Tech Lead

Fortiro; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Learning & growth

Competitive salary

Flexible work hours

Job summary

Fortiro, a growing fintech, seeks a Tech Lead to own the technical direction, quality and security of its enterprise SaaS platform on AWS. You will set engineering standards, guide secure and compliant delivery, and act as the technical authority for customer security assessments and enterprise requirements.

You will mentor the engineering team, design scalable architectures, and collaborate with Product to translate business needs into robust solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering.
• Experience leading SaaS platform delivery.
• Strong Java and Spring Framework skills.
• Hands-on AWS expertise across ECS, Lambda, Step Functions, Cognito, RDS, CloudWatch and Security Hub.
• Proven ability to design reliable, secure systems and implement common compliance requirements.
• End-to-end SDLC leadership in agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and architecture aligned to the product roadmap and strategic vision.
• Architect scalable, secure AWS systems with redundancy and high availability.
• Oversee the development and deployment across the full SDLC in agile teams.
• Review and approve design and code changes; build security, efficiency and compliance into every stage.
• Monitor platform performance, availability and security; drive incident response and root-cause fixes.
• Mentor engineers and grow a high-performing team; uphold engineering standards.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

AWS

Security compliance

SDLC leadership

Leadership

Communication

Cloud security

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS ECS

AWS Lambda

Step Functions

Cognito

RDS

CloudWatch

Security Hub

Job description

About Us

Fortiro is a growing fintech with a highly experienced team, backed by significant investment, and giving you the opportunity to contribute to an award-winning enterprise SaaS platform. Our technology uses emerging technologies and AI to help detect financial crime and enable automation in processes like lending and insurance claim verification. It is trusted by leading banks and financial services businesses in Australia, New Zealand, and globally.

About The Role

The Tech Lead owns the technical direction, quality and security of Fortiro's enterprise SaaS platform. You will lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure and compliant solutions on AWS, set the engineering standard for the team, and act as the technical authority that keeps every change aligned to the product's strategic vision.

You will also be the technical voice on security and compliance for our customers, supporting the trust that leading banks, lenders and insurers place in Fortiro.

What You’ll Be Doing

Lead technical design and architecture

• Own the platform’s technical direction, aligned to the product roadmap and strategic vision
• Architect scalable, secure AWS systems with built-in redundancy and high availability
• Work with Product to turn business and customer requirements into robust solutions
• Challenge inefficient or insecure designs before they reach delivery

Drive secure, high-quality delivery

• Lead design, development and deployment across the full SDLC
• Review and approve design and code changes
• Build security, efficiency and compliance into every stage
• Deliver predictably within agile processes

Own platform security and compliance

• Oversee compliance monitoring, configuration management and identity management
• Respond to customer security assessments and questionnaires
• Partner with Customer and Sales teams on enterprise security requirements

Lead and develop the engineering team

• Mentor developers and build a high-performing team
• Set and uphold engineering standards through code reviews and design discussions
• Grow capability across the team to remove single points of knowledge

Keep the platform reliable and well documented

• Monitor performance, availability and security proactively
• Lead incident response and drive root-cause fixes
• Document the solution architecture and QA documentation prepared by others

What You’ll Bring

• 8+ years in software engineering, including leading delivery of a cloud-based SaaS platform as a Tech Lead or senior engineer
• Strong Java and Spring Framework skills
• Hands-on AWS expertise, ideally across ECS, Lambda, Step Functions, Cognito, RDS, CloudWatch and Security Hub
• Proven ability to design reliable, secure systems and implement common compliance requirements
• Experience managing and monitoring compliance in cloud environments using recognised frameworks
• End-to-end SDLC leadership, with a track record of secure, high-quality delivery in agile teams
• Strong leadership and communication, including explaining complex topics to non-technical audiences
• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar, or equivalent industry experience

Bonus points for:

building SaaS for banks, lenders, insurers or other regulated industries, and exposure to AI/ML or document processing.

Why Fortiro

• Make an impact: help enterprise customers succeed with world-class fraud detection
• Work on cutting-edge solutions: build products that transform financial crime prevention
• Be yourself: flexible, inclusive culture with remote and in-person options
• Grow with us: real opportunities to learn and take on new challenges
• Long-term focus: we invest in our people, and our strong retention rate proves it

No recruitment agencies please. We have this covered and will reach out if we need support.