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We're the largest general insurance group in Australia and New Zealand. Our family of brands turns the IAG purpose of making your world a safer place into action by helping everyday Aussies and New Zealanders, supporting their ambitions and making insurance accessible.\nHelp shape the future of software engineering in IAG’s Retail Insurance Australia division. As a Senior Agentic Software Engineer within RIA Digital & Channel Engineering, you’ll be a senior hands-on technical leader in a newly established Agentic Software Engineering practice. You’ll deliver complex solutions while improving the standards, workflows, controls and reusable capabilities that support future delivery. You’ll build engineering systems that enable engineers and software agents to work together effectively, convert delivery insights and engineering knowledge into reusable assets, and mentor teams adopting agentic software engineering practices. This is an opportunity to remain hands-on while influencing engineering capability across RIA. This is a permanent full-time role based in Gadigal Country (Darling Park 2, Sydney), Naarm (Melbourne) or Meanjin (Brisbane).\nWhat You'll Do\nLead the design and delivery of complex, secure, scalable and maintainable software and data solutions using agentic software engineering practices, working with product, architecture, platform, cyber and risk teams.\nDesign and improve reusable engineering capabilities, including agent instructions, skills, workflows, controls, evaluation approaches, automation and reference implementations, aligned with Responsible AI expectations.\nEngineer reliable workflows that provide software agents with appropriate context, tools, permissions, testing, validation, escalation and recovery mechanisms.\nConvert incidents, recurring failures, review findings and delivery insights into improved standards, tests, controls, workflows and reusable engineering assets.\nMentor engineers and support teams adopting agentic software engineering practices, lifting engineering quality, confidence and capability through practical delivery, design and code review.\nLead practical experimentation with emerging agentic engineering technologies and, with platform, cyber, risk and Responsible AI teams, translate successful approaches into scalable engineering practices.\nWhat You'll Bring\nDemonstrated experience designing and delivering complex software, data or automation solutions and providing hands-on technical leadership.\nStrong software engineering capability across architecture, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, release management, security and production support.\nPractical experience adopting, evaluating or implementing AI coding tools, software agents, agentic workflows or engineering automation.\nAbility to design reusable engineering capabilities such as standards, instructions, workflows, controls, evaluations, automation and reference implementations.\nStrong systems thinking, with the ability to engineer reliable interactions between people, software agents, development platforms and delivery controls.\nExperience mentoring engineers and translating delivery learning into structural improvements to engineering practices and systems.\nA strong learning orientation, demonstrated through experimentation, practical application and engagement with emerging developments in this evolving discipline.\nSound judgement to determine when agentic approaches are ready to scale, when additional controls are required and when conventional engineering approaches remain more appropriate.\nWhat We Offer\nBoosted superannuation with 13% as standard.\n20 days annual leave + 5 days MyLeave (extra leave for what’s important to you).\nUp to 50% off personal insurance, including home and motor insurance.\nPartner discounts on private health insurance, tech & appliances, and many more.\nIndustry-leading 20 weeks paid parental leave.\nAccess to LinkedIn Learning, the award-winning IAG Academy, study assistance and secondment opportunities.\n*employment type eligibility criteria apply\nApplications close: Friday 2 October 2026 11:59PM AEST\nAdjustments and Support \nIf you require any support or adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process, we encourage you to reach out to  for a confidential conversation. \nMore About Us \nAs part of IAG you'll enjoy a world of career opportunities, a purpose-led place focused on creating connection and belonging, and where you can create meaningful impact every day and grow your career beyond the expected. 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