Principal Engineer

at  Westpac Group

HOW WILL I HELP?

This Principal Engineer role is an exciting opportunity at one of the largest banks in Australia who are about to embark on a multi-year digital transformation. The role is a technical leadership role. We are looking for someone who is both strong technically, having full stack experience with the ability to lead complex work hands on, but can also help build our engineering capability and play a leadership role within our engineering community.
This position sits within the Customer Engagement domain and your role will be part of a Digital Delivery Train aimed at transforming our staff sales and servicing technology solutions across the organisation. We are looking to build a new engineering footprint at our Gold Coast Hub and this role will play a lead in this. Helping to build a digital engineering capability working with our existing squads, architects and business.
The technologies used are Java based and include React JS, Redux, Node JS, Swagger API, Spring Boot, Typescript, Kafka to integrate with the banks enterprise services layer, databases, and host systems. Software development practices within the team are aligning to agile methodologies.
This role will move you into an innovative and growing engineering team where you will be working on a range of business and customer critical projects.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE:

• Drive technical innovation by researching and implementing new technologies, tools, and methodologies.
• Align technical strategies with business objectives and contribute to the long-term technology roadmap of the team.
• Advocate for and implement DevOps, or other methodologies to improve development processes and productivity.
• Continuously evaluate and improve software development workflows and tools to enhance efficiency.
• Promote best practices, conduct training sessions, and share expertise to elevate the team’s overall capability.
• Oversee the development and implementation of testing strategies, including unit tests, integration tests, and performance tests.
• Provide expert advice on technical issues, solutions, and best practices to development teams.
• Assist with assessing engineering recruitment out of our Gold Coast Hub.
• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers, fostering their technical and professional growth.
• Ensure that important technical knowledge is captured and accessible to the team.

ROLE – PRINCIPAL ENGINEER

• Permanent Full-time opportunity
• Surfers Paradise Location
• Hybrid working model (2-3 days in a week in the office + WFH)

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE YOU NEED THE FOLLOWING SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 10-15 years hands-on experience with a proven track record of leading complex projects.
• Deep knowledge of java, reactjs, nodejs and related frameworks and tools.
• Strong leadership and mentorship skills, with the ability to guide and inspire multiple teams.
• Strong understanding of Micro services-based architecture
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate the cross-function teams and stakeholders.
• Collaborative team player
• Strong time management, workload management and organisational skills