Senior Engineer

We believe technology should help people perform better every day. Since our beginning in 1993, people across financial services have trusted us to take their performance to the next level. More than 10,000 businesses and 500,000 people use our software, from the world’s most iconic financial services brands to advice firms of all sizes, banks, insurers, investment managers, traders and brokers. Iress is one of Australia’s largest technology companies and employs more than 2,000 people across Australia, The United Kingdom, Africa, Canada, France, New Zealand and Asia.

The Senior Engineer is a role that is responsible for delivering against the various aspects of product engineering from inception to deployment and production support. The role is performed by engineers who have demonstrated proficiency in several technical specialisations, such as “Software”, “Data”, “Security”, “Support & Reliability” and will have or gain deep knowledge in one or more business domains (e.g. Trading, Lending, Advice). 

The Senior Engineer role offers an advancement opportunity to Engineers who have obtained the technical engineering and leadership attributes required to perform at this level. Combined with behavioural attributes that focus on business outcomes delivered in a consistent way of working, the role focuses on driving the success of Iress and its clients. 

• Produces high-quality, robust and resilient software, whether through the development of new code or the modification and improvement of existing code. Ensures quality is "built-in" and ensures quality is inspected appropriately using automation testing techniques. 

• Participates and provides quality input into any requirements or analysis of solutions, features or non-functional requirements. 

• Provides support for software or solutions. Takes initiative in troubleshooting even if they are not the 'primary' engineer and resolves issues quickly and effectively. 

• Contributes positively to the team, provides relevant and appropriate inputs to enable effective team outcomes to be delivered. 

• Ensures any key person risk is minimised by working with others, appropriately documenting and automating work. 

• Fosters and develops strong working relationships with the wider technology group. Will mentor/coach more junior engineers, and take feedback or seek guidance from more senior engineers. 

• Effectively manages work, whether assigned or taken. Ensures dependencies, issues or risks on other teams are known and owns remediation of such. 

• Provides mentoring to less-experienced engineers, ensuring an uplift in the quality of new code or changes to existing code. 

• Contributes to, or leads in the design of features and non-functional outcomes within the software. 

• Leads the removal of any manual work existing or introduced by automating in line with other teams, or by leveraging strategic tooling or methods. 

• Ensures leverage and scale is gained by working cross-functionally and cross-team. Uses or contributes to platform services. 

• Ensures software security is appropriate and remediates efficiently if inadequacies arise. 

• Strong experience in backend engineering using Python, PySpark, Bash scripting, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) 

• Proven track record building Data Lakes and Lakehouse architectures with Databricks, SQL/dbt, AWS Glue/Spark, and transactional data formats (Delta Lake, Iceberg, Hudi) 

• Solid understanding of AWS services for data engineering 

• Hands-on experience with Change Data Capture (CDC) technologies such as Debezium 

• Skilled in containerisation (Docker, Windows Containers, ECS, Kubernetes) 

• Strong focus on writing clean, maintainable code and improving team codebases 

• Expertise in driving software quality through effective testing strategies across the test pyramid(security, performance, load, functional, integration) and using metrics to guide testing effort 

• Proficient in multiple programming languages and paradigms, with a “right tool for the job” approach

• Experienced in using design patterns and assessing trade-offs between third-party vs internal solutions

• Expert-level capability in designing and delivering resilient, scalable, and cost-effective AWS cloud solutions 

• Experience leading application architecture, following clean code and SOLID principles 

• Skilled in system architecture and designing robust integrations with external systems 

• Strong background in supporting production software and solving operational issues 

• Strong DevOps mindset with experience in infrastructure automation and applying effective security practices 

• Deep experience implementing continuous delivery and fully automated build & deployment pipelines (e.g., Buildkite) 

• Proficient in observability practices—monitoring, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and prevention 

• Demonstrated experience working in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban), both co-located and remote teams 

• Proven experience mentoring and supporting engineers of varying skill levels 

• Deep database and data storage experience across multiple paradigms (relational, NoSQL, caching), with expertise in selecting fit-for-purpose technologies 

• Curious and innovative thinker—challenges the status quo and embraces experimentation 

• Growth mindset—committed to learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement 

• Strong cross-functional collaboration with product management and non-technical teams 

• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes 

• Experience contributing to or owning commercial outcomes for software products and solutions 

• 8 additional paid days per year to extend your weekends

• Hybrid working  

• Generous cash bonus for every successful referral 

• Starting school leave - 8.5 days of leave to assist your children with the transition to school

• Up to 26 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary carers (up to 4 weeks for secondary carers), and the ability to work part-time when returning to work

• 3 days’ paid leave per year to participate in charity initiatives

• Discounted health insurance premiums

• Access to learning and development programs through LinkedIn 

Iress is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive culture. We strongly believe that diversity is what makes our teams and our products succeed. Our people have different experiences, skills, perspectives and beliefs and everyone’s uniqueness is valued and celebrated. 

We’re also proud to be globally recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer that promotes and supports all women in the workplace. 

For more information about what we do, our people and values, please visit our website - https://www.iress.com/join-us/careers/

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