We're reimagining the way Australians live, work, and play. We own and manage some of the most recognisable and loved retail destinations across Australia. We’re evolving our portfolio into destinations that offer a broad selection of retail, residential, and office spaces. Through our diverse portfolio, data-led decision-making, and nationwide development pipeline, we do things differently. We are Vicinity. Role purpose We’re looking for a Principal Engineer who thrives at the intersection of technical excellence, people leadership, and strategic influence. This is a hands‑on lead engineering role for someone who wants to design and deliver complex, scalable systems while leading high‑performing engineers and shaping the engineering craft across the organisation. You’ll act as a trusted technical authority within your domain—setting direction, making design decisions, and mentoring engineers—while remaining deeply involved in overall solution design and development. What You’ll Do Lea d and Grow Engineering Talent Lea d , mentor, and develop a team of engineers, building a culture of trust, accountability, and continuous improvement Own the full performance and development lifecycle, including regular 1:1s, development conversations, and coaching Proactively manage performance, wellbeing, compliance, and safety across the team Build your own lea d ership capability while supporting others to do the same Set Technical Direction Define, own, and continuously evolve the technology stack within your domain Establish and champion engineering standards, best practices, and patterns Align technical strategy with broader organisational goals and platform roadmaps Act as a trusted advisor on complex technical and arc hitec tural decisions Communicate technical strategy confidently to both technical and non ‑ technical stakeholders Build and Deliver Great Software Design and deliver secure, scalable, and reliable systems Stay hands ‑ on —contributing directly to codebases where it matters most Lea d sol ution de sign , perform critical code and design reviews, and raise the bar for quality Troubleshoot and re sol ve complex technical challenges Champion Engineering Craft Foster strong collaboration with Product, Arc hitec ture , Platform and Data partners Drive continuous improvement through modern engineering practices (Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, automation) Champion innovation and identify opportunities to optimise systems and processes Build and support our communities of practice to share knowledge and uplift engineering capability What You Bring Exp e r ience 10 years’ exp e r ience in software, systems, or platform engineering with deep hands ‑ on delivery Proven lea d ership exp e r ience mentoring and guiding engineering teams Strong exp e r ience designing and building scalable, secure systems Exp e r ience with cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure . Background working with and championing Agile, DevOps - CI/CD practices Technical Exp e r t is e Strong understanding of system arc hitec ture , design patterns, and engineering best practices Exp e r t is e with Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps , and modern deployment approaches Exp e r t is e in multipl e modern programming languages (e.g. Java, Python, C#, JavaScript) or specialist platforms/tools Exp e r ience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) Exp e r ience with event driven arc hitec ture s , IoT message services and API based integrations . Sol id knowledge of SQL/NoSQL databases and distributed systems Capabilities Balance strategic lea d ership with hands ‑ on technical contribution Influence without authority and communicate effectively at all levels Mentor engineers and uplift team capability Drive technical excellence while delivering real business outcomes Translate complex technical concepts into c lea r, pragmatic sol ution s Why Vicinity? Our benefits program focuses on creating an awesome place to work in which our people are rewarded and recognised. This includes: Flexible working options Birthday leave & purchased additional leave $1,000 worth of VCX securities rewarded for eligible team members Generous Parental Leave We live and work by our values of Respect, Integrity, Customer Focus, Collaboration and Excellence. They are the foundation to everything we do and provide us a north star with which we can shape meaningful places where communities connect. At Vicinity we embrace and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where we attract, retain and develop our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community. We are aware of current limitations with our website accessibility and are working towards improving this. Should you experience any issues accessing information in this job advertisement or the application form, and require this in an alternate format, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team. Similarly, if you would like to discuss workplace accessibility, any reasonable adjustments we can make to better support you during the recruitment process, or your potential future role please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team: Email: talent.acquisition@vicinity.com.au Phone: 61 3 7001 4000 (request to speak to our Talent Acquisition team) Note: To be eligible to apply for this position, you must have existing, relevant Australian work rights. At the later stages of the recruitment process the shortlisted candidate/candidates will be required to undergo a Criminal History Background/Police Check as a mandatory part of the process. Additional qualification checks may also be required dependant on role and level.
