Senior Engineer

• Take your career further than you ever imagined with diverse roles and opportunities for personal and professional development
• Our competitive benefits package includes everything from financial literacy to health and wellness initiatives, designed with your well-being in mind 
• Thrive in a workplace where we tackle challenges together, solve problems, and celebrate each other’s successes 

Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we’ve been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Daiichi Life, we're driven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services. 

Together with our Partners, we’re helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities. 

Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we're reimagining insurance. 

So, bring a curious mind and an ambition to help us become the progressive, digitally enabled leading insurer. 

As a Senior Engineer within our Technology Delivery team, you will play a key role in driving our transformation toward Continuous Delivery and elevating the customer experience across our digital platforms. You will contribute to the design, development, and ongoing enhancement of our Claims Life Insurance applications, as well as other critical tools and systems that support the business.

Success in this position requires the ability to quickly build deep technical knowledge of our application ecosystem while also developing a strong understanding of the life insurance domain. You will be expected to work autonomously, proactively identify opportunities for improvement, and align your work with agile delivery frameworks.

In this role you will:

• Translate complex business requirements into high‑quality, scalable technical solutions
• Collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams, champion engineering best practices
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation
• Assist the Product Owners and Delivery Managers as required in ensuring all work is delivered in an appropriate and effective manner
• Guide colleagues and other developers to ensure delivery aligns to specified functional and non-functional requirements

• Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent
• Demonstrable experience of development of full-stack applications
• Demonstrable experience of delivering in Agile teams with an understanding of agile delivery philosophy
• Demonstrable experience of working with Cloud platforms, particularly Azure ( Azure DevOps pipelines, Azure App Services, Functions, Understanding of Azure Service Bus integration) 
• Demonstrable experience in distributed software development
• Demonstrable experience in API development
• Experience with web UI frameworks i.e. React & Angular
• Strong C#.NET and ASP.NET Programming skills
• Experience of working with CI/CD toolsets (Teamcity/Octopus/Azure DevOps)
• Solid Experience working with .NET languages , Web APIs and middleware technologies
• Hand-on skills in SQL programming language for Microsoft SQL Server
• Test Driven Development Skills
• Desirable experience with GraphQL, SSIS and sitecore

TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be:  

• An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index  
• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change  
• Reconciliation Advocates – Read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan. 
• We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.  
• Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here.—we’re here to support you. 

You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems.   

As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks.  

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Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.

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