Engineering Manager

Prospa; Australia; Híbrido; AUD 170.000 - 210.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Growth days and learning allowance

Leadership programs

Biannual learning weeks

Flexible working options

Remote/travel work options

Parental leave (18 weeks)

Wellbeing programs

Descripción de la vacante

Prospa is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and grow a team of software engineers in a fast-moving, AI-driven environment. You will stay close to technology while guiding people leadership, delivery, and architectural decisions to solve meaningful customer problems.

You'll partner with Product and design leaders to shape technical plans, while embedding AI tools responsibly across the lifecycle and advancing engineering practices across the team.

Formación

• 5+ years in software development with leadership experience.
• Experience with modern architecture: microservices, event-driven systems, CQRS and event sourcing.
• Proficient in Agile delivery, CI/CD and cloud development (AWS or Azure).
• Hands-on experience using AI coding tools in daily engineering work.

Responsabilidades

• Lead, coach and grow a talented engineering team.
• Own delivery with Product Managers and Designers to turn business needs into technical plans.
• Stay technically close to the work, promoting strong engineering practices.
• Drive an AI-native engineering mindset across the team.

Conocimientos

People leadership

Team growth

Cloud development (AWS/Azure)

CI/CD

AI tooling usage

Herramientas

Cursor AI

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

.NET

React + TypeScript

Descripción del empleo

At Prospa, we exist to unleash the potential of small business. We are building the future of small business and simplifying cashflow by building a leading platform that helps customers make payments, fund growth and reduce admin. Join us!

As our Engineering Manager, you’ll lead and grow a team of software engineers while staying close to the technology. You’ll bring together people leadership, delivery and technical expertise to help your team solve meaningful customer problems and deliver high-quality outcomes at pace.

Why You'll Love This Role

This is a hands-on leadership opportunity for an engineering leader who enjoys coaching experienced engineers without stepping away from technology. You’ll lead a team of engineers, partner closely with Product and technical leadership, and help shape how AI is embedded into the way the team builds and delivers.

You’ll join a fast-moving environment where priorities evolve, teams own their delivery and AI is becoming an increasingly important part of how engineering problems are solved.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead, coach and grow a talented engineering team, helping people play to their strengths and develop their technical and professional capability.
• Own delivery with your team, partnering with Product Managers and Designers to turn business needs into clear technical plans and great customer outcomes.
• Stay technically close to the work, supporting strong engineering practices across design, implementation, quality and code review.
• Drive an AI-native engineering mindset, embedding tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot or Claude Code safely and responsibly across the delivery lifecycle.
• Build your team’s AI capability through coaching, experimentation and knowledge sharing, while looking at the impact AI has on productivity and quality.
• Navigate technical and delivery trade-offs, helping Product and engineering stakeholders balance quality, scope, timelines and changing priorities.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years' software development experience, including at least 1 year managing engineers in a product or technology environment.
• Strong technical knowledge across modern architecture, including microservices, event-driven or message-based systems, CQRS and event sourcing.
• Experience with Agile delivery, CI/CD and Git-based code review and release practices, plus cloud development in AWS or Azure.
• Hands-on experience using AI coding tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot or Claude Code as part of your day-to-day engineering work.
• Experience with .NET and/or React with TypeScript, along with an understanding of privacy and information security best practice.
• A genuine passion for people leadership, coaching and continuous learning, combined with the technical confidence to stay close to engineering while empowering your team and technical leaders.

Not sure you meet every requirement? If this role excites you, we'd still love to hear from you.

What we offer:

As a busy grow getter, our benefits are here to help you be unstoppable in your mission. Whether it's a lofty career goal, investing in your family, saving the planet or simply feeling fulfilled:

• Growth: There's something for everyone including learning days, a learning allowance, leadership programs, CliftonStrengths workshops, digital learning, and biannual companywide learning weeks.
• Wellbeing: Think fitness initiatives, seasonal programs (including flu shots, massages, skin checks, wellness classes), additional "Me Days" and access to holistic EAP coaching.
• Lifestyle: Find your fit with flexible working options top notch office facilities and diverse remote/travel work options. You can also purchase additional leave and take up to 18 weeks paid parental leave.
• Impact: Join a business that cares and is recertified as carbon neutral. And you can tap into volunteer days, our partnership with Kiva and join a range of employee resource groups.

Why Prospa?

We're proud to be a certified Great Place to Work and recognised as a Best Workplace for Women, Best Workplace in Technology, and Best Workplace in Australia. We embrace diversity in people and ideas, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and respectful environment where we celebrate who you naturally are.

Don't just take our word for it, check out Prospa's culture code to see it for yourself.