About us
Fortiro is a growing fintech with a highly experienced team, backed by significant investment, and giving you the opportunity to contribute to an award-winning enterprise SaaS platform.
Our technology uses emerging technologies and AI to help detect financial crime and enable automation in processes like lending and insurance claim verification.
It is trusted by leading banks and financial services businesses in Australia, New Zealand, and globally.
About the role
The Tech Lead owns the technical direction, quality and security of Fortiro's enterprise SaaS platform.
You will lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure and compliant solutions on AWS, set the engineering standard for the team, and act as the technical authority that keeps every change aligned to the product's strategic vision.
You will also be the technical voice on security and compliance for our customers, supporting the trust that leading banks, lenders and insurers place in Fortiro.
What you'll be doing
Lead technical design and architecture
Own the platform's technical direction, aligned to the product roadmap and strategic visionArchitect scalable, secure AWS systems with built-in redundancy and high availabilityWork with Product to turn business and customer requirements into robust solutionsChallenge inefficient or insecure designs before they reach delivery
Drive secure, high-quality delivery
Lead design, development and deployment across the full SDLCReview and approve design and code changesBuild security, efficiency and compliance into every stageDeliver predictably within agile processes
Own platform security and compliance
Oversee compliance monitoring, configuration management and identity managementRespond to customer security assessments and questionnairesPartner with Customer and Sales teams on enterprise security requirements




Lead and develop the engineering team
Mentor developers and build a high-performing teamSet and uphold engineering standards through code reviews and design discussionsGrow capability across the team to remove single points of knowledge
Keep the platform reliable and well documented
Monitor performance, availability and security proactivelyLead incident response and drive root-cause fixesDocument the solution architecture and QA documentation prepared by others
What you'll bring
8+ years in software engineering, including leading delivery of a cloud-based SaaS platform as a Tech Lead or senior engineerStrong Java and Spring Framework skillsHands-on AWS expertise, ideally across ECS, Lambda, Step Functions, Cognito, RDS, CloudWatch and Security HubProven ability to design reliable, secure systems and implement common compliance requirementsExperience managing and monitoring compliance in cloud environments using recognised frameworksEnd-to-end SDLC leadership, with a track record of secure, high-quality delivery in agile teamsStrong leadership and communication, including explaining complex topics to non-technical audiencesA degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar, or equivalent industry experience
Bonus points for: building SaaS for banks, lenders, insurers or other regulated industries, and exposure to AI/ML or document processing.
Why Fortiro
Make an impact: help enterprise customers succeed with world-class fraud detectionWork on cutting-edge solutions: build products that transform financial crime preventionBe yourself: flexible, inclusive culture with remote and in-person optionsGrow with us: real opportunities to learn and take on recent challengesLong-term focus: we invest in our people, and our strong retention rate proves it
Ready to own the technology that banks trust to stop fraud?
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📌 Tech Lead Engineering · Melbourne ·
🏢 Fortiro
📍 Melbourne