Principal Engineer

Our Why
Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow.
About the Role (your why)
We know Payroll and have been processing payroll accurately and compliantly for over 50 years. The Principal Engineer - Backend is a new role and in this instance is responsible for leading the software development of our next generation SaaS Payroll Product, Datapay.
We are modernising the experience for our customers that sits on top of our rock-solid engine. This role will suit an experienced hands-on developer responsible with all phases of user software development, from architecture and technical design to implementation and customer engagement.
As a technical leader you will be collaborating with the Product and Design team, Tech Leads/Architects and working with Development teams to maximise our value delivery pipeline as part of our Datapay Agile delivery approach, which extends to evaluating and understanding a long-term roadmap. You will play a critical leadership role in the design, development, and implementation of our payroll solution platform, mentor engineers, set coding standards and ensure end to end quality of work. While the technology selection below is very broad we will expect expert level capability in some areas and general knowledge experience in others and we look forward to discussing that with you at interview.
What you’ll do
- Leading development teams through influence, including planning, controlling and reporting on progress.
- Making Tech Stack choices and capturing knowledge continuously as part of your work.
- Mentoring Developers in technical and other complementary team delivery skills.
- Ensuring that systems are developed within agreed budgets and time frames and achieving necessary design and systems security standards.
- Overseeing the analysis, design, programming, debugging, and modification of software for our Datapay product.
- Working closely with Product and Design teams to ensure quality solutions, which are delivered on time.
- Leading communication and collaboration across Development, Design, and Product teams, to ensure alignment and create successful outcomes.

What you’ll bring
- Several years’ experience in senior/principal level technical roles
- Very strong proficiency in C#/.Net and TypeScript. Experience in public cloud and hybrid cloud platforms.
- Experience building software using patterns like CQRS, Event Sourcing, Domain Driven Design, Service Oriented Architectures, and Hexagonal/Onion/Clean architecture as these are fundamental to the system
- Strong knowledge of systems integration using APIs; REST, web services etc
- Knowledge of emerging workflows in AI
- An ability to solve very open ended technical problems and design good technical solutions for the rest of the development team
- Excellent communication skills, with a strong focus on helping create cohesive, collaborative and productive virtual teams
- Ability to quickly learn and pick up new technologies
- Prior experience in enterprise software modernisation projects is a bonus

Why join us here at Datacom?
Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.
We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment.
We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.
We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.