Engineering Manager - AI-First Platforms

ReadyTech; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

ReadyTech, a leading technology company, seeks an Engineering Manager to guide platform engineering across delivery, operations, and cost. The role emphasizes AI-first software practices and payroll platform reliability, with accountability to executives for strategy, risk, and investment decisions.

You will mentor Tech Leads, drive modern engineering methods, and own critical incidents while balancing performance, security, and cost across cloud-based platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading software engineering teams.
• Experience owning technical roadmaps and modernising substantial legacy systems.
• Proven experience leading major production incidents.
• Experience with business-critical, regulated software — payroll, HR, or financial systems is valued.

Responsibilities

• Translate strategy into actionable engineering roadmaps and own platform-level architecture decisions.
• Lead the adoption of AI-first engineering practices across the SDLC — design, code generation, testing, security, and incident analysis.
• Own engineering delivery, ensuring predictable outcomes with the right quality, reliability, and cost balance.
• Lead, coach, and develop Tech Leads and engineers, building a culture of ownership and AI-first thinking.
• Own operational outcomes for your platforms, including leading P1 and critical incident response.
• Understand platform economics and identify opportunities to optimise cloud, licensing, and support costs.

Skills

Leadership

Incident management

Communication

Coaching Tech Leads

AI-first engineering

Tools

Claude Code

CodeRabbit

GitHub Copilot

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Job description

ReadyTech, a leading technology company, seeks an Engineering Manager to guide platform engineering across delivery, operations, and cost. The role emphasizes AI-first software practices and payroll platform reliability, with accountability to executives for strategy, risk, and investment decisions.

You will mentor Tech Leads, drive modern engineering methods, and own critical incidents while balancing performance, security, and cost across cloud-based platforms.