people, not profit, Life Without Barriers’ corporate services team partners with our direct support staff, clients, and their families to ensure we continue our mission to change lives for the better.  If a truly inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced work environment sounds like your next career move, this is an opening not to be missed.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.  

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

Permanent full time position that can be located anywhere in Australia, where you have full flexibility to work from home or one of our offices. Join our dynamic national team as a Senior Software Developer, where you’ll craft innovative software solutions that drive business success and delight clients. Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to define precise application requirements, ensuring every solution is both fit‑for‑purpose and user‑friendly. Lead the end‑to‑end production release process and champion ongoing support, delivering reliable, high‑impact systems that keep our operations running smoothly.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the full software development lifecycle, ensuring compliance with standards and meeting documented requirements.
• Analyse and build applications following LWB methodology, enterprise architecture, and best practices.
• Partner with coworkers and business stakeholders to define requirements, delivering solutions that are both fit‑for‑purpose and fit‑for‑use.
• Produce clear design documentation for stakeholder approval.
• Automate testing where feasible, including unit, integration, and UI tests.
• Coordinate production releases with DevOps and Infrastructure teams, automating environment transitions when possible.
• Implement proactive monitoring, logging, and reporting to detect issues early.
• Create comprehensive system documentation to enable seamless team support.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders to align software solutions with business needs.

Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor degree in computer science or similar.
• Experience with agile development methodology, including scrum.
• Strong experience working within a test driven devops culture.
• Experience with the AWS platform including serverless services.
• Working knowledge of one or more modern programming languages (Node.js/TypeScript, C#).
• Working knowledge of Robotic Process Automation (UiPath or similar).
• Knowledge of Atlassian tools – Jira, Confluence.
• Strong database expertise, including more than one of PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MSSQL, MySQL, MongoDB.
• Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to conduct research into software-related issues and products.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check.

Benefits

• Option to fully Work from Home (WFH).
• Opportunity to deliver high-impact digital and automation initiatives.
• Join a team that encourages innovative thinking.
• Challenging position working in a modern, best practice ICT environment.
• Excellent tax benefits & monthly rostered days off.

How to Apply

Include your resume and cover letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries relating to the position contact recruitment@lwb.org.au. Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can contact  recruitment@lwb.org.au. 

Applications close at midnight AEDT 1 March 2026.