Principal Engineer - Data and Integration

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 Integration Developer is a new role and in this instance is responsible for leading the software development of the API/integration stream of our next generation SaaS Payroll Product, Datapay.

We are modernising the way that our services talk to each other and how our product talks with external parties. This role will suit an experienced hands-on developer responsible with all phases of integration 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. You will play a critical leadership role in the design, development, and implementation of our payroll solution platform helping to build design patterns, 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.
• Working with payroll application architects to ensure harmonization of internal and external services with the objective of being an API driven business.
• 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 teams to ensure quality solutions are delivered on time.
• Leads communication and collaboration across Development, and Product teams, to ensure alignment and create successful outcomes.

What you’ll bring  

Integration expertise and experience

• Expert knowledge of database technologies such as relational, NoSQL and graph
• Experience leveraging event-driven architectures that enable seamless integration and real-time data processing
• Experience in integrating legacy and modern platforms together via data architecture
• Extensive public cloud experience using Apache Spark or Microsoft Fabric, and Azure Logic Apps
• Experience implementing and optimising data storage solutions, ensuring data encryption, access controls, and compliance with data privacy regulations.
• Extensive experience and expertise in integration platforms, patterns, and architecture
• Deep knowledge of information security principles and data integrity measures.
• Proficiency in performance optimisation techniques for integration processes. Knowledge of caching, load balancing, and monitoring techniques
• Experience defining integration patterns and architecture for different types of integration (files, messages, services/APIs), ensuring optimal performance, security, and data integrity.
• Experience in designing and implementing integration service platforms that support enterprise-scale, composability, and configurability.
• Experience implementing secure API management solutions on leading cloud platforms, ensuring seamless connectivity between systems and applications

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.