Software Engineer (Front End)

Company Description

Lendi Group is the group born out of the merger of Aussie Home Loans and Lendi. As a Group we operate a multi-brand strategy across Aussie Home Loans and Lendi, pulling together a truly personalised home loans experience for the Australian audience that balances both human support and smart technology.

We’re revolutionising the industry with best-in-class technology and a suite of tools that takes the hard work out of home loans – for our Customers and Brokers alike.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion are fundamental to the success of Lendi Group. We’re passionate about fostering an environment where our team members feel valued and supported and we celebrate everyone’s unique identity.

To learn more about life at Lendi Group check out our blog: https://www.lendi.com.au/inspire/category/life-at-lendi/

About the role:

Lendi Group is seeking an full stack/front end focussed Software Engineer for one of our product groups.

The Partner Products team aims to integrate and build new products with our strategic partners and lender partners. Among the existing product suite are Approval Confidence, Approvals on Platform, Conveyancing, and Aussie products. We are also looking at new partnerships to drive growth in new verticals to create new revenue streams.

You will be reporting to the Partner Products Team Leader, working side-by-side with the high-performing, knowledgeable, and fun Partner Products team members.
This role is based in Sydney. 

Job Description

• Build an aesthetically pleasing and user-friendly interface, specifically designed to empower borrowers. This platform will guide users through mortgage options to find the perfect match for their unique circumstances. 
• Develop a suite of tools that enhance productivity and efficiency for our brokers
• Partner with our Product/UX team to create visual and interaction designs that resonate with our customers, ensuring a seamless and engaging user experience. 
• Take charge of major segments of our system end to end, demonstrating expertise in both design and delivery. Provide stable, high-quality solutions that stand the test of time. 
• Build robust and scalable software as an integral member of our engineering team. Lay the foundation for a resilient and evolving technological framework. 
• Commit to writing clean, maintainable code. Prioritise practices that support continuous integration and deployment, adhering to the highest standards and guidelines in software development. 
• Contribute to the success of a dynamic, cross-functional Agile team. Foster a collaborative and innovative environment. 
• Embrace full ownership of the code you and your team develop. Be proactive in debugging, monitoring, and ensuring the utmost reliability in our production environment. 
• Articulate ideas and convey complex information clearly to your team and other teams, including major banks and insurers. 

Leveraging AI for Innovation 

• Incorporate AI-driven capabilities where they add the most value, enhancing user experience, automation, and decision-making processes. 
• Stay ahead of AI advancements—evaluate and integrate AI tools, agents, and vendor solutions to improve our products and workflows. 
• Drive AI-powered initiatives from concept to production, ensuring they are scalable, reliable, and impactful. 
• Champion AI adoption across teams, helping build company-wide expertise and ensuring practical, effective applications of AI technology. 

Qualifications

Frontend Development 

• Proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS. 
• Deep experience with React and Redux. 
• Familiarity with CSS-in-JS frameworks like Styled Components or Emotion. 
• Understanding of webpack configurations is a plus. 
• Experience working with atomic design and collaborating with UX designers. 

Backend Development & APIs 

• Strong experience in Node.js (TypeScript) for building scalable backend services. 
• Hands-on experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and GraphQL APIs. 
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and backend scalability best practices. 

Cloud & Distributed Systems 

• Experience with AWS services (e.g., Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, ECS, API Gateway). 
• Experience with Kafka or alternative event-driven messaging systems (e.g., RabbitMQ, Amazon SQS, Google Pub/Sub). 
• Strong understanding of event-driven architectures and real-time data processing. 

Performance & Security

• Proficiency in web scalability, security, and performance optimization. 
• Experience with authentication, authorization, and API security standards.

Preferred Experience (Nice to Have) 

• Experience with Java (Kotlin) and Python, or a willingness to learn new languages.
• Experience with Azure Cloud, OCR, or other AI-related technologies. 
• Hands-on experience with AI tools and agents (e.g., Claude, Bedrock). 
• Understanding of AI technologies, including text/image generation, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and multi-agent systems. 
• Experience integrating AI vendors into an enterprise ecosystem. 

Additional Information

Lendi Group teams operate across Australia and the Philippines. We’re committed to creating a new era of seamless connection in property finance by changing the way Australians experience property lending, for good.

We support our people in a variety of ways, and our Flex First policy is central to this commitment. Flex First provides our workforce with a balance of time and location flexibility, complemented by purposeful in-person connect days to foster collaboration, teamwork, and meaningful connection.

A few of the benefits that our people rave about include:

• A vibrant, relaxed, yet professional culture
• Holistic wellbeing programs offering 24/7 support, including medical, mental health, and financial wellbeing services to enable our workforce to thrive at home and work
• Generous Paid Parental Leave: we celebrate our growing Lendi Group family with 18-26 weeks leave for primary carers and up to 4 weeks for secondary carers
• An additional week’s Loyalty Leave each year after reaching 3 years of service
• Wellness initiatives with a strong focus on psychological safety
• Social groups such as our industry-leading Women in Technology group.

Our culture is guided by our 3 core values: We Are Stronger United; Act Like You Own It; and Keep Home Loans Human. Our values are part of our core DNA that helps Lendi Group to attract, engage and evolve the right talent and build best-in-class products.

Feeling like you don’t meet all the skills listed? That’s ok; we are always on the lookout for different skills, experience, and qualities and so we’d still like to hear from you.