Automation Engineer - Team Lead

Equifax is seeking creative, high-energy and driven software engineers with hands‑on development skills to work on a variety of meaningful projects.

The Engineer will be developing tools to automate and optimise our software development lifecycle and enhancing the overall developer experience.

Our software engineering positions provide you the opportunity to join a team of talented engineers working with leading‑edge technology. You are ideal for this position if you are a forward‑thinking, committed, and enthusiastic software engineer who is passionate about technology.

• Design, develop, and operate high‑scale applications across the full engineering stack
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software.
• Apply modern software development practices (serverless computing, microservices architecture, CI/CD, infrastructure‑as‑code, etc.)
• Design, develop, and maintain internal tools, automation scripts, and infrastructure that streamline engineering workflows across development, testing, and delivery.
• Focus on improving the overall developer experience by reducing cognitive load, minimising interruptions, and providing clear requirements and feedback loops. Define, collect, and analyse key engineering productivity metrics to identify trends, measure impact, and inform strategic decisions.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, sharing knowledge, educating teams on productivity best practices, and fostering experimentation.
• Partner with development, operations, QA, and product teams to understand their needs, gather feedback, and implement solutions that address pain points and align with business outcomes.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for productivity‑related tools and infrastructure.
• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks and inefficiencies in the software development process, from planning and coding to testing and deployment.
• Provide input on the future execution of the delivery and management of environments with a strong emphasis on automation, security, scalability and resilience.

• Bachelor's in a related field or equivalent job experience required
• 7+ years of directly related experience
• Working knowledge of Google Suite Tools, Confluence and JIRA
• Excellent verbal, written and 'attention to detail' skills
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision
• Strong interpersonal and time‑management skills
• Excellent understanding of infrastructure and application components
• Excellent understanding of SDLC Methodologies including Scrum and Agile Principles
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to influence cross‑functional teams including Infrastructure Services, Business Technology, Security and Operations and facilitate conversations that lead to an agreed direction
• Ability and desire to work with people all over the world, with the probability of a varying work schedule to accommodate different time zones

• Software development experience in 2 or more languages, especially Python.
• Experience using or integrating CI/CD technologies such as Jenkins, Git Hub, Sonar, Nexus
• Experience designing/developing Policy as Code
• Experience working in a hybrid cloud environment or transforming applications from on‑premise data centres to public cloud
• Experience with one or more Public Cloud Providers (Google, Amazon, Azure)