Digital Principal Engineer

When you join ASX, you’re joining a company with a strong purpose – to power a stronger economic future by enabling a fair and dynamic marketplace for all.

In your new role, you’ll be part of a leading global securities exchange with a strong brand. We are known for being a trusted market operator and an exciting data hub. 

Want to know why we are a great place to work, click on the link to learn more.

www.asx.com.au/about/careers/a-great-place-to-work

The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines. 

We run critical market infrastructure, with 1 in 3 people employed within technology.  Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations, program delivery, financial products, investor engagement, risk and compliance.

We’re proud to foster a workplace where diversity is celebrated and inclusion is part of our everyday culture. Our employee-led networks champion LGBTIQ+ inclusion, promote gender equality, accessibility and wellbeing, inspire giving and volunteering, and celebrate cultural and religious events, creating a sense of belonging for all. As an AWEI Bronze employer and member of the Champions of Change Coalition for gender equality, we’re committed to a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Your Team

We are here to deliver compelling experiences through digital engagement platforms that support our customer centric digital strategy, driving growth, leading in innovation and continuous improvement. Our team brings together quality engineering, product leadership and our customers to realise our purpose.

Your responsibilities

• See the big picture - establish the technical solutions for our digital products and services enabling re-use, flexibility and scale and accelerating our ability to build compelling products and services.

• Ideate - evolve and re-imagine our technology stack ensuring resilient and modern functionality is maintained while clearing the way for the next horizon of innovation.

• Build – directly contribute to engineering, engineering practices, correction and support and work in close partnership with your product and engineering team members to build and experiment cohesive products and services - delivering frequently, efficiently and safely based on codified patterns, controlled pipelines and automated quality frameworks.

• Assure, run and manage – support the team across quality engineering enabling consistent patterns, assessment of quality and improvements to designs to simplify our landscape, eliminate waste and to operation and run manage the platforms safely.

• Connect - build strong relationships with our product, engineering, cyber, data and delivery stakeholders. Research and learn, bringing in innovative thought leadership to the team and driving designs that are contextual given our current landscape, our regulatory obligations and our future goals

• Lead and develop engineers - coach engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and best-practice standards

Must have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data, Finance, Technology, or a related discipline;

• 10–15+ years of software engineering experience, including leadership of high-performing engineering teams delivering customer-facing products.

• Proven track record of leading complex engineering initiatives, driving technical design decisions, and delivering scalable, high-quality solutions.

• Experience with CI/CD, cloud-native application development, resiliency, secure engineering practices, production monitoring, incident response, and AI-powered development tools.

• Deep technical expertise across modern technology stacks, including Java, TypeScript, Python, React/Next.js, Node.js, SQL, HTML/CSS, AWS, GCP, REST APIs, and streaming and queuing technologies.

• Led technical design discussions, collaborate effectively with business stakeholders, and influence outcomes across Product, Design, and key stakeholder groups.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to learn quickly and deliver high-quality outcomes in fast-paced environments.

• Proven people leadership skills, with a track record of mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and collaboration.

We make hiring decisions based on your skills, capabilities and experience, and how you’ll help us to live our values. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the criteria of this role.

If you need any adjustments during the application or interview process to help you present your best self, please let us know at [email protected].

At ASX Group, our diverse workforce is essential to build and maintain a fair and dynamic marketplace. We support flexible working and offer hybrid working options. Even if our roles are advertised as full-time, we encourage you to apply if you are interested in part-time or other flexible working arrangements.

We will arrange for successful candidates to have background checks, including reference and police checks, completed as part of the on-boarding process.

To be considered for this position, candidates must be legally authorised to work in Australia on a permanent basis without any restrictions.