Engineering Manager

Latitude IT; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

On-site gym and subsidised café

$1,200 annual travel/parking allowance

Wellbeing programs and in-house leader

Job summary

Latitude IT in Sydney is seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to head a squad of engineers, partnering with the Product Owner to define direction and deliver high-quality software. You will own the technical direction and drive design decisions for your domain while mentoring team members and collaborating with a platform engineering group to implement repeatable patterns.

You will be hands-on when needed, guiding engineers toward the best solutions, and you will manage vendor relationships

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software engineering, including 3+ years leading people and delivery.
• Strong technical background across modern development practices and tools, ideally including .NET.
• Cloud-native experience on AWS and microservices architecture.
• Track record delivering complex software projects on time and in scope.
• Ability to work across cross-functional teams and make sound technical and operational calls.
• Insurance or financial services background.

Responsibilities

• Build, coach and grow a high-performing engineering team.
• Partner with the Product Owner to set direction and drive delivery.
• Own technical direction and solution design for your domain.
• Manage vendor and partner relationships.
• Keep production systems healthy, reliable and well supported.
• Build a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Skills

Software engineering

Team leadership

.NET

AWS

Microservices

Insurance industry experience

Job description

Location:

Northwest, Sydney - Hybrid (3 days in office)

Salary:

Up to $200K base + super + extensive benefits

The Opportunity:

One of Australia's leading InsurTech's is putting technology at the front of its next phase of growth.

The business has grown into a portfolio of well-known global brands, with close to a million policies in force and more regions on the roadmap. Most of that growth has come through its sales and service teams, with technology playing a supporting role. Now that's changing.

Two years into the shift from project-based delivery to product-led squads, the foundations are in place. The next phase is about pace and scale, with the platform moving to a decoupled, cloud-native architecture on AWS. Engineering leaders here have a real say in how that plays out.

The Role:

• You'll lead a squad with a tech lead, senior and mid-level engineers, a Product Owner and a Product Analyst. The Product Analyst handles stories and requirements, so you can stay focused on people, design and delivery.
• There's no central architecture team. Solution design sits with you and your squad, backed by principal and staff engineers and a platform engineering team building repeatable patterns you can use.
• People leadership comes first, but you'll still be hands-on: challenging engineers toward the best answer, guiding design decisions and zooming in when incidents hit.

What You'll Do:

• Build, coach and grow a high-performing engineering team
• Partner with the Product Owner to set direction and drive delivery
• Own technical direction and solution design for your domain
• Manage vendor and partner relationships
• Keep production systems healthy, reliable and well supported
• Build a culture of accountability and continuous improvement

What You Bring:

• 7+ years in software engineering, including 3+ years leading people and delivery
• A strong technical background across modern development practices and tools, ideally including .NET
• Cloud-native experience on AWS and microservices architecture
• A track record of delivering complex software projects on time and in scope
• The ability to work across cross-functional teams and make sound technical and operational calls
• Insurance or financial services background

What's on Offer:

• Hybrid working, 3 days per week in state-of-the-art office, a short walk from the Metro line.
• On-site gym and subsidised café with weekly free lunch
• $1,200 annual travel/parking allowance
• Flexi days, wellbeing programs and in-house leadership workshops
• A certified Great Place to Work

Interview Process:

• Three stages, usually wrapped up in around 10 days: a 30-minute intro, a 90-minute system design conversation and a 60-minute leadership interview.
• There's no take-home task. The system design round is about how you think, not a test with one right answer.