Opportunity

At Insignia Financial, we are evolving our Wrap platform to deliver greater flexibility, reliability, and capability at scale. This role sits at the centre of that transformation, shaping the future state of our technical ecosystem while working closely with engineering, architecture, and business stakeholders. You will play a key role in modernising our platform, solving complex challenges, and delivering meaningful outcomes for advisers and members. The work is varied, technical, and highly visible, giving you the opportunity to influence platform direction and partner with experienced leaders and engineers to drive real impact.

Key Responsibilities

You will lead the design and direction of solutions across the Wrap platform, ensuring they are robust, scalable, and aligned to long‑term strategy.

- Provide technical leadership and direction across the full technology lifecycle
- Design end‑to‑end solutions that balance performance, scalability, availability, and technical debt
- Lead design reviews, walkthroughs, and solution validation activities
- Identify and resolve issues impacting architecture, application integrity, and platform simplicity
- Support engineering teams with problem diagnosis and root‑cause analysis
- Contribute to design, technical analysis, and delivery of software where required
- Drive service optimisation, modelling, and performance outcomes
- Lead and contribute to agile ceremonies and cross‑team forums
- Support enterprise initiatives and assess their impact across the Wrap value stream
- Ensure adherence to engineering standards, practices, and governance expectations

Technical Stack

- Microfrontends built in JavaScript (ES6) using React and Redux
- Kotlin, Java, Groovy
- Dropwizard‑based microservices built in Kotlin, Java and Groovy
- Data stored in MongoDB and MySQL
- Other tools include Elasticsearch, Kafka and RabbitMQ
- Containerised deployments with Docker

Qualifications

- 10+ years experience in technology,



with experience leading technical teams
- Strong grounding in object‑oriented design and modern engineering principles
- Experience designing across complex, integrated systems and microservices architectures
- Exposure to both custom‑built and packaged solutions, including vendor integration
- Robust understanding of full SDLC, agile practices, and continuous delivery
- Experience with DevOps, infrastructure automation, and modern web technologies
- Familiarity with UI and UX considerations and test automation approaches
- Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and influencing capability
- Ability to work across multiple business areas to shape solutions and build alignment
- Tertiary qualification in Computer Science, IT, or equivalent experience

Team Culture

- We hire talented people and give them space to succeed
- Our agile teams are cross‑functional and self‑organising
- We have minimal hierarchy and organisational red tape
- We encourage and promote grass‑roots leadership from within our teams
- Continuous improvement is our focus
- We favour collaboration over rigid process

Why We’re Excited

Helping people feel positive about their money is what drives us as one of Australia’s leading financial wellbeing organisations. From those starting out to those retiring, we aim to create financial wellbeing for every Australian. Here you’ll build your technical expertise, challenge industry practices, and freely explore new ideas and technologies.

Eligibility and EEO Statement

Applicants will be required to provide evidence of their eligibility to work in Australia, and at a minimum be required to undertake police and basic credit checks as a condition of employment. Please note that applications from agencies will not be considered at this time. We acknowledge and celebrate the richness that individual differences bring to our team. If you need assistance or an adjustment during the application process, please reach out and let us know.

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📌 Technical Lead (Melbourne)
🏢 Insignia Financial
📍 Melbourne