At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the design and development of critical licensing applications for Transport for NSW.
- Company: Join a diverse team at Transport for NSW, shaping the future of transport.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible work options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with a focus on innovation and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on regulatory systems that serve millions of customers.
- Qualifications: Experience in software development and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 121500 - 148500 $ per year.
You crave a career that pushes you, where you'll meet challenges head on and you're guaranteed to grow. If finding complex technological solutions is your game, we've got the team for you. You're going to help us create seamless operations that result in efficiency for millions of customers.
Transport for NSW is seeking five experienced DRIVES Tech Leads to support the ongoing delivery, modernisation, and support of the DRIVES Licensing platform, one of NSW's most critical regulatory systems. These are fixed-term contract opportunities through to 30 June 2030, offering the opportunity to contribute to long-term regulatory and digital transformation initiatives across a large-scale, business-critical environment.
As a DRIVES Tech Lead, you will provide technical leadership across software development, support, and continuous improvement activities, ensuring solutions are reliable, secure, scalable, and aligned with evolving business and customer needs. You will work across a complex application landscape, providing technical expertise and guidance to development teams, business stakeholders, architects, and delivery partners. The role involves leading technical delivery across the full software development lifecycle while maintaining operational stability across critical licensing and regulatory services.
You will:
- Lead the design, development, enhancement, and support of DRIVES applications and services.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance across software delivery and operational support activities.
- Translate functional and non-functional requirements into robust software designs and technical specifications.
- Drive software quality through design reviews, development standards, testing, and continuous improvement practices.
- Support application releases, deployments, upgrades, and development updates.
- Oversee troubleshooting, root cause analysis, defect management, and issue resolution activities.
- Work collaboratively with technical and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality outcomes.
- Mentor technical team members and contribute to capability building across the broader team.
- Identify opportunities to leverage new technologies and modern development approaches to improve platform performance and delivery outcomes.
Working within a dynamic environment, you will balance project delivery priorities with operational support requirements while ensuring the platform continues to meet reliability, performance, and customer service expectations.
About you: You are an experienced Technical Lead, Senior Software Engineer, Lead Developer, or Application Specialist with a strong background delivering software solutions within large and complex organisations. You bring strong technical capability together with leadership experience, and you are comfortable operating across both project delivery and operational support environments.
You will have:
- Demonstrated experience delivering enterprise software solutions across the full software development lifecycle.
- Strong technical design and development experience within complex application environments.
- Proven ability to lead technical teams and influence software delivery outcomes.
- Experience translating business requirements into scalable, maintainable technical solutions.
- Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience supporting application releases, upgrades, testing, and production deployments.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- A proactive approach to quality, continuous improvement, and technology innovation.
- The ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining delivery quality and operational stability.
You are a collaborative leader who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and delivering outcomes that support critical regulatory and customer services.
Who we are: Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day. Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve.
Flexible work options may be available. Learn more via Flexible work options and policy.
Applications close 11:59 PM Wednesday, 5th of August 2026.
For more information about this role, please contact ************@TRANSPORT.NSW.GOV.AU.
Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply.
Drives Tech Lead: Enterprise Licensing Platform in Parramatta employer: Transport for NSW
Transport for NSW is an exceptional employer that prioritises the wellbeing and work-life balance of its employees while delivering impactful infrastructure projects. Located in Newcastle, this role offers a collaborative work culture with opportunities for professional growth, as well as a commitment to diversity and inclusion, ensuring all voices are heard and valued. Join us in making a difference in the community while advancing your career in a supportive environment focused on achieving Net Zero goals.
