Senior Automation Developer

• Employment type: Full-time, fixed-term role (12-month contract)

• Location: Geelong with flexible hybrid working

• Salary: Offering a competitive starting base salary of $134,182 plus super and benefits

When you work at the TAC, what you do matters.

At the Transport Accident Commission (TAC), our purpose is to care for the lives of everyone who travels on Victoria’s roads. Every day, we contribute to better recovery outcomes for clients and safer journeys across Victoria.

As a Senior Automation Developer, you’ll Make Every Day Matter by focusing on the problems that matter most – innovating scalable solutions that transform how TAC achieves impact at scale.

To learn more about the TAC and our work, visit our website

About the opportunity.

As a Senior Automation Developer, you’ll create impact by designing and delivering enterprise automation solutions that improve operational efficiency, enhance business outcomes and build TAC’s maturity in intelligent automation.

You will take technical ownership across the automation lifecycle, translating complex business requirements into scalable, secure and maintainable solutions using UiPath and associated technologies. You will also help shape development standards, reusable frameworks and integration approaches, while providing technical guidance to other developers and supporting the continuous improvement of TAC’s automation capability.

Key responsibilities include:

• Design, develop and support enterprise-grade UiPath automation solutions, applying robust development, architecture, security and governance practices.
• Design and implement reliable integrations across enterprise applications using APIs, Integration Service, SQL, JSON/XML and other data sources.
• Drive the use of intelligent automation capabilities, including Document Understanding and AI-enabled technologies, to identify and deliver measurable business value.
• Provide technical leadership across solution design, code quality, development standards and reusable automation frameworks, mentoring and guiding other developers.
• Take ownership of production automation services, resolving complex issues, conducting root-cause analysis and driving continuous improvement.

About the team.

This role sits within the Enterprise Transformation division, which leads TAC’s technology, digital and transformation agenda, delivering modern technology solutions and optimising business operations to enhance client outcomes, employee experience and community impact.

Reporting to the Process Automation Tech Lead, you’ll join a collaborative team focused on using automation and emerging technologies to improve how TAC works. You’ll work closely with business and technology stakeholders to identify opportunities, deliver practical automation solutions and continuously improve TAC’s automation capability.

What you’ll bring.

• 6+ years’ experience in enterprise automation and RPA development, with extensive hands-on experience designing, developing, deploying and supporting UiPath solutions across the full lifecycle.
• Advanced UiPath and integration expertise, including REFramework, queues, Integration Service, APIs, Document Understanding and intelligent automation, with strong experience across REST, JSON, XML and SQL.
• Strong technical leadership and problem-solving capability, with the ability to translate complex requirements into scalable solutions, manage technical risks and provide guidance to other developers.
• Strong stakeholder and delivery capability, with experience working across business, architecture, security and technology teams in Agile environments and contributing to governance, CI/CD and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience in complex or regulated environments such as insurance, government or financial services, and UiPath Certified Professional certification, will be highly regarded.

What good looks like.

At TAC, high performance is about turning purpose into action, and action into impact. Here’s what that looks like as a Senior Automation Developer:

• Solutions Design: You’ll make the complicated simple, by simplifying complexity, creating clarity and enabling efficient, outcome-focused ways of working
• Usability: You’ll make every conversation count by, encouraging meaningful collaboration and diverse input to build intuitive, user-focused solutions that create lasting value
• Innovation: You’ll find a better way, today, by proactively identifying and testing new ideas, streamlining processes and removing barriers to create more effective ways of working
• Capability: You’ll help value life, by focusing on meaningful problems and building solutions that enable better outcomes

Why work at the TAC.

• See the impact you create. Work on meaningful, enterprise-scale challenges where the solutions you build have a direct impact on your clients, colleagues, and the organisation
• Be recognised for what you contribute. Bring your expertise, curiosity, and ideas to the table, and be recognised for the value you create, and the outcomes you help enable.
• Grow your capability. Develop new skills, explore new capability areas, and innovate the future of how the TAC operates and delivers services.
• Take pride in work that matters. Create impact with one of Victoria’s most trusted public insurers while growing your career in a complex and evolving environment.
• Employee benefits

A safe and inclusive place to work.

At TAC, we’re committed to building a workplace where everyone is respected, supported, and able to perform at their best. We believe diverse perspectives strengthen our organisation and help us create better outcomes for all Victorians. We welcome people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally diverse communities, women, gender-diverse people, and members of the LGBTIQ+ community.

Child safety.

At the TAC, we are committed to the safety of children and young people. For more information regarding our commitment to child safety, please visit website.

Ready to Make Every Day Matter?

If you’re looking for an opportunity to deepen your impact, build your capability, and contribute to a large-scale transformation agenda focused on creating better outcomes for Victorians,click apply to submit your Cover Letter and Resume.If successful, you’ll progress to an interview. All applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application.

If we can do anything to help make applying for this role easier, or you have an adjustment request, please let our Talent Acquisition Team know at recruitment@tac.vic.gov.au. If over the phone is better for you, our number is 03 9300 0501.

For more information, read the attached Position Description, or contact Hannah Egan, Talent & Workforce Planning Partner at Hannah_Egan@tac.vic.gov.au for a confidential discussion.  

Applications for this role close at 11:55pm 19th October 2026.