Engineering Manager, AI-First & Cloud-Native Lead Hybrid

Upteam; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Upteam is seeking an Engineering Manager in Sydney, NSW, to lead a 20+ person engineering organisation across 3 squads plus QA, including offshore. This hands-on technical leadership role combines architecture work with people leadership, mentoring Squad Leads toward strong leadership while contributing code.

In the first 6–12 months, you will drive delivery, architecture decisions, and team development, operating in a cloud-native environment with modern tooling and AI-first approaches.

Qualifications

• Experience leading 10-20 engineers across multiple squads in complex products.
• Strong architecture depth with credibility in system design and trade-offs.
• Hands-on Java and MySQL proficiency.
• Hands-on AWS and data warehouse technology fluency.
• Experience leading distributed/offshore teams.
• Vendor management experience.
• Track record of developing leaders, not just managing individuals.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop Squad Leads, building leadership capability across the team.
• Actively contribute at code level (Java, MySQL).
• Own delivery execution: sequencing, resourcing, and trade-offs across initiatives.
• Manage vendor and third-party delivery partner relationships.
• Drive infrastructure and cost optimisation (cloud spend, tooling).
• Hire, develop and performance‑manage your team; shape productivity and AI-first practices.

Skills

Java

MySQL

AWS

Data warehouse

Distributed team leadership

Vendor management

Databricks

Tools

Databricks

Job description

Upteam is seeking an Engineering Manager in Sydney, NSW, to lead a 20+ person engineering organisation across 3 squads plus QA, including offshore. This hands-on technical leadership role combines architecture work with people leadership, mentoring Squad Leads toward strong leadership while contributing code.

In the first 6–12 months, you will drive delivery, architecture decisions, and team development, operating in a cloud-native environment with modern tooling and AI-first approaches.