Principal Platform Engineer: AI-Driven Modernisation Leader

Insignia Financial; Sydney; On-site; AUD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Insignia Financial is seeking a Principal Engineer in Advice Technology to drive platform evolution and engineering standards in a market-leading environment. You will shape strategy, lead delivery, and influence enterprise decisions while remaining hands-on where it matters.

You will operate at the intersection of strategy and execution, elevating platform capability, engineering quality and security across complex distributed systems and API-led environments.

Qualifications

• 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 architecture, integration, scalability, resilience and security.

Responsibilities

• Drive modernisation of core Advice Technology platforms, setting engineering direction and maintaining oversight of delivered solutions.
• Define and embed engineering standards, patterns and best practices as the team scales.
• Lead complex technical decisions, balancing innovation, risk and delivery while addressing debt.
• Introduce and embed modern engineering approaches, including automation and AI-enabled capability.
• Stay hands-on where it matters, solving complex problems and guiding teams through ambiguity.
• Influence across the enterprise by partnering with architecture, product, security and technology teams.

Skills

Software engineering

Platform delivery

Technical leadership

Distributed systems

API-led environments

Stakeholder influence

Tools

Modern engineering practices

Automation & AI-enabled capability

Job description

Insignia Financial is seeking a Principal Engineer in Advice Technology to drive platform evolution and engineering standards in a market-leading environment. You will shape strategy, lead delivery, and influence enterprise decisions while remaining hands-on where it matters.

You will operate at the intersection of strategy and execution, elevating platform capability, engineering quality and security across complex distributed systems and API-led environments.