Lead Engineer

Company Description Join us in shaping the future of the insurance industry, driven by innovation and a 150-year legacy of protecting people Work with experienced and skilled colleagues who support and inspire one another to achieve collective successThrive in a workplace where we tackle challenges together, solve problems, and celebrate each other’s successes 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. Job Description This role is open to both Sydney and Melbourne based candidates. The Lead Engineer is responsible for providing technical leadership and direction within a high-performing Technology Delivery team, supporting the ongoing transformation towards continuous delivery and enhanced customer outcomes. This role leads the development and support of Group, Investment and Retirement products hosted on the Acurity platform, while ensuring the delivery of high-quality, well-engineered solutions aligned to business objectives. Working collaboratively across delivery teams, the Lead Engineer will champion engineering standards, drive continuous improvement, and foster a culture of innovation. The successful candidate will bring strong technical leadership, the ability to rapidly develop expertise across complex systems and interfaces, and a proactive approach to working within an agile delivery environment. In This Role You Will Provide input and thought leadership into the systems technology roadmap for the platform as well as the quality standards and processes for the platform.Provide technical direction to the Pod to deliver suitable technology products that enable desired business outcomes in the required timeframe and align with the platform roadmap in a continuous improvement environment.Identify and articulate business and technical risks and issues. Take action to resolve issues, mitigate risks, minimise run costs and minimise technical debt.Configure and code changes and interfaces for the Acurity systems, and train others to be able to do the same.Perform, design, code and test-reviews and embed built-in quality practices to ensure products delivered by the Pod meet appropriate quality standards throughout development.A percentage of the Lead Engineer’s time will also be performing sprint tasks and developing software as per the criteria above. Qualifications IT or a related field qualification10+years as a software developer5+ years development with AcurityIn-depth industry knowledge of Superannuation, Investment and Retirement productsAgile environment experienceIteration Management experienceAbility to effectively facilitate meetings to obtain commitment & resolve issues.Experience providing thought leadership Desireable Acurity Services and Azure Service IntegrationLife insurance experienceExperience working with Atlassian Jira and ConfluenceAutomation testing experience Additional Information 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 from 2014 to 2025 and 2023 to 2026 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 with disability/ies, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTQ+ 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.   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. If you are already a TAL employee please apply via the SmartRecruiters button in Workday and navigate to the Employee Portal. This is important to ensure that your application is recorded accurately.