Senior Staff Engineer

Publicisgroupe; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Additional annual leave after 2 years

Generous parental leave policy

Ability to work from anywhere for 6 weeks a year

Hybrid work arrangements

Learning & Development opportunities

Employee wellbeing programs

Job summary

A global marketing technology company based in Australia is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to shape technical strategy across multiple domains. In this hands-on role, you will lead high-impact initiatives, establish engineering standards, and mentor engineers. The ideal candidate should have deep expertise in technology domains, experience with cloud computing, and a proven track record in driving technical strategy. This role also emphasizes employee wellbeing, collaboration, and professional growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience with high availability and global scale systems.
• Background in Ad Tech, Retail Media, e-commerce, or recommendation systems appreciated.
• Ability to influence engineering culture and standards.
• Proven track record driving technical strategy across teams.
• Strong ability to communicate complex ideas clearly to varied audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive technical strategy across multiple teams.
• Lead design and delivery of high-impact technical initiatives.
• Establish and mentor engineering standards and practices.
• Mentor Staff and Lead engineers to foster technical excellence
• Evaluate technology choices and platform investments
• Partner with leadership to align tech strategy with business goals
• Improve system reliability, scalability, and operation
• Represent the org's technical capabilities externally

Skills

Deep expertise in multiple technology domains

Experience with Cloud Computing infrastructure

Proven track record of driving technical strategy

Strong communication skills for technical concepts

History of delivering complex, cross-cutting initiatives

Platform engineering

Go/Java

Kubernetes

Terraform

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Overview

How You’ll Make an Impact Reporting to the SVP of Engineering, the Senior Staff Software Engineer shapes technical strategy across the engineering organisation. While this predominantly a hands‑on role, you'll also define the standards and patterns that teams build on, tackle the hardest cross‑cutting technical challenges, and serve as a key technical voice in organisational decisions. Your influence extends beyond your immediate domain - you help set the direction for how the organisation builds and operates its platform.

What You’ll Achieve

• Define and drive technical strategy across multiple domains and teams
• Lead the design and delivery of the most complex, high‑impact technical initiatives
• Establish engineering standards, patterns, and practices adopted organisation‑wide
• Mentor Staff and Lead engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence
• Evaluate and recommend technology choices and platform investments
• Partner with engineering leadership to align technical strategy with business objectives
• Drive improvements to system reliability, scalability, and operational excellence
• Represent the organisation’s technical capabilities in cross‑functional and external forums

Who You Are

• What you’ll bring with you:
  • Deep expertise in multiple technology domains (frontend, backend, infrastructure, data)
  • Experience with Cloud Computing infrastructure and architecture (e.g. AWS/Google Cloud)
  • Extensive experience designing and evolving large‑scale distributed systems
  • Proven track record of driving technical strategy across multiple teams
  • Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences
  • Experience influencing engineering culture, standards, and technical decision‑making at an organisational level
  • History of successfully delivering complex, cross‑cutting initiatives from conception to production
  • Champion and model adoption of AI tools across the organisation

Highly Regarded:

• Experience designing systems for high availability and global scale
• Experience with platform engineering and developer experience at an organisational level
• Experience with technical due diligence, architecture reviews, or advisory roles
• Track record of mentoring engineers into Lead and Staff roles
• GCP Experience
• Deep Expertise with Go or Java
• Kubernetes, Terraform or other IaC frameworks.
• Desirable
  • Background in Ad Tech, Retail Media, e‑commerce, or recommendation systems
  • Experience with real‑time bidding, auction systems, or high‑throughput data pipelines
  • Contributions to open‑source projects or technical publications

Click here to view how Epsilon transforms marketing with 1 View, 1 Vision, 1 Voice.

Additional Information

Epsilon is a global data, technology and services company that powers the marketing and advertising ecosystem. For decades, we’ve provided marketers from the world’s leading brands the data, technology and services they need to engage consumers with 1 View, 1 Vision and 1 Voice. 1 View of their universe of potential buyers. 1 Vision for engaging each individual. And 1 Voice to harmonize engagement across paid, owned and earned channels.

Epsilon’s comprehensive portfolio of capabilities across our suite of digital media, messaging and loyalty solutions bridge the divide between marketing and advertising technology. We process 400+ billion consumer actions each day using advanced AI and hold many patents of proprietary technology, including real‑time modeling languages and consumer privacy advancements. Thanks to the work of every employee, Epsilon has been consistently recognized as industry‑leading by Forrester, Adweek and the MRC. Epsilon is a global company with more than 9,000 employees around the world.

Our pillars aren't just words. They're how we show up every day.

• People centricity: We focus on employee well‑being in an environment where colleagues truly care about each other.
• Collaboration: We work together, support one another, and collectively achieve goals.
• Growth: There are endless opportunities for growth through learning, development and career advancement.
• Innovation: We drive progress through cutting‑edge solutions and forward‑thinking approaches.
• Flexibility: We’ve created a balance between work and personal life, and we encourage adaptability to solve problems creatively.

Our values guide us to create value for our clients, our people and consumers.

• Act with integrity
• Work together to win together
• Innovate with purpose
• Respect all voices
• Empower with accountability

These pillars and values are our foundation—shaping our culture, guiding our decisions, and uniting us in common purpose.

Because You Matter

As an Epsilon employee, you deserve perks and benefits that put you and your wellbeing first. Our benefits encompass a wide range of offerings, including but not limited to the following:

• Time to recharge: Additional 5 days annual leave each year after 2 years
• Family Wellbeing: Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks paid primary carer leave and generous secondary carer benefits based on service Plus additional 5 days paid carer leave to care for your little ones without having dip into your personal leave
• Work Your Worldprogram: enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year.
• Rewards and recognition: Shop our rewards store front when you receive points
• Extra Perks: Hybrid work arrangements, Gym memberships, Learning & Development opportunities, Employee wellbeing programs (all‑in‑one psychological, medical & safety needs)

*Epsilon benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms.

If you don’t tick every box in this ad, please don’t rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity, rather than ticking boxes – so if this role resonates with you, please apply.

Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words, these are part of our DNA. At Publicis Groupe we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people; regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status and religious affiliation. We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate in. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions.

Uniqueness is powerful; without it we wouldn’t be where we are today. So be you – we like it that way.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process. If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us via [e-mail] - your personal information will be kept confidential.

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