Engineering Manager: Platform Modernisation & Leadership

Interface Agency Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working environment

Parking/travel allowance

Onsite café and gym facilities

Recognition events & inclusive culture

Learning & leadership programs

Job summary

Interface Agency Australia in Sydney seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team behind major consumer brands. You will balance people leadership with hands-on technical input, helping drive modernisation and API-driven integrations across digital, email, SMS and print platforms.

The role offers a hybrid work model, strong learning opportunities, and a proven track record of delivering scalable systems.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in software engineering with 4-5+ years in leadership.
• Strong hands-on .NET/C# background and API design.
• Experience with REST, events and messaging for integrations.
• Knowledge of distributed architectures (microservices, serverless).
• Proficient with AWS and containerised workloads.
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases and data stores.
• Understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, observability and production support.
• Proven experience coaching engineers and leading teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and delivery capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team delivering a critical platform powering customer communications.
• Balance people leadership with hands-on technical input.
• Shape technical strategy alongside Product and senior tech stakeholders.
• Drive API-first, event-driven integrations across on-prem and SaaS.
• Champion CI/CD, DevOps, observability and production support.
• Mentor engineers, build high-performing culture, and manage priorities.
• Ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and delivery timelines.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership on solution design when needed.

Skills

Leadership

C#/.NET

REST APIs

Distributed systems

AWS

SQL/NoSQL

CI/CD

Mentoring

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

AWS tooling

Job description

Interface Agency Australia in Sydney seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team behind major consumer brands. You will balance people leadership with hands-on technical input, helping drive modernisation and API-driven integrations across digital, email, SMS and print platforms.

The role offers a hybrid work model, strong learning opportunities, and a proven track record of delivering scalable systems.