At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead engineering direction and design complex systems for a cutting-edge wealth management platform.
- Company: Join LGT Wealth Management, part of a global family-owned banking group.
- Benefits: Tailored development opportunities, inclusive culture, and a chance to make a real impact.
- Other info: Mentor engineers and contribute to a strong engineering culture while working with innovative technologies.
- Why this job: Be a senior technical authority and solve challenging engineering problems in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: 12+ years of software engineering experience and expertise in modern programming languages.
The predicted salary is between 123750 - 151250 $ per year.
LGT Wealth Management was formed around a clear and uncompromising vision - to bring global best practice in building institutional quality investment portfolios to Australian clients. With a shared passion for building an uncompromised business, we created something new from the ground up. Our authentic and personalised client-first commitment, entrepreneurial spirit, focus in best-in-class advice, and intimate understanding of the Australian private wealth landscape are at the core of our operations.
In 2022 we became a part of the LGT Group, who share our entrepreneurial spirit, long-term approach and private-ownership model. Today, with the global expertise, stability, and capability of LGT behind us, we can work without being reliant on markets or margins, with a singular focus on giving our clients the advice and deep expertise they need for generations to come.
We are looking for a Principal Engineer to set technical direction and strengthen how software is designed, built and run across LGT Wealth Management Australia. You will work across our core wealth platform, integrations, data and client channels, helping teams deliver secure, resilient and maintainable systems. Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, you will be the senior technical authority for engineering.
Key Responsibilities:
- Set and evolve engineering direction, standards and practices in line with enterprise architecture and LGT Group standards.
- Lead the design of complex systems and services, making clear decisions on APIs, data models, integrations, performance and scalability.
- Stay hands-on by writing production-quality code, building prototypes and taking on the highest-risk technical work.
- Build and improve the engineering paved road, including reference architectures, service templates, shared libraries, CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code modules.
- Raise engineering quality through code and design reviews, automated testing, static analysis and clear definitions of done.
- Champion reliability and operability through observability, resilience practices, service-level objectives and incident reviews.
- Embed secure-by-design and DevSecOps practices, partnering with Information Security on cybersecurity and regulatory obligations.
- Make technical debt visible and lead pragmatic modernisation and refactoring with incremental, low-risk migration paths.
- Improve developer experience and delivery flow, using performance measures and evidence-led experiments.
- Work with the Enterprise Architect to turn target-state architecture into implementable designs.
- Provide technical due diligence on vendor, SaaS and Group platforms.
- Mentor engineers, develop technical leaders and contribute to hiring standards and a strong engineering culture.
- Advise the Chief Technology Officer and business stakeholders on technical options, trade-offs, risks and recommendations.
About You:
- Extensive software engineering experience (typically 12+ years), including significant experience setting technical direction across multiple teams.
- Deep expertise in at least one modern programming language, such as C#/.NET, Java, TypeScript or Python.
- Strong distributed systems design skills across APIs, event-driven integrations, data models, performance and resilience.
- Hands-on cloud-native engineering experience with Azure and/or AWS.
- Proven experience with CI/CD, automated testing and modern delivery practices.
- Solid grounding in secure software engineering and the judgement to balance delivery speed, quality, risk and cost.
- Ability to mentor and influence across teams and vendors without direct authority.
- Experience in financial services or other regulated environments will be highly regarded.
Qualifications:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- Cloud or security certifications would be advantageous.
LGT Wealth Management is committed to the ongoing development of their employees. Your development will be managed and tailored to your role and future career path. LGT Wealth Management is an equal opportunity employer committed to embracing a diverse and inclusive work environment.
Principal Engineer in Sydney employer: LGT Wealth Management Limited
LGT Wealth Management is an exceptional employer that fosters a values-driven, purpose-led culture, ensuring stability and integrity for both clients and employees. With a commitment to employee development and collaboration, you will work alongside world-class advisers in a supportive environment that celebrates individual and collective achievements. This role offers the unique opportunity to engage with sophisticated investment strategies while being part of a global wealth management network, making it an ideal place for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment.
Contact Details:
LGT Wealth Management Limited Recruitment Team
