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Engineering Technical Lead (multiple roles)

Sydney, NSW Permanent

Lead a squad, stay hands-on, and help scale one of Australia's largest investing platforms.

  • Lead the people and the architecture while staying hands-on in the code
  • Strong parental leave, wellbeing days and a genuinely good office culture
  • A Sydney fintech with 750,000+ customers and $6 billion+ under administration

The role
This company is one of Australia’s largest investing platforms, used by 750,000+ people to trade, invest and run their own super. They are expanding their engineering leadership and have multiple Engineering Technical Lead roles open, each owning a different product. As a lead you will own a product squad, set the technical direction, and grow a small, senior team, typically from a handful of engineers up to six to eight. These are genuinely hands-on roles: you stay close to the code while leading the people, the architecture and the delivery.

About you

  • A proven people leader: you have formally managed and grown a team of engineers, including hiring, mentoring and handling performance.
  • A strong technical leader who sets direction while staying hands-on.
  • A strong, backend-focused full stack engineer.
  • Experience leading in a scale-up, scaling both teams and systems.
  • Nice to have: Golang, GCP and Kubernetes.
  • Nice to have: fintech, payments or other regulated-domain experience.

The offer

  • $200,000 to $220,000 base, plus equity and a performance bonus tied to company results. For experienced managers capable of managing multiple teams, salary is up to $250k base.
  • Sydney based, hybrid, three days a week in the office.
  • A new learning program with a development allowance, study days and a scholarship pool.
  • Permanent role, with strong parental leave, wellbeing days and a genuinely good office culture.

Apply Now
Apply with your resume and cover letter outlining your scale up technical and people leadership experience.

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