Principal Software Engineer - AI-Driven Architecture Lead

BreastScreen Victoria; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

BreastScreen Victoria seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead architectural direction across the Gecko ecosystem, elevating software quality and engineering excellence. You will champion AI coding assistants and set secure, scalable development practices.

You will mentor engineers, drive modernization, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver reliable health technology across Victoria's screening network. This role is full-time for 12 months.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in enterprise application development and solution architecture.
• Strong software engineering and hands-on development expertise.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills to enable insights into current systems.
• Experience designing scalable, secure, and maintainable systems.
• Strong knowledge of software quality, testing, security, and engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution design and architecture across the Gecko ecosystem.
• Drive system modernisation, performance improvements, and architectural simplification and centralisation.
• Design, develop, test, and implement software enhancements.
• Establish and promote engineering standards, quality practices, and secure development principles.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks, vulnerabilities, and performance issues.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.
• This role is offered on a full-time, 12-month fixed-term basis.

Skills

Solution architecture

Enterprise app development

Software engineering

Security practices

Stakeholder communication

Job description

BreastScreen Victoria seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead architectural direction across the Gecko ecosystem, elevating software quality and engineering excellence. You will champion AI coding assistants and set secure, scalable development practices.

You will mentor engineers, drive modernization, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver reliable health technology across Victoria's screening network. This role is full-time for 12 months.