Principal Engineer

Mane Consulting; Melbourne; Presencial; AUD 180 000 - 240 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Mane Consulting is seeking a Financial Crime Principal level Engineer to join a high-impact engineering group building and evolving the bank’s risk and fraud detection engines. You will help scale the organisation and protect customers across payments, digital channels and lending.

You will lead design and implementation of next-generation risk engines, own end-to-end outcomes, and mentor engineers while collaborating with platform and DevOps to ensure resilient, observable systems and a

Qualificações

• Experience with risk engines – scoring, orchestration and integration.
• Payments or digital banking domain knowledge and fluency across both.
• Strong Java engineering with Python exposure for data-focused work.
• Systems-thinking mindset and proven end-to-end ownership of outcomes.
• Ability to influence technical direction across squads without silos.
• Fraud/FinCrime domain knowledge can be learned on the job.

Responsabilidades

• Lead design, build and optimisation of next-generation risk engines.
• Drive end-to-end ownership across complex, distributed systems.
• Partner with digital and payments teams to integrate risk capabilities.
• Mentor engineers and uplift engineering standards and architecture.
• Collaborate with platform/DevOps to ensure resilience and observability.
• Align patterns and long-term platform strategy with architects.

Conhecimentos

Risk engines

Payments domain

Java

Python

Systems thinking

End-to-end ownership

Cross-squad influence

FinCrime knowledge

Descrição da oferta de emprego

A tremendous opportunity awaits a Financial Crime Principal level Engineer to collaborate a highly respected team. You will join a high‑impact engineering group responsible for building and evolving the bank’s risk and fraud detection engines. As the organisation scales rapidly, this team is central to protecting customers, strengthening digital trust, and enabling safe growth across payments, digital channels and lending.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, build and optimisation of next‑generation risk engines
• Drive end‑to‑end engineering ownership across complex, distributed systems
• Partner with digital and payments teams to integrate risk capabilities seamlessly
• Mentor engineers, uplift engineering standards and guide architectural direction
• Collaborate with platform/DevOps engineers to ensure resilience, observability and scalability
• Work with architects (outside the squad) to align on patterns and long‑term platform strategy

What You Bring

• Deep experience with risk engines – scoring, orchestration, integration
• Strong background in payments or digital banking, with the ability to speak the language of both
• Advanced engineering capability in Java (primary stack); Python experience welcome for data‑focused work
• Systems‑thinking mindset and a track record of owning outcomes end‑to‑end
• Ability to operate across squads without silos, influencing technical direction
• Curiosity and adaptability, fraud/FinCrime domain knowledge can be learned on the job