Senior Staff Engineer

Sydney - Australia

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 20 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Engineering

Job Summary

Who is Plenti

Plenti is a fintech lender providing faster fairer loans by leveraging its smart technology. Plenti is a dynamic and innovative business that is growing strongly. By continuing to deliver better customer experiences Plenti is taking market share from incumbent players in the personal lending renewable energy and automotive finance markets.

We are a fast moving and ambitious business that seeks to recruit smart and capable people who can take ownership of their role to help the business thrive. With over 250 people based in Australia Plenti is of a size where everyone can make a difference in their role and help us realise our very big ambitions as a team as we go about building Australias best lender.

Plenti is a founder led business that launched in 2014 listed on the ASX since 2020 with annual revenue of over $250 million and a loan portfolio of over $2.5 billion.

About the Role:

The Senior Staff Software Engineer is a principal-level individual contributor and the foremost technical authority within a critical business or technology domain. This role transcends project-level execution to own the long-term technical health scalability and strategic evolution of our most complex systems. The Senior Staff Engineer combines the exemplary execution capabilities of a Staff Engineer with deep authoritative domain ownership acting as a technical pillar for the organisation by setting the vision for their area and cultivating deep expertise in others.

Key Responsibilities:

Domain Ownership & Vision: Own and articulate the long-term technical vision strategy and multi-year roadmap for a critical and complex domain ensuring it is prepared for future business needs

Architectural Stewardship: Act as the primary architectural authority for your domain. You will make key design decisions to ensure its solutions are scalable resilient and sustainable while ensuring these decisions align withand help evolvethe broader organisational standards and patterns championed by the Software Architect

Lead Foundational Projects: Lead the hands-on design and implementation of foundational projects that are technically ambiguous high-risk or fundamentally refactor the core logic of your domain

Exemplary Project Execution: Perform all duties of a Staff Engineer such as leading complex projects (both within and outside your domain) solving ambiguous problems and ensuring high-quality delivery

Cultivate Deep Expertise: Mentor other senior and staff-level engineers to build deep domain expertise effectively acting as the chief educator for your systems and business logic

Set the Technical Bar: Drive technical excellence and champion best practices within your domain setting the standard for quality performance and operational readiness

About You:

10 years of experience in software engineering with a proven track record of becoming a recognised expert in a complex software domain

Demonstrated experience in leading the architecture and rewrite of complex business-critical systems

Mastery of full-stack development (C#) and proficiency in modern front-end technologies (e.g. React)

Deep authoritative knowledge of event-driven architectures microservices and domain-driven design principles and a history of applying them to solve major architectural challenges

Exceptional and deep domain knowledge in a relevant business area

Proven ability to mentor other senior engineers effectively and influence technical direction through expertise

Strong understanding of database management (SQL Server/PostgreSQL) and cloud platforms (e.g. Azure AWS)

Whats life like at Plenti

Working at Plenti means joining a team that is high-performing diverse customer-focused and collaborative. Its a place where everyone can make it happen and share in the results and success. If being in a dynamic industry as part of a market-leading fintech sounds like you then join to help us reshape Australias financial eco-system for the good.

In return you will enjoy a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship to take your career further. We offer flexible working and volunteer and study leave to develop your skills. We also have monthly social events office snacks company Townhalls and D&I initiatives and events to help you connect with your colleagues.

Plenti is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disabilities. When you apply let us know of any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process so we can accommodate you.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Required Experience:

Staff IC

Who is Plenti Plenti is a fintech lender providing faster fairer loans by leveraging its smart technology. Plenti is a dynamic and innovative business that is growing strongly. By continuing to deliver better customer experiences Plenti is taking market share from incumbent players in the personal l...