Lead Software Engineer, Payments Settlements & Disputes

Cuscal Limited; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cuscal Limited is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for Settlements and Disputes in Sydney. You will partner with product owners and delivery squads to translate core banking needs into scalable technical solutions, balancing hands-on coding with platform and delivery considerations.

You will lead technical design, review code, drive release planning, mentor engineers and help uplift the team's capabilities while upholding security and quality standards in our payments domain.

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering experience with leadership.
• Domain knowledge in payments, settlements and disputes.
• Hands-on design, building and delivery of software solutions.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps and modern deployment approaches.
• Ability to scale, optimize performance and ensure resilience.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Java

Node.js

Leadership

Payments domain knowledge

Tools

CI/CD

DevOps

Code review

Architecture design

Job description

Cuscal Limited is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for Settlements and Disputes in Sydney. You will partner with product owners and delivery squads to translate core banking needs into scalable technical solutions, balancing hands-on coding with platform and delivery considerations.

You will lead technical design, review code, drive release planning, mentor engineers and help uplift the team's capabilities while upholding security and quality standards in our payments domain.