Lead Developer
- Full-time
- Employee Status: Regular
- Role Type: Hybrid
- Department: Technology
- Schedule: Full Time
Company Description
Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to accomplish their financial goals and help them save time and money.
We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more industry segments.
We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.com.
Job Description
Tenderlink is Experian's online marketplace, connects businesses with opportunities across Australia and New Zealand. Government and enterprise buyers use Tenderlink to secure the best value and supplier relationships, while suppliers rely on it to discover every relevant opportunity. We're growing our vision for customers—and we're looking for a Lead Engineer to help build the future of Experian Tenderlink.
You'll join at a defining moment as we create a next‑generation platform from the ground up. This is a chance to design new capabilities—not maintain legacy systems. You'll partner with customers and cross‑functional teams to shape modern product experiences and enhance how we build technology. You will report to Head of Engineering.
What you bring:
- 7–10+ years of engineering experience in large‑scale systems
- Strength in designing secure, distributed, scalable cloud solutions (AWS)
- Expertise leading UI/UX development in React and TypeScript
- Capability in the .NET ecosystem, API design and integrations
- Experience driving engineering standards across coding, architecture, security, testing and observability
- Translate product and design concepts into high‑quality code
- Balanced focus on delivery speed and long‑term quality
- Experience with RDBMS, event‑driven architectures and system integrations
- Relevant tertiary qualifications
- Commitment to security, privacy and compliance (PCI/ISO/SOC)
- Familiarity with AI governance and safe GenAI use
- Stay informed about relevant technology trends and developments and experience in agile environments
What you'll do:
As Technical Lead, you'll guide Tenderlink's technology, architecture and engineering culture. You'll stay hands‑on across the full stack (.NET, Web APIs, React, data services, AWS) while mentoring others and influencing main technical decisions. You'll also advocate for safe, GenAI use to enhance quality and delivery. You will report
Main responsibilities:
- Shape platform architecture with a focus on scalability, reliability, security and cost efficiency
- Guide end‑to‑end system design and technical decision‑making
- Promote modern engineering patterns including clean architecture, DDD, event‑driven and cloud‑native design
- Lead technical discussions, code reviews and engineering forums
- Mentor team members and support capability uplift
- Improve engineering excellence through secure coding, automation, CI/CD and observability
- Balance product outcomes with long‑term technical health
- Collaborate with Product, UX, QA, Cloud and Security teams
- Represent engineering in cross‑functional planning and roadmap discussions
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement
More about you:
You're an experienced engineer with strength in building secure, scalable and resilient systems. You have deep React experience—including best‑practice component design, state management and rendering patterns—and familiarity with the Mantine UI library. You bring hands‑on skills across .NET/.NET Core, Web API, C#, TypeScript and SQL data modelling.
You understand modern engineering and architectural practices, and you've worked with relational databases, event‑driven components, containerization (Docker, EKS, ECR) and IaC (Terraform/Bicep). You collaborate across teams, Experience troubleshooting issues with users with technical and non‑technical audiences, and simplify complexity. You advocate for engineering excellence and use GenAI tools responsibly to enhance the developer experience.
Qualifications
- 7–10+ years of engineering experience in large‑scale environments.
- You bring hands‑on technical capability across .NET/.NET Core, Web API, C#, React, TypeScript and SQL‑based data modelling.
Additional Information
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.
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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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This is a hybrid role.
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