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Principal Engineer

SeniorFull-timeHybridSydney NSW, AustraliaPosted 2 months agoVerified 1 week ago
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About the job

The Principal Engineer position is an exciting opportunity within the NSW Fair Trading Division's Digital team, focusing on the implementation of a multi-year Digital Modernisation Strategy. This role is crucial for leading the build of a new flagship digital platform while transitioning away from a legacy system. The team thrives on collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to delivering high-quality digital solutions for customers.

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Application design

Define, refine and maintain overall solution architecture for the application/new platform. Design and implement data models and reusable integration patterns with other internal and external applications. Work with other technical leads across the wider organisation. Recommend solution options in line with best practice and product objectives. Embed accessibility, security, reliability and scalability into the design.
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Agile product development

Support product managers, designers and business analysts to produce epics and stories, prioritise features and plan releases. Collaborate with other leads and team members, within and outside of Agile ceremonies, to finalise requirement definition, estimate build effort, plan testing needs and mitigate technical risks. Coach engineers, allocate work and review code.
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Risk & quality assurance

Identify and mitigate technical risks. Oversee dependent technical work of vendors, other internal teams or projects. Ensure architectural consistency and technical quality through code reviews, standards enforcement, and oversight of all testing and deployment activity. Proactively support with defect triage and take responsibility for remediation. Ensure decisions and actions regarding build choices and code changes are traceable.

Key criteria

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Salesforce product expertise

Proven experience with Salesforce solutions in public sector.

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DevOps experience

Demonstrated experience with Azure, Copado, and related tools.

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Workflow automation skills

Experience implementing AI and automating workflows effectively.

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5 criteria for this job
Salesforce product expertise
Proven experience with Salesforce solutions in public sector.

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DevOps experience
Demonstrated experience with Azure, Copado, and related tools.

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Workflow automation skills
Experience implementing AI and automating workflows effectively.

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Strong documentation skills
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Team leadership experience
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