Engineering Manager - Identity & Access Management (IAM) Sydney

SustainRecruit; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown company in Sydney is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead software teams focused on customer identity, authentication and access management platforms. The role combines hands-on software development experience with people leadership and modern engineering delivery practices.

You will coach teams, align with architects and product partners, and drive CI/CD, observability and production reliability across cloud-based services. Strong backend expertise and security awareness are essential.

Qualifications

• Proven software engineering background with progression into leadership.
• Experience managing software teams in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of backend APIs, microservices and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop high-performing software engineering teams.
• Oversee identity, authentication and API platform evolution.
• Drive delivery across backend services and cloud-based applications.
• Collaborate with architects, security, and product teams to shape solutions.
• Establish CI/CD, testing, observability and reliability practices.
• Set priorities, capability and delivery outcomes.
• Foster technical excellence and continuous improvement.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Team management

Stakeholder management

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

.NET

Python

Job description

Engineering Manager - Identity & Access Management (IAM) Sydney

Lead exceptional software engineers building secure, scalable digital identity platforms.

An established Australian financial services organisation is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead software engineering teams responsible for customer identity, authentication and access management platforms.
This is an opportunity for an engineering leader who has progressed through hands-on software development and enjoys combining technical leadership, people management and modern engineering delivery.

The opportunity

• Lead, coach and develop high-performing software engineering teams.
• Oversee the development and evolution of customer identity, authentication and API platforms.
• Drive engineering delivery across backend services, integrations and cloud-based applications.
• Partner with architects, security specialists and product teams to shape technical solutions.
• Establish strong engineering practices across CI/CD, testing, observability and production reliability.
• Manage technical priorities, engineering capability and delivery outcomes.
• Build an environment of technical excellence, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Lead exceptional software engineers building secure, scalable digital identity platforms.

An established Australian financial services organisation is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead software engineering teams responsible for customer identity, authentication and access management platforms.
This is an opportunity for an engineering leader who has progressed through hands-on software development and enjoys combining technical leadership, people management and modern engineering delivery.

The opportunity

• Lead, coach and develop high-performing software engineering teams.
• Oversee the development and evolution of customer identity, authentication and API platforms.
• Drive engineering delivery across backend services, integrations and cloud-based applications.
• Partner with architects, security specialists and product teams to shape technical solutions.
• Establish strong engineering practices across CI/CD, testing, observability and production reliability.
• Manage technical priorities, engineering capability and delivery outcomes.
• Build an environment of technical excellence, collaboration and continuous improvement.

What we’re looking for

• A proven software engineering background, followed by progression into engineering leadership.
• Experience managing teams of software engineers, ideally in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of modern backend engineering, APIs, microservices and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with Java, Spring Boot, .NET, Python or comparable development technologies.
• Experience delivering software using cloud infrastructure, DevOps and CI/CD practices.
• Knowledge of identity, authentication, authorisation or API security.
• Excellent stakeholder management, coaching and technical decision-making skills.

Experience with IAM, CIAM, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect or identity platforms is highly desirable.

Important: We're seeking an Engineering Manager with genuine software development experience, rather than someone whose background is primarily IAM operations, security governance or infrastructure support.
Why consider it? You'll lead engineering teams working on strategically important platforms that enable secure digital customer experiences, with meaningful influence over technical direction and engineering culture.