Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more. Experian invests in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an amazing team of 25,200 people in 32 countries.
Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's people first, inclusive and purpose-driven culture is multi award-winning; World's Best Workplaces™ 2025 (Fortune Global Top 25), Great Place To Work™ in 26 countries to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or explore our Careers Site to understand why. Experian is also proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.
Job DescriptionAs part of the ECS Technology team, you will collaborate with delivery teams including Product Owners, Engineering Managers, Engineers, Designers, and Quality Assurance specialists. You will provide senior technical leadership across teams, ensuring the delivery of secure, scalable, and cloud-native solutions aligned with Experian standards and platform strategy.
You will operate as a technical authority across your domain, guiding architectural decisions, driving measurable technical improvements, and coaching engineers to on quality, innovation, and performance.
Role Overview
We are looking for a experienced and influential Staff Engineer to provide technical leadership across one or more engineering domains.
This is a senior individual contributor role focused on, architectural oversight, compliance, innovation, and capability development. You will be a role model across teams, mentoring engineers, driving measurable improvements, and ensuring our domain remains secure, and aligned with Experian policies.
You will balance customer needs, user experience, delivery timelines, and long-term technical health while guiding teams through change and ambiguity.
Responsibilities
- Lead and measurable technical improvement and new ideas across the ECS Tech platform and your domain.
- Ensure services are compliant with Experian standards, security policies, and governance requirements.
- Support teams in building plans to bring systems back into policy where required.
- Be an technical authority in architectural discussions, refinement sessions, code reviews, and documentation standards.
- Coach engineers across multiple teams, delivering tangible improvements in skills and technical capability.
- Partner with Engineering Managers to identify knowledge and performance gaps and support development plans to address them.
- Guide the adoption use of technical metrics to identify risks, improve performance, and increase engineering quality.
- Guide teams in, navigating change, and delivering during business transformation plans.
- Collaborate with senior partners to define and refine technical roadmaps in consideration of the financial year and broader ECS strategy.
- Encourage smart risk-taking, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
- Promote cross-domain collaboration to ensure solutions meet customer and our needs.
- Stay informed on new industry trends and the wider Experian technical horizon, sharing insights within your domain.
- Be role model for communication, and across all levels of the organization.
- 14+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or SDET roles within enterprise environments.
- Experience driving architectural design and technical strategy across multiple teams or domains.
- Background in secure software development and enterprise compliance standards.
- Experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS and Azure) and microservices-based systems.
- Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and reliability engineering.
- Experience using technical metrics (e.g., DORA metrics, reliability metrics, quality indicators) to lead measurable improvements.
- Expertise in modern engineering stacks such as .NET Core, Node.js, React, and cloud services including AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS) or Azure equivalents.
- Experience influencing engineering standards across distributed teams.
- Develop senior engineers and technical leads.
- Experience with security, resilience, scalability, and performance best practices.
Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's culture and people are important differentiators. We take our people agenda very seriously and focus on what matters; DEI, work/life balance, development, authenticity, engagement, collaboration, wellness, reward and recognition, volunteering... the list goes on. Experian's people first approach is award-winning; Great Place To Work™ in 24 countries, FORTUNE Best Companies to work and Glassdoor Best Places to Work (globally 4.4 Stars) to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or our Careers Site to understand why.
Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Innovation is a critical part of Experian's DNA and practices, and our diverse workforce drives our success. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, religion, color, sexuality, physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.
Benefits
Experian care for employee's work life balance, health, safety and wellbeing. To support this endeavor, we offer the best family well-being benefits, enhanced medical benefits and paid time off.
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Skills Required
- 14+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or SDET roles within enterprise environments
- Experience driving architectural design and technical strategy across multiple teams or domains
- Background in secure software development and enterprise compliance standards
- Experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS and Azure) and microservices-based systems
- Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and reliability engineering
- Experience using technical metrics (e.g., DORA metrics, reliability metrics, quality indicators) to lead measurable improvements
- Expertise in modern engineering stacks such as .NET Core, Node.js, React, and cloud services including AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS) or Azure equivalents
- Experience influencing engineering standards across distributed teams
- Experience mentoring and developing senior engineers and technical leads
- Experience with security, resilience, scalability, and performance best practices
Experian Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Experian and has not been reviewed or approved by Experian.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical and dental coverage is described as strong, with expanded mental health resources and telemedicine options. Coverage includes inclusive services such as gender transition and fertility support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are generous, including substantial PTO/vacation, paid holidays, and paid volunteer days with options to purchase additional leave. Parental leave is available for birth and non-birth parents alongside flexible working arrangements that support work-life balance.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company matching and contributory pension schemes in some regions. These elements complement base pay and bonuses to form a competitive total rewards package.
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What We Do
Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses and society. During life’s big moments – from buying a home or car, to sending a child to college, to growing a business exponentially by connecting it with new customers – we empower consumers and our clients to manage data with confidence so they can maximize every opportunity. We gather, analyse and process data in ways others can’t. We help individuals take financial control and access financial services, businesses make smarter decision and thrive, lenders lend more responsibly, and organizations prevent identity fraud and crime. For more than 125 years, we’ve helped consumers and clients prosper, and economies and communities flourish – and we’re not done. Our 20,600 people in 43 countries believe the possibilities for you, and our world, are growing. We’re investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation so we can help create a better tomorrow. About Experian: Bringing data to life requires creativity, passion, flexibility and expertise. We want you to share in our success. That's why we offer rewards that recognise great performance. Working in a culture of collaboration, achievement and respect we will give you the support and encouragement you need to develop your skills and talents and progress your career. Everyday our people bring enthusiasm, innovation and inspiration to work and if this sounds like you connect with us at Experian.
