Company Description
Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more. Experian invests in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an amazing team of 25,200 people in 32 countries.
Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's people first, inclusive and purpose-driven culture is multi award-winning; World's Best Workplaces™ 2025 (Fortune Global Top 25), Great Place To Work™ in 26 countries to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or explore our Careers Site to understand why. Experian is also proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.
Job Description
As part of the ECS Technology team, you will collaborate with delivery teams including Product Owners, Engineering Managers, Engineers, Designers, and Quality Assurance specialists. You will provide senior technical leadership across teams, ensuring the delivery of secure, scalable, and cloud-native solutions aligned with Experian standards and platform strategy.
You will operate as a technical authority across your domain, guiding architectural decisions, driving measurable technical improvements, and coaching engineers to on quality, innovation, and performance.
Role Overview
We are looking for a experienced and influential Staff Engineer to provide technical leadership across one or more engineering domains.
This is a senior individual contributor role focused on, architectural oversight, compliance, innovation, and capability development. You will be a role model across teams, mentoring engineers, driving measurable improvements, and ensuring our domain remains secure, and aligned with Experian policies.
You will balance customer needs, user experience, delivery timelines, and long-term technical health while guiding teams through change and ambiguity.
Responsibilities
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Lead and measurable technical improvement and new ideas across the ECS Tech platform and your domain.
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Ensure services are compliant with Experian standards, security policies, and governance requirements.
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Support teams in building plans to bring systems back into policy where required.
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Be an technical authority in architectural discussions, refinement sessions, code reviews, and documentation standards.
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Coach engineers across multiple teams, delivering tangible improvements in skills and technical capability.
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Partner with Engineering Managers to identify knowledge and performance gaps and support development plans to address them.
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Guide the adoption use of technical metrics to identify risks, improve performance, and increase engineering quality.
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Guide teams in, navigating change, and delivering during business transformation plans.
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Collaborate with senior partners to define and refine technical roadmaps in consideration of the financial year and broader ECS strategy.
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Encourage smart risk-taking, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
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Promote cross-domain collaboration to ensure solutions meet customer and our needs.
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Stay informed on new industry trends and the wider Experian technical horizon, sharing insights within your domain.
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Be role model for communication, and across all levels of the organization.
Qualifications
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14+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or SDET roles within enterprise environments.
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Experience driving architectural design and technical strategy across multiple teams or domains.
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Background in secure software development and enterprise compliance standards.
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Experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS and Azure) and microservices-based systems.
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Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and reliability engineering.
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Experience using technical metrics (e.g., DORA metrics, reliability metrics, quality indicators) to lead measurable improvements.
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Expertise in modern engineering stacks such as .NET Core, Node.js, React, and cloud services including AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS) or Azure equivalents.
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Experience influencing engineering standards across distributed teams.
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Develop senior engineers and technical leads.
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Experience with security, resilience, scalability, and performance best practices.
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.
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.
Recruitment Fraud Awareness - Experian's recruitment process is conducted only through authorised channels. Recruitment communications will only be sent from an @experian.com email address.
Experian will never ask candidates to make any payment as part of an application, interview, assessment, onboarding, or recruitment process. To apply for roles or verify opportunities, please visit experian.com/careers.
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Experian Careers - Creating a better tomorrow together
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Experian Careers - Creating a better tomorrow together
Find out what its like to work for Experian by clicking here
