About us
Established in 1840, we are Australia’s first wellbeing company, delivering health, wealth and care services for our members and the community.
As a social enterprise, we’re motivated by our purpose to positively impact the wellbeing of millions. We reinvest profits to deliver products and services sustainably that matter most to our members, customers and the Australian community.
For us, Real Wellbeing encompasses the whole experience of life. It’s about feeling supported in your health, connected with your community and empowered to live life on your terms.
The Opportunity
As a Senior Engineer within the PHI function, you’ll play a critical role in delivering secure, scalable and operationally stable software solutions that create genuine business value. Working as part of a wider cross-functional team, you’ll help analyse requirements, design systems, solve complex technical problems and contribute to building high-quality digital experiences that support Australian Unity’s purpose and customers.
You’ll bring strong software engineering capability along with a collaborative mindset and a passion for continuous improvement. This role offers the opportunity to mentor others, influence technical direction, champion development best practice and help shape resilient solutions that support our evolving digital landscape.
Key Responsibilities
Software Engineering Delivery
- Design, develop, test and deploy secure, scalable and operationally stable software solutions as part of a cross-functional team.
- Apply strong engineering judgement to solve complex business and technical problems.
- Contribute to accurate estimation, planning and delivery of technology initiatives.
- Champion continuous improvement across codebases, deployment pipelines and monitoring practices.
Development Best Practice
- Promote coding standards, peer reviews, fit-for-purpose documentation and engineering excellence.
- Support and mentor peers and junior engineers to uplift team capability and quality outcomes.
- Stay current with emerging engineering practices, tools and security threats, applying relevant learnings where appropriate.
Technical Leadership & Collaboration
- Build trusted relationships across technology teams, project teams and business stakeholders.
- Provide technical leadership through proofs of concept, option analysis and practical design guidance.
- Communicate issues, dependencies and delivery risks clearly and proactively.
Risk, Compliance & Ways of Working
- Adhere to risk, compliance, governance and workplace health and safety obligations.
- Act in alignment with Australian Unity’s values and ways of working, taking ownership and supporting others through change.
Fixed Term Contract: Please note this is a 1 year fixed term contract.
You will bring:
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or a related discipline.
- 8+ years’ commercial software development experience across technologies such as C#, Node.js, Java or Python.
- Strong experience designing secure, scalable and operationally stable software solutions.
- Working knowledge of coding, testing, deployment, design patterns and agile software delivery.
- Demonstrated understanding of security best practice and current threats, with the ability to apply mitigations effectively.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, relationship-building and time management skills.
- A collaborative and customer-focused mindset, with a passion for using technology to solve problems and deliver value.
- Cloud development certification or relevant experience will be highly regarded.
Why Join Us?
At Australian Unity, we provide a supportive, flexible and purpose‑driven environment where you can make a meaningful impact.
You will enjoy:
- Competitive salary + bonus program
- Additional wellbeing and community leave days
- 14‑week paid parental leave (equal for all parents)
- Hybrid working model
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flare / Maxxia Rewards – discounted retail, travel, entertainment
- Discounts on Australian Unity products including Health, General Insurance and more
- Access to LinkedIn Learning and professional development programs
If you’re looking to step into a leadership role where you can make a meaningful impact across a purpose‑driven organisation, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and join us in shaping better outcomes for our members and community.
For further benefits visit: https://www.australianunity.com.au/careers/culture
Australian Unity is an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from all members of the community, including people of Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander descent, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and, mature aged people.
