Staff Engineer - Back End at Greenstone Financial Services

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

26 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

28 Mar, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Software Engineering, Technical Solutions Design, Cross-team Solution Design, Backend Expertise, Platform Expertise, Solution Blueprints, Target Architectures, C#, TypeScript, PowerShell, System Design, Distributed Systems, Database Technologies, Cloud Platforms, AWS, Containerisation

Industry

Insurance

Description

Grow your Career with Greenstone! Permanent Opportunity The Staff Engineer is responsible for helping domain teams design and implement effective technical solutions to customer and business problems in a scalable and maintainable way. They drive cross-team solution design to ensure architectural alignment and technical consistency, providing deep backend and platform expertise. This role reports to the Principal Engineer and partners closely with them to create and evolve solution blueprints (target architectures, patterns, and guardrails) that teams can execute against. When needed, they work directly with product engineering teams to rescue initiatives such as diagnosing issues, unblocking delivery, and reducing technical risk through pragmatic leadership and hands-on contribution. A key focus of this role is executing the platform uplift strategy toward a decoupled, cloud-native architecture that increases resilience and responsiveness to change. What are we looking for? 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong portfolio of shipped products Proficiency in multiple programming languages (e.g. C#, TypeScript, PowerShell) and development frameworks Extensive experience with system design, architecture, and large-scale distributed systems Strong understanding of database technologies, both relational and NoSQL Experience with cloud platforms (ideally AWS), containerisation and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), Serverless technologies and event-driven cloud-native architectures Experience working with various tools to design, orchestrate, test, build, release & monitor your work Experience with Agile development methodologies and processes, e.g. Scrum, Kanban Highly developed technical leadership, decision making and influencing skills Embraces customer-first thinking and strives to balance technical priorities with pace of delivery Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically Our Promise to Our People Benefits We are passionate about our core values of Customer First, We Care, One Team, and Results Driven, which define how we approach our work. We recognise that our colleagues are the key to our success. That's why you can expect to be rewarded for the hard work you put in through job satisfaction, career development and the fantastic range of benefits we offer: Fantastic employee benefits including flexi days, flexible working, annual $1200 travel/parking allowance & more. State of the art building facilities including a dedicated & subsidised on-site company café (weekly free lunch) & on-site gym Health & well-being initiatives and programs Opportunity to take part in in-house leadership & emotional intelligence workshops Quarterly award functions and a grand annual conference to recognise our people Retail discounts e.g. movie tickets, Zoo passes, live shows + more Morsl market (a fully automated self-serve, food and drink marketplace with a wide variety of meals, snacks and drinks) Who We Are Greenstone distributes insurance products under trusted brands in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Some of our brands are Buddy, Australian Seniors, New Zealand Seniors, OneChoice, Real Insurance, SPCA Pet Insurance, North Cover, FiftyUp, Guardian and Choosi. We are the leading distributor of direct Insurance products in the Australian insurance market. Since launching into the Financial Services sector in 2007, Greenstone has experienced a commanding volume of growth being recognised for our credible brands, customer focused values and people-driven work culture. We are passionate about our core values, which contribute towards the positive culture that supports our employees, our customers and our community. Location Great central location in Norwest Business Park, Norwest, only a short walk from Norwest Metro station and also direct bus access from Parramatta and Blacktown. Apply Now If this role interests you, we would love to hear from you! Please remember to discuss your application with your manager and to complete an Internal Application form, which can be found on the Shine hub If you have any questions or would like any further information about this opportunity, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Team for more detail.

Responsibilities

The Staff Engineer helps domain teams design and implement scalable and maintainable technical solutions for business problems, driving cross-team solution design to ensure architectural alignment and technical consistency. They partner with the Principal Engineer to evolve solution blueprints and execute the platform uplift strategy toward a decoupled, cloud-native architecture.