Principal Engineer

Who are we?

LMG is the largest and most progressive aggregator group across Australia and New Zealand supporting a community of over 6,000 brokers and advisers. Proudly family-owned and led, LMG supports businesses operating under their own brand, or the Loan Market brand, and partners with over 110 banks and lenders. The business has grown rapidly, with LMG brokers in both countries helping over 340,000 customers settle over $143 billion worth of loans in FY25.

We’re not a conventional company with a lot of rules and hierarchy, and we don’t intend to become one. We live our values in everything we do: Compassion for our customers, doing what we say, being curious and thinking openly, going further together, and staying hungry but humble. We’re a large company with a start-up attitude. Our success is driven by hiring outstanding people and accepting nothing less than being the best at what we do.

We are proud to be named Australian Financial Review BOSS Best Place to Work - Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services & in 2025!

About the role -

Join our Tech team under the Executive Leadership of Whitney Cali our new Group Executive - Tech, Product and Data. As a team we provide technology infrastructure and services to deliver the full range of financial services including mortgages, asset finance, insurances and financial planning across Australia and New Zealand. Our operational focus is to provide efficient enabling technology, managing information strategically, and expanding and improving our service delivery.

We are agile and fast moving and yet we have the benefits of working in a larger organisation with the resources and financial ballast for innovation and the opportunity to work on large scale, complex systems.

This role is responsible for development and maintenance of software created by Loan Market Group. In particular:

• Technical leadership
• Engineering practices
• Software development
• Production operations
• Software and cloud infrastructure improvement and maintenance
• Technical support
• Rapid prototyping
• Solutions design

As a Principal Engineer, your core role is to provide leadership and to foster a collaborative and supportive team environment. For further guidance about the role, please refer to: https://github.com/loanmarket/career-ladder/blob/main/Engineering.md

Key Responsibilities -

• Guide the decisions made and implemented across all products created by the team.
• Lead, by example and as a mentor, other team members towards a positive development culture.
• Develop higher-order, SaaS-like software modules for consumption by broker businesses, end consumers, and third parties
• Refine live software products based on performance metrics and customer feedback.
• Validate new product concepts with rapid prototyping.
• Act as a hands-on team lead and mentor for both local and remote development teams
• Responsible and accountable for overall quality, stability and performance of the software delivered by the engineering teams led.
• Contribute to a technology ecosystem of in-house software, purchased products and 3rd-party integrations.
• Provide technical support to the customers and customer-facing corporate staff that use our software.
• Proactively learn new skills and technology that can advance product development within the team.
• Bring your curiosity and we will give you freedom, influence and responsibility
• Lead Technical decisions for modern web UI frameworks and frontend architecture across all team products
• Validate new product concepts through rapid UI/UX prototyping and frontend development
• Refine live products based on frontend performance metrics, Core Web Vitals, and customer feedback.

To succeed in this role you will bring with you -

• Academic qualifications preferred, not essential - Bachelor in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar.
• Extensive experience developing web-based software in a team environment
• Curiosity
• Be Autonomous and have strong communication skills
• Understanding that software is a team sport
• Interested in the business models of software products, not just the technical challenges of programming
• Deeply interested in the user journey and how frontend technology drives business value, not just the technical challenges of programming

We understand that candidates may not tick every box. If you're excited by this opportunity and believe you have the skills and passion to make a difference, we encourage you to apply and discuss how your unique experience can contribute to our LMG team.

Must have experience

• Expertise in modern UI frameworks: Mastery of React, Angular or Vue is essential for this role
• Advanced Web Development: Extensive experience building complex, responsive web-based software in a team environment.

Desirable experience:

• .NET 8+ experience is a plus
• Database design and advanced SQL
• Dev ops - Bash scripting, GitHub Actions, Infra as code (Terraform), AWS and Octopus Deploy;
• Event-driven architecture and abstraction libraries e.g. MassTransit;
• Containerised Development - Docker Desktop or similar
• Native mobile application development for iOS / Android

Our benefits -

Flexibility & Balance:

• Hybrid & Flexible Working: Tailor your work week to suit your lifestyle, with a minimum of two days in the office.
• 6 ‘Me’ Days: Extra leave to prioritise your wellbeing.
• Religious & Cultural Swap Leave: Trade a public holiday for one that’s meaningful to you.
• Extra Annual Leave: Need more time off? Purchase additional leave to recharge.

Family & Wellbeing:

• 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: Plus up to 52 weeks of paid superannuation.
• Paid Fertility Treatment Leave: Support when navigating your fertility journey.
• 12 Days Personal Leave: Time off when life happens.
• Wellbeing Support: Prioritise your well-being with Sonder, our all-in-one easy to use mobile app for instant mental, medical, and personal safety support.

Growth & Development:

• Paid Study Leave: Support for your studies.
• L&D Programs: Grow your skillset and advance your career with tailored learning programs.
• Accelerate Program: Development opportunities for high performers.

Community:

• LMG Share Tomorrow Foundation: Earn volunteer donation rewards and company donation matching.
• Paid Volunteer Day: Volunteer with paid time off

At LMG, we know that diversity and inclusion are key to our success. We're dedicated to building a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported—no matter their race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, or any other part of who they are. We understand that diverse perspectives fuel innovation and drive business growth. As an inclusive employer, we foster a culture where everyone has the opportunity to thrive and show up as their authentic selves every day.