Permanent opportunity with one of the leading banking clients for Sydney Location
Your current company
This organisation is leading the charge in AI-driven software engineering, combining deep technical expertise with a bold vision for the future. With a strong focus on innovation, scalability and intelligent automation, they are building next-generation platforms that are transforming the way technology is delivered across the enterprise.
Your new role
We’re looking for a Staff / Lead Software Engineer who is passionate about creating impactful products, thrives in a Product Operating Model, and is eager to take full ownership of solving real user problems. You’ll be part of a cross-functional, empowered team, working closely with a Product Owner/Manager and Designer as part of a core product trio.
This team is focused on improving the digital home loan experience, developing and personalising tools for current, new, and prospective customers. Your role will extend beyond coding—you’ll contribute to ideation, design, implementation, testing, release, and ongoing product enhancement. We value a product engineering mindset—someone who is equally invested in the product’s success and user experience as they are in writing high-quality code.
What you'll need to succeed
- Possesses full-cycle engineering experience: system design (architecture), build, testing (unit, integration, system), release, and ongoing maintenance.
- Partners as part of a “core trio” (Product, Design, Engineering) to deeply understand business and user problems, and co-create solutions.
- Leads the technical design, architecture, and implementation of new and existing features, providing thought leadership and influencing technology direction across the team.
- Actively embrace and integrate AI-driven solutions (including LLMs and agentic AI approaches) to enhance our engineering workflows and product capabilities.
- Proven ability to provide technical thought leadership: influencing engineering culture, evaluating and introducing new technologies, guiding team direction, mentoring and supporting other engineers.
Tech Skills:
We use a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. We don’t expect you to know them all, but experience or exposure to some of these will set you up for success in this team:
- Strong expertise in frontend with Next.js, React.js, Typescript
- Advanced proficiency in backend development in Node.js, .NET Core, .NET Framework
- Demonstrated experience in solution design and architecture principles
- Expertise with Microservices, Restful API design pattern
- Working knowledge of public cloud engineering - AWS preferred
- Understanding of DevOps, CI-CD pipeline - TeamCity, Octopus, GitHub Actions
- Any experience with the following: AI/ML development, Prompt engineering, integrating agentic AI in the software development process, leading small technical teams
What you'll get in return
Whether you're passionate about customer service, driven by data, or inspired by creativity, this is a place where your career can truly thrive.It supports its people with the flexibility to balance where work happens—spending at least half your time each month connecting in the Sydney office. Beyond that, it offers a range of flexible working options, including adjusted start and finish times, part-time roles, and job-sharing arrangements. Here, you’ll be empowered to take on new opportunities and supported through challenges. People genuinely enjoy working here—and it’s likely you will too.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
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📌 Staff/ Lead Software Full-stack Engineer
🏢 Hays
📍 Sydney