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About the Role

Serve as a Principal Software Architect, providing architectural oversight and technical leadership across distributed engineering teams, with a primary focus on data architecture, SDAP platform, and services. Ensure scalable, cohesive, and future-ready solutions that align with the organisation’s data strategy. Work closely with the Data Engineering team, as well as engineers, product leaders, and business stakeholders, to influence technical direction, improve platform adoption, and drive excellence across Cotality's data and software ecosystem.

Responsibilities

Serve as the Data Architect, defining and governing the enterprise data architecture strategy.
Provide oversight for data platforms, pipelines, and services while guiding data models, flows, and system integrations globally.
Partner closely with Data Engineering to design, implement, and evolve solutions, providing architectural guidance to ensure alignment with best practices and enterprise standards.
Provide architectural leadership across multiple platforms and products, balancing short-term delivery needs with strategic, future-state considerations to ensure long-term sustainability.
Partner with engineering, product managers, and business stakeholders across domains to align platform solutions with business goals.
Establish and enforce best practices in data architecture, system design, and platform integration while ensuring adherence to data governance, security, and compliance.
Provide technical mentorship to engineers and architects, driving capability uplift and encouraging the adoption of modern data architecture principles.
Remain actively engaged with engineering and data teams, contributing to practical, actionable solution designs grounded in engineering realities.

Requirements

Minimum of 10 years in software development, including at least 3–4 years in a data architecture, architecture, or principal engineering role.
Demonstrated experience designing and delivering modern data architectures across cloud-native, distributed, and event-driven environments.
Strong expertise in data modelling, data pipelines, and large-scale data platform design.
Proven ability to operate in ambiguous environments, make sound technical judgements independently, and influence outcomes across teams without direct authority.
Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience in property technology, financial services, or data-driven platforms.
Background working in a product-led technology organisation where software and data are core business capabilities.
Familiarity with modern data technologies and architectures (e.g., data lakes, streaming, distributed data systems).

Skills

Data Architecture
SDAP platform
Services
Data strategy
Data Engineering
Platform adoption
Data models
System integrations
Data platforms
Data pipelines
Enterprise standards
Architecture oversight
Product management
Business goals
Data governance
Security
Compliance
Technical mentorship
Modern data architecture principles
Solution designs
Cloud-native
Distributed environments
Event-driven environments
Data modelling
Large-scale data platform design
Modern data technologies
Data lakes
Streaming
Distributed data systems

Location

Australia
New Zealand

Work Type

Hybrid working model
Flexible working conditions

Experience Level

Principal
10 years in software development
3-4 years in a data architecture, architecture, or principal engineering role

Benefits

10 half days of Wellbeing leave each year
Access to Employee Assistance Program
$600 AUD annual wellbeing allowance
Generous Parental leave offering
$750 AUD in Baby Bucks
Peer recognition turned into rewards program - Bravo!
Free subscription to the Calm app
Online health and nutrition courses
Complimentary access to Australia’s most comprehensive property research platforms
Exclusive employee-only market updates
Access to the industry’s best property experts
Two community and volunteer leave days each year

About the Company

Cotality is driven by a single mission—to make the property industry faster, smarter, and more people-centric.
Cotality is the trusted source for property intelligence, with unmatched precision, depth, breadth, and insights across the entire ecosystem.
Our talented team of 5,000 employees globally uses our network, scale, connectivity and technology to drive the largest asset class in the world.
Working toward our vision of fueling a thriving global property ecosystem and a more resilient society.
Cotality is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work culture that inspires innovation and bold thinking; it's a place where you can collaborate, feel valued, develop skills and directly impact the real estate economy.
We know our people are our greatest asset.
At Cotality, you can be yourself, lift people up and make an impact.
By putting clients first and continuously innovating, we're working together to set the pace for unlocking new possibilities that better serve the property industry.
Cotality has a culture of collaboration- we champion ownership, initiative and leadership!
We offer an empowered work environment that encourages creativity, initiative and professional growth and provides a competitive salary and benefits package.

Equal Opportunity

Research suggests some candidates may hesitate to apply unless they meet every listed requirement. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we still encourage you to apply!
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly encourage women and underrepresented groups to apply.
Cotality's Diversity Commitment: Cotality is fully committed to employing a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive work environment that embraces everyone’s unique contributions, experiences and values.
We are better together when we support and recognize our differences.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement: Cotality is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace across Australia and New Zealand.
We recruit, hire, train, and promote individuals based on merit, qualifications, and business needs, without regard to race, ethnicity, colour, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a drug-free workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying.