Principal Engineer - Advice Technology

Insignia Financial; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Insignia Financial is seeking a Principal Engineer in Advice Technology to shape the direction of one of our most critical tech environments in Australia. You will set engineering strategy, own platform delivery, and influence decisions across architecture, product, and security while remaining hands-on where it matters.

This role is central to the long-term evolution of our Advice Technology platform, combining strategic leadership with practical delivery to elevate engineering standards and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in software engineering and platform delivery within complex environments.
• Proven ability to modernise critical platforms and influence technical direction.
• Strong understanding of modern engineering principles and security.
• Experience across distributed systems and API-led architectures.

Responsibilities

• Drive modernisation of core Advice Technology platforms and set engineering direction.
• Embed engineering standards, patterns and best practices as the team scales.
• Lead complex technical decision-making balancing innovation, risk and cost.
• Introduce automation and AI-enabled capability with secure-by-design principles.
• Remain hands-on where it matters, guiding teams through ambiguity.
• Influence across the enterprise with architecture, product, security and tech teams.

Skills

Software engineering leadership

Platform delivery

Distributed systems

API-led environments

Strategic thinking

Hands-on problem solving

Job description

• Lead the direction. Influence the outcome. Leave your mark.
• Put your fingerprints on the future to progress your career
• Make a difference, make it meaningful

This is a true platform shaping role where you’ll define how one of Insignia Financial’s most critical technology environments evolves over the next few years.

Principal Engineer

Advice Technology

• Lead the direction. Influence the outcome. Leave your mark.
• Put your fingerprints on the future to progress your career
• Make a difference, make it meaningful

With a major uplift in Advice Technology underway and a clear roadmap for the platform’s evolution, we’re looking for a Principal Engineer who can operate at both altitude and at depth. Setting engineering direction, influencing enterprise decisions, and stepping in where it matters to make complex problems move.

This role has been created to drive the strategic modernisation of core Advice Technology capabilities, bringing modern engineering thinking, best-in-class solutions and AI-enabled innovation into a platform at the centre of how we deliver advice to customers. This is deliberate, long-term platform evolution.

You’ll play a key role in evolving platform capability, lifting engineering standards and shaping how we build at scale. It’s a role that sits at the intersection of strategy and execution, with real influence across both the platform and the broader technology landscape.

What You Will Be Doing

The role its across strategy, engineering leadership and hands on delivery influence, shaping platform direction while staying close to the work.

• Drive the modernisation of core Advice Technology platforms, setting engineering direction and maintaining close oversight of delivered solutions to ensure engineering standards, best practices and quality expectations are consistently met
• Define and embed engineering standards, patterns and best practices, uplifting consistency and capability as the team scales
• Lead complex technical decision-making, balancing innovation, risk and delivery while addressing technical debt and legacy challenges
• Introduce and embed modern engineering approaches, including automation, AI-enabled capability and secure-by-design principles
• Stay hands-on where it matters, solving complex problems, guiding teams through ambiguity and shaping early-stage solutions
• Influence across the enterprise, partnering with architecture, product, security and technology teams to align platform direction

What You Will Bring

You’re already operating at Principal level, this is about depth, breadth and influence.

• Extensive experience in software engineering, platform delivery or technical leadership within complex environments
• Proven ability to modernise business critical platforms and influence technical direction
• Strong understanding of modern engineering principles (architecture, integration, scalability, resilience, security)
• Experience working across distributed systems and API-led environments
• Ability to operate across both strategic thinking and hands‑on problem solving
• Strong stakeholder influence - able to engage, challenge and align senior technical audiences

People-inspired tech

Deep expertise combined with creativity can take on the trickiest of problems. Join our team of brilliant minds and mentors as we explore our way to innovation and apply technology in more human ways than ever.

To Apply

Applicants will be required to provide evidence of their eligibility to work in Australia, and at a minimum be required to undertake police and basic credit checks as a condition of employment.

We acknowledge and celebrate the richness that individual differences bring to our team. If you need assistance or an adjustment during the application process, please reach out and let us know.