Engineering Manager: Secure, Scalable Software Leader

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

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