Principal Solution Engineer - Hybrid

Flybuys; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flybuysflex

Wellbeing days

Volunteer leave

Learning & development

Member discount

Be Well program

All-team events

Hybrid events

Starter kit

Job summary

LiveHire Limited in Melbourne is seeking a senior software engineering leader to shape the technical strategy and delivery of secure, scalable products that deliver measurable value for members and partners.

You will own solution design, collaborate with Product and Design, and drive reliability, observability and security across squads while advancing AI-assisted engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Significant software engineering experience in complex digital or platform environments.
• End-to-end ownership from discovery to optimisation.
• Experience partnering with Product Managers and Designers to shape options and deliver outcomes.
• Experience managing technical dependencies, delivery risks and production readiness across squads.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering-led solution design, build, secure operation and continuous improvement for systems in the domain.
• Lead technical direction and ensure reusable, scalable, and secure solutions within architecture guardrails.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Security and Platform on high-impact decisions and provide clear technical advice to product teams.
• Drive delivery planning input, estimation, sequencing and tracking; manage technical blockers and release readiness.
• Embed operational readiness, monitoring, incident learning and performance management before launch.

Skills

Software engineering

Technical leadership

Cloud-native engineering

CI/CD

Observability

Education

Tertiary qualification in Software Engineering

Job description

About Us

We’re known for being the country’s most popular rewards program, helping over 10 million Australians get more of what they value beyond the checkout. And through our extended network of partnerships with other nationally recognised brands, we make every day simpler, easier and more rewarding for our members. Plus, we’re also the winner of Canstar Blue's 2023, 2024 and 2025 Most Satisfied Customer award for Rewards Programs

But,we'remore than the card you carry around in your wallet or the app on your phone!Our diverse team islocatedall over Australia, and our incredible office islocatedright in the heart of Melbourne CBD.Staying true to our flexible working policy and people-centric culture, we ensure all our team members are set up to work remotely across Australia. We are outcomes-focused, and everything we do is aligned with our core principles - Own, Act and Inspire.

Your Role

The role is accountable for shaping and assuring the technicalsolution approach required to deliver secure, scalable, reliable and supportable products and servicesthat create measurable value for members, partners and Flybuys.

Some key responsibilities include:

• Own engineering-led solution design, build, secure operation andcontinuous improvement for systems within the assigned domain.
• Ensure technical decisions support measurable member, partner,operational and Flybuys outcomes.
• Work as the senior technical partner to Product Management, ProductDesign and the Squad Lead to shape what the team works on and why.
• Bring technical, platform, operational and delivery insight intoopportunity framing, customer and business problem definition,assumption testing and solution option development.
• Challenge Productand Design constructively to ensure opportunities balance member,partner and Flybuys value with usability, feasibility, viability, risk, costand pace before significant investment
• Lead solution design and overall technical direction for the squad,ensuring solutions are practical, reusable, scalable and secure withinagreed architecture guardrails.
• Partner with Architecture, Security andPlatform on complex, novel, high-risk, cross-domain or enterprise impacting decisions, and provide clear technical advice to Product,Design and the Squad Lead.
• Provide technical input into delivery planning, estimation, sequencingand tracking.
• Manage technical dependencies across squads, resolvetechnical blockers, support release activities, maintain technical deliveryvisibility and communicate risks, trade-offs and readiness tostakeholder
• Ensure systems are reliable, observable, secure, testable, resilient andsupportable in production.
• Embed operational readiness, monitoring,incident learning, performance management and clear supportexpectations before launch
• Make technical debt, reliability risks, cost, security, dependencies andoperational constraints visible in product planning. Influence Product tosequence remediation and enablement work appropriately, with clearoptions and recommendations
• Stay at the forefront of AI-assisted engineering, automation anddeveloper productivity practices.
• Help the team build practical AIcapability, identify new ways to deliver member, partner and Flybuysvalue with AI, and apply approved tools to improve speed, quality, testcoverage, documentation, prototyping, knowledge capture andoperational efficiency while maintaining security, privacy andgovernance controls
• Lead technical and leadership development within the team, withspecific accountability for Lead Engineer direct reports.
• Coach anddevelop Lead Engineers as supporting technical leaders who remaincloser to day-to-day execution, while also developing SoftwareEngineers and Quality Engineers where assigned.
• Lift engineering andQuality Engineering capability through standards, patterns, reviews,reusable examples, communities of practice and constructive feedback

Your Experience

• Significant software engineering experience designing, building andoperating production systems in complex digital, product-led orplatform environments.
• Demonstrated experience owning end-to-end engineering solutionsfrom discovery and design through build, release, run andoptimisation.
• Experience partnering with Product Managers and Designers to shapesolution options, validate feasibility and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Experience managing technical dependencies, delivery risks, releasereadiness and production readiness across squads or domains.
• Experience improving reliability, observability, technical debt, incidentlearning, test coverage and secure engineering practices.
• Experience coaching and developing Lead Engineers or seniortechnical contributors; formal people leadership experience isdesirable where direct reports are assigned.
• Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent practical experience inSoftware Engineering, Computer Science, Technology, Engineering ora related field is desirable
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering acrossdiscovery, design, build, test, release, run and continuousimprovement.
• Knowledge of cloud-native engineering, APIs, distributed systems,CI/CD, automated testing, observability and operational tooling.
• Understanding of architecture principles, engineering guardrails,platform leverage, secure-by-design practices and productionresilience.
• Working knowledge of product operating models, product discoveryand the Product, Design and Engineering trio model.
• Understanding of privacy, security, compliance, risk, accessibility andoperational readiness considerations relevant to digital products.
• Understanding of AI-assisted engineering, automation, developerproductivity tooling and responsible governance controls
• Outcome-led and accountable for value, not just technical output.
• Systems-oriented, seeking root causes across product, process,policy, platform, data and operational drivers.
• Quality and risk disciplined, embedding security, reliability andsupportability early rather than treating them as downstream checks.
• Curious and proactive in applying AI and automation responsibly, andin helping the team build AI capability to improve engineeringeffectiveness and value delivery.

Your Benefits!

• Flybuysflex | work from anywhere, measured on outcomes
• Two well-being days per year!
• Volunteer leave
• Ongoing learning & development programs and opportunities
• My Coles and Wesfarmers team member discount card
• Be Well Programs – Mind/Body/Soul
• Quarterly All Team events
• Hybrid social events
• New starter kit merchandise

Be You, With Us.Apply today!

We value ways of working that work for everyone and use our different strengths to make us stronger. We work hard to make sure everyone’s voice is heard and respected equally, regardless of identity, background, position, ability or lifestyle.

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