Lead Engineer - Settlements and Disputes

Cuscal Limited; Sydney; Sur place; AUD 180 000 - 230 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Cuscal Limited is seeking a Lead Engineer - Settlements and Disputes to drive technical design and delivery for payments-focused solutions. You will work with product and delivery squads to translate core banking needs into scalable software, balancing hands-on coding with architectural decisions.

The ideal candidate brings leadership, deep experience in settlements and disputes, and a track record of implementing CI/CD, DevOps, and robust deployment practices across AWS.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a software engineer including leadership experience.
• Domain knowledge in Payments, Settlements and Disputes.
• Hands-on experience designing, building and delivering software solutions.
• Experience implementing development automation, CI/CD, test automation and DevOps practices.
• Strong knowledge of scalability, performance, resilience and disaster recovery.
• Programming experience with Java or Node.js.
• Knowledge across AWS cloud components.
• Experience reviewing code and supporting developers through design, build and delivery.
• Ability to identify delivery risks and resolve roadblocks.

Responsabilités

• Lead technical solution design and delivery aligning with domain architecture.
• Provide hands-on engineering support and help developers resolve challenges.
• Review code to ensure quality, security and standards.
• Identify risks, dependencies and roadblocks and drive resolution.
• Embed development, testing and operations practices across the squad.
• Support root cause analysis and post-incident reviews.
• Lead release planning and technical delivery decisions.
• Contribute to strategic technical roadmaps with product/architecture teams.
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation, standards and processes.
• Mentor engineers and uplift technical capability.

Connaissances

Leadership

Solution design

CI/CD

DevOps

Java

Node.js

AWS

Code review

Mentoring

Outils

AWS

Description du poste

Forward with Cuscal

Ever tapped your phone to buy a morning coffee, or made a purchase from your favourite online store? Chances are, we’ve made it happen. At Cuscal, we’ve been at the forefront of payments innovation for 60 years, enabling seamless, secure solutions that millions of Australians rely on every day. From launching Australia’s first ATM to being the first certified Australian fast payments Payer and Initiator in 2022, we’ve always pushed boundaries — and we’re not stopping now.

That’s why we’re looking for a Lead Engineer - Settlements and Disputes to join our team and help shape the future of payments.

Join us. Forward with Cuscal.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Lead Engineer, you’ll work closely with Product Owners, Engineers and delivery squads to turn the core banking business needs into technical solutions.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Leading technical solution design and delivery ensuring alignment with domain architecture strategies
• Providing hands‑on engineering support and helping developers resolve technical challenges
• Reviewing code and ensuring solutions meet quality, security and engineering standards
• Identifying technical risks, dependencies and roadblocks and driving these through to resolution
• Embedding effective development, testing and operations practices across the squad
• Supporting root cause analysis, post‑incident reviews and the prioritisation of technical defects
• Leading release planning, change sequencing and technical delivery decisions
• Contributing to strategic technical roadmaps in partnership with product and architecture teams
• Creating and maintaining clear technical documentation, standards and processes
• Mentoring engineers and helping uplift technical capability across the team

About You

You’re an experienced software engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, leading technical conversations and helping others deliver their best work. You can balance hands‑on engineering with broader platform, product and delivery considerations.

You’ll bring:

• Extensive experience as a software engineer including previous leadership experience
• Domain knowledge in Payments, Settlements and Disputes
• Hands‑on experience designing, building and delivering software solutions
• Experience implementing development automation, CI/CD, test automation, DevOps practices and modern deployment approaches
• Strong knowledge of scalability, performance, resilience and disaster recovery
• Programming experience with Java or Node.js
• Knowledge across AWS cloud components
• Experience reviewing code and supporting developers and testers through design, build and delivery
• The ability to identify delivery risks, sequence technical work and resolve roadblocks
• The ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Join us and reimagine the future

If you’re excited to join a company that’s shaping the future of how Australia moves money, we’d love to hear from you.

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Cuscal is an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment and a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.

We welcome applicants from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with a disability, LGBTQIA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore career opportunities with Cuscal.

Note: Cuscal does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or search firms.