Lead Engineer

• Help protect over 5 million Australians, making a real difference in their lives during their most challenging times
• Work with experienced and skilled colleagues who support and inspire one another to achieve collective success 
• Enjoy benefits such as discounted insurance, health and well-being programs, and a range of employee benefits to support your lifestyle

Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we’ve been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Daiichi Life, we're driven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services. 

Together with our Partners, we’re helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities. 

Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we're reimagining insurance. 

So, bring a curious mind and an ambition to help us become the progressive, digitally enabled leading insurer. 

The Lead Engineer is responsible for the design and delivery of Claims applications and supporting tools, providing hands‑on technical leadership across the development team. Working closely with Technology peers and business stakeholders, this role translates business requirements into scalable, high‑quality solutions while promoting strong engineering standards, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

The role requires rapid acquisition of deep knowledge across Claims systems, agile delivery practices, and the insurance domain. The Lead Engineer operates autonomously, takes ownership of complex technical challenges, and brings experience, or a strong appetite to build capability, in cloud PaaS environments, modern API development, and solution architecture. They apply composable architecture principles to deliver modular, reusable, and future‑ready solutions, influencing architectural decisions and embedding sustainable engineering practices across platforms.

In this role you will:

• Develop a deep understanding of the functionality, architecture, and integration points of Claims applications and related platforms
• Lead the breakdown of epics and user stories into actionable tasks, providing accurate sizing estimates and guiding prioritisation
• Design and deliver reliable, scalable software that meets business requirements, while proactively managing and reducing technical debt
• Ensure that security, performance, availability, and other non-functional requirements are embedded into solution design and deliver
• Oversee the scripting and execution of automated tests, ensuring test coverage and quality standards are maintained
• Champion a culture of high quality, continuous improvement, and innovation by adhering to and evolving engineering standards, sharing knowledge, and driving best practices
• Apply composable architecture principles to influence the design of sustainable, reusable, and simple solutions across Claims Digital and other platforms

• Degree in IT or related field
• 5+ years in software development, including .NET. Strong C#.NET and ASP.NET Programming skills,
• Experience with TDD and agile delivery
• Proven leadership in technical initiatives
• Demonstrable  experience of development of full-stack applications, Cloud platforms, particularly Azure, API development
• Hand-on skills in SQL programming language for Microsoft SQL Server

Desirable

• Background in Financial Services or Insurance
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, and modern front-end frameworks (e.g. Angular, React)
• Experience with RESTful services, microservices, and cloud-based development

TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be:  

• An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index  
• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change  
• Reconciliation Advocates – Read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan. 
• We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.  
• Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here.—we’re here to support you. 

You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems.   

As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks.  

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Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.

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