Digital transformation consultancy spanning strategy, data, commerce, and cloud
Restive is a 400+ person consultancy built around six core service lines: strategy, data and AI, customer experience, accessibility, unified commerce, and cloud/cybersecurity. The tech stack reveals a commerce-forward operation—heavy on React, Node.js, Shopify, and headless commerce patterns—combined with deep AWS/Azure/GCP multi-cloud capability. Current hiring focuses on engineering (5 open roles) across mid and senior levels, with active pain points in POS system modernization, AWS cost optimization, and payment integration complexity, suggesting clients are mid-market retailers in complex modernization cycles.
Notable leadership hires: Tech Lead
Restive advises ambitious organisations on technology-driven growth, operating as a managed consultancy rather than a product vendor. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Melbourne, the firm has expanded to 400+ consultants across Australia with growing presence in Malaysia and Asia-Pacific. The service model combines strategic consulting with hands-on delivery across six specializations: digital strategy, data and AI, customer experience, accessibility, commerce (especially Shopify/headless), and cloud/cybersecurity. Project work centers on high-traffic digital platforms, mobile applications, ecommerce architecture, and POS modernization for large Australian retailers and financial services firms.
Core stack: AWS, Azure, GCP; React, Node.js, TypeScript for frontends; Java, Spring Boot, Kotlin for backends; Kafka, RabbitMQ for messaging; Shopify, Adobe Experience Manager, Sanity for commerce/CMS; Active Directory, Microsoft 365 for infrastructure.
Primary focus: high-traffic digital platforms, mobile apps at scale, headless commerce architecture (React/Node/TypeScript), Shopify Plus ecommerce, POS system modernization, payment system integration, and AWS cost optimization.
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