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 1,100 people across Australia, The United Kingdom, Africa, Canada, New Zealand and Asia.
Build your career at Iress!The Engineer is a role that is responsible for delivering against the various aspects of product engineering from inception to deployment and production support. By writing clean code, (which includes testing, observability, security and pipelines), the role will, in conjunction with one or more teams, engineer quality functionality in Iress software. The Engineer role will have a focus on one or more technical specialisations, such as “Software”, “Data”, “Security”, “Support & Reliability” and will have or gain some knowledge in one or more business domains (e.g. Trading, Lending, Advice).
The software engineer role will combine technical engineering capabilities with leadership and behavioural attributes that focus on business outcomes delivered in a consistent way of working a way that drives the success of Iress and its clients.
Some of the amazing things you’ll be involved in:
Produces high-quality, robust and resilient software, whether through the development of new code or the modification and improvement of existing code. Ensures quality is "built-in" and ensures quality is inspected appropriately using automation testing techniques.
Participates and provides quality input into any requirements or analysis of solutions, features or non-functional requirements.
Provides support for software or solutions. Takes initiative in troubleshooting even if they are not the 'primary' engineer and resolves issues quickly and effectively.
Contributes positively to the team, provides relevant and appropriate inputs to enable effective team outcomes to be delivered.
Ensures any key person risk is minimised by working with others, appropriately documenting and automating work.
Fosters and develops strong working relationships with the wider technology group. Will mentor/coach more junior engineers, and take feedback or seek guidance from more senior engineers.
Effectively manages work, whether assigned or taken. Ensures dependencies, issues or risks on other teams are known and owns remediation of such.
Strong proficiency in frontend engineering using modern frameworks (React with Typescript, or Vue) combined with a solid grasp of API design (REST, or GraphQL).
Familiarity with setting up front-end authentication using frameworks like Okta, React, or Microsoft Entra ID is preferred, along with foundational knowledge of OIDC and OAuth 2.0 protocols would be beneficial.
Preferably, some 'DevOps' experience building and deploying infrastructure with cloud deployment technologies. Has experience applying effective security measures.
Preferably, some experience in 'backend' engineering using multiple languages, such as Python, Java (or JVM-based) is advantageous but not essential.
Experience in applying containerisation to software, using tools such as Docker, Windows Containers, ECS or Kubernetes would be advantageous but is not essential.
Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks. Has experience in refactoring software and applying automated testing in order to uplift software quality.
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/
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