Staff Software Engineer

As a Staff Engineer, you are accountable for:

Developing and articulating the technical direction for major initiatives

Designing and ensuring implementation of scalable and compliant services that meet business requirements

Identification and documentation of technical risks in designs and implementation

Defining, promoting, and upholding engineering standards and practices

Ensuring cohesive technical approaches across team boundaries

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

Extensive experience driving engineering best practices and complex solution design for critical, high-scale applications, including scalable, reliable and compliant services.

Strong technical leadership, with the ability to guide high-level architecture, identify technical risks, and ensure cohesive technical approaches across team boundaries.

Strong mentoring, communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to translate complex technical concepts for different audiences.

Broad technical expertise across cloud engineering, DevOps and platform engineering, with particular depth in GCP and AWS.

A strong perspective on engineering standards, quality, testing, automation, operational excellence and continuous improvement.

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.

At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you're a candidate with a disability or access requirement, and have an enquiry about the support provided, please let us know on your application or visit ANZ Accessibility and Inclusion Programs for alternate contact methods.

To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers . You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 120079 .

16/09/2026, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)