- High-visibility leadership role
- Melbourne
- Hybrid
We’re partnering with a well-established company that’s building a brand-new team focused on tackling complex problems with bleeding-edge technology. This is a great opportunity for a seasoned backend Tech Lead who wants to play a key role in shaping the technical direction of an ambitious new initiative.
You’ll be leading a greenfield team working on projects that genuinely push boundaries, within an organisation that invests heavily in innovation. The team is well-funded, highly visible, and has the freedom and backing to experiment, iterate, and deliver game-changing solutions… spearheaded by you!
Responsibilities will include:
- Providing hands-on technical leadership for a talented group of engineers in a cross-functional squad
- Designing and building modern, scalable backend systems and APIs using a range of technologies
- Championing best practices e.g. CI/CD pipelines, code quality, automated testing, and performance
- Mentoring and coaching the team, helping engineers level up and grow
- Staying across new tools, frameworks, and technologies and bringing fresh ideas to the table
- Collaborating closely with product, design, and other stakeholders to deliver outcomes that add real value
- Contributing to the hiring and growth of the wider engineering capability
Skills we are looking for:
- Demonstrable experience leading or mentoring teams as a Tech Lead
- Deep expertise with Java and/or Kotlin
- Proven experience building distributed systems and working with modern architectures (e.g., microservices, event-driven)
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and containerisation
- Strong focus on clean code, quality, and performance
- Great communicator who enjoys collaborating with cross-functional teams
- Genuine curiosity for exploring new tech and solving tricky problems