Staff Engineer

About the Role:

We’re seeking a highly experienced Staff Engineer to lead the design, development, deployment, and evolution of enterprise-grade technical solutions. In this role, you’ll serve as a strategic technical authority, driving innovation, architectural direction, and successful delivery of complex initiatives that align with long-term business objectives.

As a recognised expert in one or more technical domains, you’ll be responsible for guiding teams, setting technical standards, and providing leadership across the organisation. This is a unique opportunity to influence and shape the future of technology in a fast-paced, forward-thinking environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise and serve as a subject matter expert in specific technical domains
• Lead the definition and implementation of technical strategies and architectures
• Solve complex technical challenges and assess project risks and feasibility
• Design, develop, and implement large-scale, innovative solutions to meet strategic business needs
• Translate business requirements into scalable, performant, and secure technical solutions
• Guide technical decision-making and establish engineering standards and best practices
• Lead and mentor distributed technical teams to ensure quality and innovation
• Develop reusable code, APIs, and libraries to support scalable system design
• Optimise systems to handle increasing demands and improve efficiency
• Share expertise through technical leadership, communities of practice, and learning programs
• Support recruitment and talent development to build strong internal and external engineering capability
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders, communicating complex technical concepts clearly
• Represent the organisation in industry forums and contribute to its technical brand and visibility

Qualifications & Skills:

• Relevant tertiary qualification or industry certifications
• Minimum Grade 12 National Certificate
• Deep expertise in one or more of the following:
  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Engineering
  • Infrastructure, Security, Cloud & Enterprise Architecture
  • Data Ecosystem Architecture (e.g. modelling, warehousing, analytics, platforms)

Experience Required:

• 8+ years of experience across multiple technical domains
• Proven track record of technical leadership on large-scale or complex cross-functional projects
• Strong ability to influence and guide stakeholders at all levels
• Skilled in developing and communicating architectural direction and technical strategy
• Experience mentoring and developing technical teams
• Advantageous: industry presence (e.g., publications, talks, open-source contributions)

Core Competencies:

• Organisational Skills: Leadership, commercial thinking, negotiation, problem-solving, communication, technical judgement
• Technical Skills: Advanced software/system engineering, cloud infrastructure, risk & security, data architecture
• People & Influence: Relationship management, mentoring, team development, cross-functional collaboration

This is a senior-level position for a forward-thinking engineer ready to drive innovation, scale delivery, and shape technology strategy.

Apply now to lead from the front and elevate engineering excellence.

Salt is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.