Senior Engineer

Iress; Australia; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8 additional paid days

Hybrid working

Referral bonus

Parental leave

Job summary

Iress is seeking a Senior Engineer to drive end-to-end product engineering from inception to deployment and production support. You will work across domains such as Software, Data, Security, and Reliability, with leadership responsibilities to uplift engineering standards.

You will contribute to architecture, automation, and scalable API solutions while mentoring engineers and collaborating with frontend teams to deliver robust software in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in backend engineering and server-side development using Node.js.
• Extensive experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable API solutions (RESTful, GraphQL, socket-based, or microservices).
• Strong focus on application and system architecture with SOLID principles.
• Leadership in automated testing strategies across deployment pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with cloud architecture and infrastructure automation.

Responsibilities

• Delivers high-quality, robust, and secure software with automated testing and CD techniques.
• Contributes to architectural design, feature requirements, and solution analysis.
• Mentors junior engineers to uplift code quality and team collaboration.
• Provides proactive support to ensure reliability and minimize key person risk.
• Drives efficiency and scalability by automating tasks and leveraging platform tools.

Skills

Backend engineering

Node.js

APIs (REST/GraphQL)

Frontend collaboration

Software architecture

Automated testing

CI/CD

DevOps & Cloud

Terraform/Ansible

Docker

Jenkins/BuildKite

Technical leadership

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Jenkins

BuildKite

Job description

See yourself being part of a large, transformational change? This could be the role for you! At Iress, we make things happen We believe technology should help people perform better every day. Since our beginning in 1993, people across financial services have trusted us to take their performance to the next level. More than 10,000 businesses and 500,000 people use our software, from the world's most iconic financial services brands to advice firms of all sizes, banks, insurers, investment managers, traders and brokers. Iress is one of Australia's largest technology companies and employs more than 1500 people across Australia, The United Kingdom, Africa, Canada, France, New Zealand and Asia. Build your career at Iress!

The Senior Engineer is a role that is responsible for delivering against the various aspects of product engineering from inception to deployment and production support. The role is performed by engineers who have demonstrated proficiency in several technical specialisations, such as 'Software', 'Data', 'Security', 'Support & Reliability' and will have or gain deep knowledge in one or more business domains (e.g. Trading, Portfolio, Advice). The senior engineer role offers an advancement opportunity to Engineers who have obtained the technical engineering and leadership attributes required to perform at this level. Combined with behavioural attributes that focus on business outcomes delivered in a consistent way of working, the role focuses on driving the success of Iress and its clients.

Some of the amazing things you'll be involved in

• Delivers high-quality, robust, and secure software using automated testing and continuous delivery techniques.
• Contributes to architectural design, feature requirements, and solution analysis to drive effective team outcomes.
• Mentors and coaches junior engineers to uplift code quality and foster strong cross-functional collaboration.
• Provides proactive support and troubleshooting to ensure application reliability and minimize key person risk.
• Drives efficiency and scalability by automating manual tasks and leveraging strategic platform tools.

What you will bring

• Proven expertise in backend engineering and server-side development using Node.js, asynchronous programming, and modern backend frameworks.
• Extensive experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable API solutions (RESTful, GraphQL, socket-based, or microservices integrations).
• Solid understanding of modern frontend frameworks and principles to effectively collaborate with frontend teams and troubleshoot end-to-end issues.
• Strong focus on application and system architecture, applying clean code and SOLID principles to build maintainable and resilient software.
• Leadership in automated testing strategies across the deployment pipeline, emphasizing performance, load, and security testing.
• Hands-on experience with cloud architecture, DevOps practices, and infrastructure automation using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Docker.
• Track record of establishing automated CI/CD build and deployment pipelines (e.g., BuildKite, Jenkins) to reliably move software into production.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, mentoring junior engineers and uplifting engineering standards across the team.

Why work with us?

• 8 additional paid days per year to extend your weekends
• Hybrid working
• Generous cash bonus for every successful referral
• Starting school leave - 8.5 days of leave to assist your children with the transition to school
• Up to 26 weeks' paid parental leave for primary carers (up to 4 weeks for secondary carers), and the ability to work part-time when returning to work
• 3 days' paid leave per year to participate in charity initiatives
• Discounted health insurance premiums
• Access to learning and development programs through LinkedIn Learning

Iress is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive culture. We strongly believe that diversity is what makes our teams and our products succeed. Our people have different experiences, skills, perspectives and beliefs and everyone's uniqueness is valued and celebrated. Our hiring decisions are never based on sexual orientation, race, gender identity, religion, disability, citizenship, marital or family status and age. Even if you feel you don't meet all of the requirements of the role, we would still like to hear from you! We're also proud to be globally recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer that promotes and supports all women in the workplace.

For more information about what we do, our people and values, please visit our website - https://www.iress.com/join-us/careers/

Get in touch Any questions? Contact the Iress recruitment team at: [e-mail]