Engineering Manager

Interface Agency; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Learning & development

Parking allowance

Onsite café & gym

Recognition events

Job summary

Interface Agency in Sydney's Western Suburbs is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing engineering team. The role combines people leadership with hands-on technical input to guide a business-critical platform powering customer communications across multiple brands and channels.

You will design and deliver scalable platforms, champion CI/CD and DevOps, mentor engineers, and partner with Product and senior technology stakeholders to set direction and drive delivery.

Qualifications

• 6+ years' experience in software engineering, with 4-5+ years in leadership.
• Strong hands-on background in .NET technologies.
• Experience designing system integrations using REST APIs, events and messaging.
• Experience with distributed systems and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong experience with AWS and containerised workloads.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL technologies (SQL Server, DynamoDB, Redis or similar).
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, observability and production support practices.
• Proven experience leading, coaching and developing engineers.
• Strong stakeholder management and delivery skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable platforms and integrations.
• Drive API-first, event-driven integration between on-prem and SaaS.
• Coach, mentor and develop engineers to build a high-performing team.
• Own technical strategy alongside Product and senior stakeholders.
• Champion CI/CD, DevOps, observability and production support best practices.
• Balance customer needs, priorities, compliance and delivery pace.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership on solution design when required.

Skills

.NET (C#, ASP.NET, .NET Core)

REST APIs

Event-driven architecture

Distributed systems

AWS

Containerisation

SQL / NoSQL

CI/CD

Stakeholder management

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

SQL Server

DynamoDB

Redis

Job description

Interface Agency – Sydney Western Suburbs NSW

Are you an experienced engineering leader ready to make a genuine impact leading a high-performing team behind some of Australia's most recognised consumer brands? If you're an Engineering Manager who wants hands-on technical influence, real modernisation work, and a company that invests in its people, then read on!

Responsibilities

As the Engineering Manager, you'll lead a team of engineers responsible for a business-critical platform that powers customer communications across multiple brands and channels, including digital, email, SMS and print. You'll balance people leadership with hands-on technical input, partnering closely with Product and other technology leaders to set direction and drive delivery.

Your role will also include:

• Leading the design, delivery and continuous improvement of highly reliable, secure and scalable platforms and integrations.
• Driving API-first, event-driven integration between on-prem and SaaS platforms.
• Coaching, mentoring and developing engineers, building a high-performing and collaborative team culture.
• Owning technical strategy alongside Product and senior technology stakeholders.
• Championing CI/CD, DevOps, observability and production support best practices.
• Balancing customer needs, technical priorities, regulatory compliance and delivery pace.
• Providing hands-on technical leadership on solution design when required.

Responsibilities

As the Engineering Manager, you'll lead a team of engineers responsible for a business-critical platform that powers customer communications across multiple brands and channels, including digital, email, SMS and print. You'll balance people leadership with hands-on technical input, partnering closely with Product and other technology leaders to set direction and drive delivery.

Your role will also include:

• Leading the design, delivery and continuous improvement of highly reliable, secure and scalable platforms and integrations.
• Driving API-first, event-driven integration between on-prem and SaaS platforms.
• Coaching, mentoring and developing engineers, building a high-performing and collaborative team culture.
• Owning technical strategy alongside Product and senior technology stakeholders.
• Championing CI/CD, DevOps, observability and production support best practices.
• Balancing customer needs, technical priorities, regulatory compliance and delivery pace.
• Providing hands-on technical leadership on solution design when required.

Requirements

• 6+ years' experience in software engineering, including 4-5+ years in an engineering leadership or management role.
• Strong hands-on background in .NET technologies (C#, ASP.NET, .NET Core).
• Experience designing and building system integrations using REST APIs, events and messaging.
• Experience with distributed systems and modern architectures, including microservices, serverless and cloud-native environments.
• Strong experience with AWS and containerised workloads.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL technologies (SQL Server, DynamoDB, Redis or similar).
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, observability and production support practices.
• Proven experience leading, coaching and developing engineers.
• Strong stakeholder management and delivery skills.
• Experience with print, SMS or email communications platforms is a bonus but not essential.

Benefits

You'll enjoy genuine influence over technical direction and exposure to major modernisation projects already underway.

On top of that, you'll benefit from:

• Flexible, hybrid working environment.
• Ongoing funded learning & development, including leadership development programs.
• Onsite parking/travel allowance.
• Subsidised onsite café and gym facilities.
• Regular recognition events and an inclusive, people-first culture.