Lead Go DevEx Engineer: AI-Enhanced Tooling & Platform

Company Overview Join a leading financial services organisation known for its strong tech focus and investment in engineering excellence. Be part of a forward‑thinking team redefining the developer experience through leveraging modern tooling, automation, and AI to transform how software is built and delivered end‑to‑end.

Role Overview A hands‑on Lead DevEx role at the intersection of engineering, platform, and productivity; driving initiatives that make it faster, easier, and smarter for engineers to build, test, and deploy. Work closely with senior engineers to turn architecture into scalable solutions, mentor teams, and stay close to the code.

Key Responsibilities Include

Design and deliver developer tooling, pipelines, and scalable platform capabilities (APIs, registries, portals)

Stay hands‑on with code, leading complex and greenfield builds while breaking architecture into clear deliverables

Drive best practice across DevOps, CI/CD, and engineering workflows to improve quality and speed

Mentor engineers and uplift capability across squads

Lead incident response and embed continuous improvement practices

Integrate AI/LLM capabilities to enhance developer productivity and experience

Skills & Experience

Strong hands‑on engineering background across Go, Java (Spring Boot), or TypeScript (React/Next.js)

Experience building developer tooling, internal platforms, or engineering productivity solutions

Deep understanding of backend systems and scalable architecture

Proven capability leading complex technical initiatives end‑to‑end

Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git‑based workflows, and automation

Exposure to developer environments, IDE tooling, or platform engineering concepts

Strong ability to mentor engineers and influence technical direction

Practical understanding or strong interest in AI/LLM applications in engineering workflows

What’s on Offer

Hybrid working and flexibility to support work‑life balance

Employee Benefits including ongoing investment in learning, development, and technical growth

Work on high‑impact DevEx initiatives that influence hundreds of engineers

Strong culture of engineering excellence, collaboration, and knowledge sharing

Profusion respects people, values diversity and is committed to equality. We are committed to providing a supportive culture and positively contributing towards creating diverse and inclusive workplaces for our candidates & clients. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply.

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