Principal Engineer

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About Tyro

At Tyro, we're into business big time. Through our integrated payments, banking and lending solutions, we're here to ensure nothing stands in the way of Australian business success. With over 21 years' experience, we combine the best people, technology, and partners to deliver simplified payments and seamless business banking. We're proud to power more than 73,000 merchants across Australia and work with more than 700 partners to create seamless experiences for hospitality, retail, services and health providers.

It starts with you. We're obsessed with the success of our people and provide support to do your best work. Our close to 600 Tyros are a collaborative team. We are fast-paced, innovative, and live our values every day: commit to greatness, stay hungry, wow the customer, be good and win together. You'll have opportunities to learn new skills, gain hands-on experience, and help unleash the potential of our customers, one payment at a time.

About The Role

The Principal Engineer is a visionary technical leader, charged with shaping and owning the technical architecture of the platform (or platform domain) at a strategic level. This role sets the direction for platform evolution, ensuring every decision aligns with business and product objectives and positions Tyro at the forefront of technology innovation. You'll craft platform capabilities that are robust, scalable, and intuitive, keeping the end-user experience at the heart of design. By championing reusable and accessible platform services, you'll set the standard for technical excellence.

What You'll Do

• Platform Architecture Leadership: Define and own scalable, reusable, and accessible platform architecture; establish standardised patterns for platform service consumption.
• Strategic Alignment and Governance: Shape platform strategy aligned with business and product goals; govern platform usage for consistency and long-term alignment.
• Architectural Standards and Best Practices: Set and uphold platform technologies, standards, and best practices; drive sustainable evolution through architectural discipline.
• Enterprise-Wide Collaboration: Align with Principal Engineers and Architecture to uphold enterprise standards; champion reusability and cross-platform learning.
• Engineering Enablement and Delivery: Guide squads on system design, delivery, and operational best practices; resolve complex issues to enable delivery.

What You'll Bring

• Strong experience in software development, system design, and technical leadership.
• Excellent problem-solving, organisational, and analytical skills, including root cause analysis and post-incident reviews.
• Expertise in cloud-based architectures, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience in incident management, platform reliability, and operational best practices.
• Deep understanding of agile methodologies, DevOps principles, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Passion for mentoring, coaching, and fostering technical growth within teams.

What's in it for you?

Tyro is committed to a diverse, inclusive workplace and flexible work arrangements. We offer a range of benefits and opportunities to support our people.

• A mix of in-office and remote working
• Learning and career development opportunities
• 16 weeks paid primary carers leave
• 12 weeks paid secondary carers leave
• Annual team-based volunteer day
• Birthday Leave
• Power Up Day (additional day of leave)
• Weekly team social events, snacks, casual spaces
• Taco Tuesdays
• Mental health and wellness initiatives
• Novated leasing

Tyro is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and are committed to an inclusive workplace. If you need accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please inform our Talent team.

Still with us?

If you've got this far, you might be a great fit for us. If you don't tick all the boxes, you can still apply and our Talent team will review your profile for future roles.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia