Senior Staff Engineer (Brisbane) (Brisbane City)

How You'll Make an Impact Reporting to the SVP of Engineering, the Senior Staff Software Engineer shapes technical strategy across the engineering organisation. While this predominantly a hands‑on role, you’ll also define the standards and patterns that teams build on, tackle the hardest cross‑cutting technical challenges, and serve as a key technical voice in organisational decisions. Your influence extends beyond your immediate domain – you help set the direction for how the organisation builds and operates its platform. What You’ll Achieve
- Define and drive technical strategy across multiple domains and teams
- Lead the design and delivery of the most complex, high‑impact technical initiatives
- Establish engineering standards, patterns, and practices adopted organisation‑wide
- Mentor Staff and Lead engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence
- Evaluate and recommend technology choices and platform investments
- Partner with engineering leadership to align technical strategy with business objectives
- Drive improvements to system reliability, scalability, and operational excellence
- Represent the organisation’s technical capabilities in cross‑functional and external forums Who You Are
- Deep expertise in multiple technology domains (frontend, backend, infrastructure, data)
- Experience with Cloud Computing infrastructure and architecture (e.g., AWS/Google Cloud)
- Extensive experience designing and evolving large‑scale distributed systems
- Proven track record of driving technical strategy across multiple teams
- Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences
- Experience influencing engineering culture, standards, and technical decision‑making at an organisational level
- History of successfully delivering complex, cross‑cutting initiatives from conception to production
- Champion and model adoption of AI tools across the organisation
- Experience designing systems for high availability and global scale
- Experience with platform engineering and developer experience at an organisational level
- Experience with technical due diligence, architecture reviews, or advisory roles
- Track record of mentoring engineers into Lead and Staff roles
- GCP Experience
- Deep Expertise with Go or Java
- Kubernetes, Terraform, or other IaC frameworks Desirable
- Background in Ad Tech, Retail Media, e‑commerce, or recommendation systems
- Experience with real‑time bidding, auction systems, or high‑throughput data pipelines
- Contributions to open‑source projects or technical publications Advantages 1. Additional 5 days annual leave each year after 2years 2. Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks paid primary carer leave and generous secondary carer benefits; plus an additional 5 days paid carer leave to care for your little ones without dipping into your personal leave 3. Work Your World program: flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year 4. Rewards and recognition: shop our rewards store front when you receive points 5. Hybrid work arrangements, gym memberships, learning & development opportunities, and employee wellbeing programs (all‑in‑one psychological, medical & safety needs) We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process. If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us. Your personal information will be kept confidential. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rmrur