Engineering Manager

Bright & Duggan Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright & Duggan Group is expanding its engineering capability and building modern digital platforms to support growth, operational excellence and customer experience. We are creating a high-performing engineering team focused on secure, scalable software solutions with strong leadership and technical direction.

You will report to the Head of Engineering and build a high-performing team, delivering across cloud platforms, reliability, security and modern engineering practices while partnering

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams
• Solid experience in software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps or related disciplines
• Strong background in modern software architecture and engineering practices
• Experience delivering scalable, secure and reliable software platforms
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms and modern software delivery approaches
• Experience with automation, CI/CD and productivity improvements
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

• Build, mentor and develop a high-performing engineering team
• Lead recruitment, coaching and career development initiatives
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement
• Establish engineering standards, ways of working and best practices
• Promote technical excellence through mentoring, reviews and knowledge sharing
• Lead the delivery of business-critical software solutions and digital products
• Support architecture and solution-design activities
• Drive engineering quality, testing, automation and maintainability
• Improve delivery processes and engineering effectiveness
• Partner with Product and business stakeholders to deliver measurable outcomes
• Lead engineering practices across cloud-native and modern application environments
• Drive platform scalability, resilience and operational maturity
• Improve observability, monitoring, deployment and incident management practices
• Champion automation and modern infrastructure approaches
• Ensure engineering solutions are secure, maintainable and reliable
• Promote secure-by-design engineering practices
• Support vulnerability management, resilience and risk mitigation activities
• Drive continuous improvement in operational processes and governance
• Ensure quality, reliability and security are embedded into software delivery
• Collaborate with Technology Operations and Security teams to maintain strong operational standards
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to improve productivity and quality
• Encourage innovation and adoption of modern engineering practices
• Support continuous learning and professional development across the team
• Drive pragmatic use of automation and emerging technologies
• Balance innovation with governance, security and maintainability

Skills

Software engineering

Leadership

DevOps

SRE

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Automation tooling

AI-assisted engineering tools

Job description

• Promote secure-by-design engineering practices

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Alta, Air BMC, Verde, Rosebay - Sydney, St Leonards, Rosebery, Rosebay

Job Category: Software Engineer

Bright & Duggan Group is built on the principles of United, Trusted, Accountable, and Visionary. These values serve as the foundation for our team and guide our approach to work and interactions with clients and colleagues. We expect all employees to consistently promote and uphold these values.

As Bright & Duggan team members, our employees act as ambassadors for the whole group. Our diverse portfolio comprises of four main pillars: strata management, integrated resort management, building and facilities management and asset management. To foster growth and extend our service offerings and reach, we expect our employees to actively promote all brands and products associated with Bright & Duggan.

Job Description

As part of our continued investment in technology, we are expanding our engineering capability and building modern digital platforms that support growth, operational excellence and customer experience.

We are creating a high-performing engineering team focused on delivering secure, scalable and reliable software solutions that make a meaningful impact across the business.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our software engineering capability.

Reporting to the Head of Engineering, you willl be responsible for building and developing a high-performing engineering team while providing technical leadership across software delivery, cloud platforms, reliability engineering, security and operational excellence.

This is a hands-on leadership role that combines people leadership, technology leadership and delivery accountability. You will work closely with Product, Data, Technology Operations and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality technology outcomes while continuing to mature engineering practices across the organisation.

What You Will Be Working On

Engineering Leadership

• Build, mentor and develop a high-performing engineering team
• Lead recruitment, coaching and career development initiatives
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement
• Establish engineering standards, ways of working and best practices
• Promote technical excellence through mentoring, reviews and knowledge sharing

Software Engineering & Delivery

• Lead the delivery of business-critical software solutions and digital products
• Support architecture and solution-design activities
• Drive engineering quality, testing, automation and maintainability
• Improve delivery processes and engineering effectiveness
• Partner with Product and business stakeholders to deliver measurable outcomes

Cloud, Platform & Reliability

• Lead engineering practices across cloud-native and modern application environments
• Drive platform scalability, resilience and operational maturity
• Improve observability, monitoring, deployment and incident management practices
• Champion automation and modern infrastructure approaches
• Ensure engineering solutions are secure, maintainable and reliable

Security & Operational Excellence

• Promote secure-by-design engineering practices
• Support vulnerability management, resilience and risk mitigation activities
• Drive continuous improvement in operational processes and governance
• Ensure quality, reliability and security are embedded into software delivery
• Collaborate with Technology Operations and Security teams to maintain strong operational standards

AI & Modern Engineering Practices

• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to improve productivity and quality
• Encourage innovation and adoption of modern engineering practices
• Support continuous learning and professional development across the team
• Drive pragmatic use of automation and emerging technologies
• Balance innovation with governance, security and maintainability

Essential

About You:

• Solid experience in software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering or related disciplines
• Proven experience leading software engineering teams
• Strong background in modern software architecture and engineering practices
• Experience delivering scalable, secure and reliable software platforms
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms and modern software delivery approaches
• Experience with automation, CI/CD and engineering productivity improvements
• Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach and develop engineers
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capability

Highly Desirable

• Experience leading engineering teams through periods of growth and transformation
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code and modern platform engineering approaches
• Experience with security, reliability and operational excellence practices
• Experience with AI-assisted software development and engineering automation
• Experience building and scaling engineering capability within complex organisations
• Experience working in customer-focused or operationally critical environments

Why Join Bright & Duggan Group?

• Build What's Next
• Contribute to meaningful technology initiatives that support a growing organisation and deliver real business impact.
• Lead and Grow a Team
• Shape the future of our engineering capability while helping talented engineers develop their careers.
• Modern Engineering Environment
• Work with contemporary software engineering, cloud, automation and AI-enabled practices.
• Real Influence
• Play a key role in technical decision-making, engineering culture and technology delivery across the organisation.
• Continuous Growth
• Join a team that values learning, innovation, ownership and engineering excellence.