Principal Engineer – Full Stack Java (Gold Coast)

5Point Collective Pty; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Westpac Group in Gold Coast is seeking a Principal Engineer (Full Stack – Java) to lead hands-on technical direction across architecture, engineering practices and capabilities for customer communications platforms. You will guide teams from architecture through to production, shaping scalable, secure services.

You will design APIs and event patterns, drive observability and resilience, and mentor senior engineers while partnering with Product, Data, Cyber and Architecture teams to explore AI

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on leadership of cross-functional engineering teams.
• Strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot with frontend TS experience.
• Experience with cloud-native platforms, CI/CD, and IaC.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership across architecture, engineering practices and capabilities.
• Design reusable APIs and event patterns for scalable systems.
• Mentor senior engineers and collaborate with Product, Data, Cyber and Architecture teams.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

TypeScript

Distributed systems

Event-driven architectures

API-first architectures

Cloud & platform engineering

CI/CD

IaC

Agentic AI & automation

Observability & reliability

Technical leadership

Job description

Westpac Group in Gold Coast is seeking a Principal Engineer (Full Stack – Java) to lead hands-on technical direction across architecture, engineering practices and capabilities for customer communications platforms. You will guide teams from architecture through to production, shaping scalable, secure services.

You will design APIs and event patterns, drive observability and resilience, and mentor senior engineers while partnering with Product, Data, Cyber and Architecture teams to explore AI