Design Lead - Online Banking at Rabobank, Sydney - Darling Park
Design Lead - Online Banking at Rabobank in Sydney - Darling Park. Full-time. Est. up to $250k. Apply with swipeandhired.
About the role:
Rabobank’s Technology team within the COO Domain is at the heart of enabling & supporting our business across Australia & New Zealand. From securing digital infrastructure to delivering scalable data & technology solutions, the team drives innovation, stability, security & collaboration across the organisation. The Online Banking squad within Technology has an opportunity for a Design Lead.
This isn’t a traditional, hands-off architecture role. We need someone with strong software engineering foundations who can turn business requirements into clear technical designs, guide engineers through implementation & get into the technical detail when needed.
Working closely with Engineering, Product & Architecture, you’ll provide design leadership across our Client Experience technology area & help us build secure, scalable & sustainable digital banking solutions.
Top Role Responsibilities & Accountabilities:
- Lead technical design decisions across Online & Mobile Banking
- Translate business & product requirements into practical high & low-level designs
- Guide engineers on architecture, technology choices, patterns & implementation
- Partner with Product, Engineering & Architecture to assess technical risks, dependencies & cross-squad impacts
- Design solutions using React, Kotlin, Swift, Java Spring Boot, REST APIs & microservices
- Apply API-first, event-driven & cloud-native engineering principles
- Build security, resilience, performance, accessibility & operability into solution designs
- Identify cross-squad dependencies, technical risks & opportunities for reuse
- Review designs, engineering standards, support code reviews & DevOps practices
- Partner with architects while remaining closely connected to engineering delivery
- Coach engineers & influence technical decisions across Client Experience
To be successful, you will have:
- Deep software engineering experience & strong technical design capability
- Experience designing customer-facing web or mobile applications in a complex environment
- Strong knowledge of React, Kotlin, Swift &/or Java Spring Boot
- Experience with REST APIs, microservices, Kafka & event-driven architecture
- Cloud & DevOps experience, ideally including Azure, Azure DevOps, containers & CI/CD
- Strong understanding of security, identity & access management, OAuth, resilience & performance
- Experience creating & reviewing high & low-level technical designs
- The ability to influence technical decisions & communicate clearly with both engineers & nontechnical stakeholders
- Experience using modern AI coding tools, such as GitHub Copilot or equivalent
- Understanding of modern AI engineering concepts, including LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, agentic workflows, evaluation and responsible AI.
- Financial services, digital banking, Open Banking experience will be highly regarded
What we’re proud to offer you:
- Wellbeing leave: Extra days to support your health & work-life balance
- Education Assistance Program t o support your growth
- Parental leave: Up to 14 weeks’ paid leave to support you & your family
- Additional leave options : Earn an extra week of annual leave & purchase up to two more
- Insurance cover: Employer-funded Death, TPD & Income Protection
- Workplace giving: Matched donations through our community giving program
- Other extras: Annual wardrobe or equipment allowance, flu shot, gym passport discount, health insurance discounts & more
Location & Working Arrangements:
This role must be based in Sydney & offers a flexible hybrid working model with both in office & at home working.
Our Values
Rabobank Australia values inclusion, belonging, & positive experiences for all. Our work environment, our benefits, & the way we live our values, “Client Driven”, “Responsible”, “Professional” & “Cooperative” make it a great place to work. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds.
Please let our Talent Acquisition team know if you need any accommodations to make our opportunities more accessible to you.