Job Description Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds. We support nearly two million members, with around $86 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they’re more likely to get a better retirement outcome. Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do. Your primary purpose in this role will be to help leverage Rest’s data capabilities to enable better and more targeted experiences through Rest’s digital channels. The role acts as a conduit and a technical SME bridging the gap between the data and digital platforms. The role will provide technical leadership and implementation capacity designing and implementing technical solutions involving the data, API and digital platforms. Collaborate with product owners, data scientists, digital experience designers, analysts, and architects to translate business goals into robust technical solutions that deliver measurable digital and data outcomes. Partner with solution architects to design cloud-native, scalable, and secure digital solutions that enable seamless data flow, advanced analytics, and high-performance digital experiences. Develop detailed technical solutions for end-to-end solutions spanning data platforms, APIs, and digital experience layers, ensuring interoperability and performance. Lead the technical implementation of data-driven digital solutions including reporting, analytics, and digital experience enablement across the data, API and digital platforms. Ensure all technical implementations align with enterprise data, digital architecture, and engineering strategies, adhering to best practices and standards in data governance, integration, and security. Stay abreast of emerging technologies and proactively propose new features, enhancements, and highlight innovation opportunities (e.g. customer 360 enrichment, advanced analytics); assess applicability and propose innovative solutions. Identify and proactively mitigate risks related to data quality, pipeline performance, integration scalability, and digital platform reliability. Support effective operational management of in-scope solutions including technical problem-solving, incident resolution, and ongoing system optimisation. Follow and enforce Rest software engineering standards and best practices including coding standards & guidelines and code review processes to ensure high-quality, well-documented, maintainable code. Collaborate within agile teams and participate in team planning, estimation, reviews, stand-ups and retrospectives.
