Technical Lead — AI-Driven Cloud Transformation

Zurich Australia; North Sydney Council; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Zurich Australia is actively seeking a Senior Technical Lead for its Retail Life technology function. You will shape the future of AI-led insurance by designing, building and scaling cloud-native solutions that improve customer outcomes and accelerate our digital transformation.

You will work across engineering, product and design teams, providing hands-on technical leadership while guiding delivery and architectural direction in a cloud-native environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams and driving technical delivery outcomes.
• Strong hands-on software development experience across modern technology stacks.
• Experience delivering large and complex transformation or migration initiatives.
• Expertise with cloud technologies, DevOps practices, CI/CD automation and production-grade platforms.
• Experience applying AI-assisted development approaches and delivering outcomes through modern engineering practices.
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement and problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Own solution designs across squads and technologies, ensuring scalable and well-architected outcomes.
• Deliver high-quality software solutions into production that create value for customers and the business.
• Drive automation across delivery processes and technical solutions to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Champion DevSecOps practices to improve quality, speed, stability and release excellence.
• Ensure delivery aligns with architectural roadmaps and technology strategy.
• Coach teams on engineering best practice across testing, security, design patterns and code quality.

Skills

Software leadership

Cloud technologies

DevOps

CI/CD automation

AI-assisted development

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Zurich Australia is actively seeking a Senior Technical Lead for its Retail Life technology function. You will shape the future of AI-led insurance by designing, building and scaling cloud-native solutions that improve customer outcomes and accelerate our digital transformation.

You will work across engineering, product and design teams, providing hands-on technical leadership while guiding delivery and architectural direction in a cloud-native environment.