1 Senior AWS Software Engineer (Developer)

Closes in 15 daysSubmission deadline: 27 November 2026, 11:59 PM Australia/Sydney

Tender Overview

ReferenceLH-08522
Issued byNational Museum of Australia

About this tender

This Tender is invited by the Issuer. Overview The National Museum of Australia is seeking a Senior AWS Software Engineer (Developer) to support the rebuild of nma.gov.au as a modern digital experience platform (DXP). About Content is moving from Squiz Matrix (nma.gov.au) and GovCMS/Drupal (Digital Classroom) into Contentstack, a headless CMS hosted in the Contentstack AU region. The Museum has chosen Astro, with TypeScript, as the front-end framework for the new site. The Role The Senior Full Stack Developer will assist with the integrations between the website and the Museum's collection and business system. The role includes: Designing, building and operating APIs, serverless functions and identity, search and AI services on AWS (Amazon API Gateway for Museum APIs, Amazon Cognito for visitor identity, Amazon OpenSearch Service for site and collection search, and Amazon Bedrock for AI services) that the Astro front end consumes Working with the Frontend Developer on the server-side and data-fetching parts of the Astro build Helping maintain the GitHub Actions and Contentstack Launch pipelines Joining an Agile/Scrum team, led by an Agile Delivery Lead, and working alongside the existing team, UX researchers and Museum content and collection specialists Enquiries Buyer contact: andy.duncan@nma.gov.au

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