Engineering Team Lead

Binyan Studios; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from home options

Career growth

Mentoring program

Job summary

Binyan Studios is seeking an Engineering Lead to be the technical authority for our software team. You will set architecture and standards across DX products, client platforms and internal tools, while guiding a globally distributed delivery team.

You’ll be hands-on, bridging business goals with technical execution, translating client needs into actionable tasks and driving scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions. Melbourne or Sydney options available.

Qualifications

• Hands-on full-stack web experience.
• Proven ability to ship client-facing products.
• Translate business needs into technical tasks.
• Strong system design across multiple products.
• Excellent written communication and documentation.
• Experience mentoring engineers and conducting technical interviews.
• Comfort estimating work for proposals.

Responsibilities

• Set and maintain technical guardrails and standards.
• Make final architecture and build-vs-buy calls.
• Lead technical conversations with clients.
• Support sales with estimates and timelines.
• Mentor engineers and conduct technical interviews.
• Oversee system and data integration.
• Own release quality and CI/CD improvements.
• Manage technical debt and cloud costs.

Skills

Full-stack web

Client-facing

System design

Written docs

Estimating work

Mentoring engineers

Product mindset

Pragmatic teamwork

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Cloud platforms

Job description

Binyan Studios is an integrated content agency that creates a sense of place and belonging for some of the world's most iconic landmarks. With over 3,000 world-class projects in its portfolio, Binyan Studios is known for pushing creative boundaries and delivering award-winning work.

Established in 2007, the company originated in creative innovation and real estate and operates globally with studios in locations such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, New York, London, and Dubai. Binyan Studios is dedicated to enhancing the real estate and architectural visualization industry through expertise and creativity.The quality of our work is regarded internationally as among the best to be found anywhere.

And on top of all that, Binyan is proud to have been named one of Australia’s Best Places to Work 2026 by The Australian!

JOB DESCRIPTION

As Engineering Lead , you'll be the technical authority for Binyan's software team. You'll set the architecture and standards for our client products, R&D platforms and internal tools, and make the technical calls that keep them scalable, secure and maintainable.

This is a hands-on role. You'll work with an internationally located delivery team of developers, QA and platform engineer, alongside product owners in our innovation and DX production lanes. You will be the vital bridge between our business goals and technical execution. You are someone who understands both the HOW and the WHY of software - using high-level strategic thinking to uncover what our clients truly need, and translating those needs into clear, actionable items for our development team.

MAIN DUTIES

• Set and maintain technical guardrails. Define and document standards, tech stack, data models, security baselines and architectural principles across DX products, client platforms and internal toolkits. Make sure new work follows them and existing systems move towards them.
• Make the final technical calls. Own decisions on architecture, frameworks and build-vs-buy, working with our consulting solution architect. Record significant decisions so the reasoning outlives the people who made them.
• Lead technical conversations with clients. Join the DX product owner in client meetings to cover scope, feasibility and technical risk. Sign off any technical commitment before it reaches a client.
• Support sales and proposals. Estimate effort and approach for new client projects, so quotes and timelines are realistic from the start.
• Act as a technical anchor for Producers. Support project producers by filling in their technical knowledge gaps. Partner with them closely on projects to ensure timelines are realistic, risks are mitigated, and they have the technical backing they need to succeed.
• Advise on features and translate needs into action. Don't just take orders—proactively advise on new features and technical possibilities. Review requests from product owners and clients, assess feasibility, and break high-level strategic needs into actionable tasks for the development team.
• Oversee system and data integration. Keep our client platforms, internal toolkits, ERP and ShotGrid working together, including the ERP–ShotGrid bridge.
• Own release quality. Streamline CI/CD, testing and deployment with our platform engineer and internal developer platform. Remove bottlenecks that slow releases down.
• Manage technical debt and cloud cost. Keep a visible list of technical debt, prioritise it with product owners, and keep cloud and vendor spend in check.
• Partner with the Head of Innovation to take R&D initiatives, including our AI toolkit, from prototype to production-ready product.
• Stay hands-on. Review code, build prototypes, and unblock developers on hard problems.
• Grow the team's technical capability. Mentor developers, run technical interviews for new hires, and make sure key systems are documented so no one person is a single point of failure.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Hands-on full-stack web experience. Most of your client products are web apps, so they need someone who can still build, not only review.
• A track record of shipping client-facing products to deadlines , ideally in an agency or studio where the client is paying for the work.
• Client-facing confidence backed by deep technical expertise. You can hold your own in a room with clients, distill complex technical constraints into plain English, and expertly manage technical expectations without overwhelming the room.
• Strong system design across several products at once. Lens, Tour, Space, the toolkits and the ERP bridge all need to work together.
• Clear written communication. Technical specs, decision records and documentation, so the team isn’t relying on one person’s memory again.
• Comfort scoping and estimating work for proposals and quotes.
• Experience mentoring engineers and running technical interviews.
• A strategic, product-focused mindset. You care just as much about the why (the business context and the client problem being solved) as you do about the how (the code and architecture).
• Pragmatism in a small team. Someone happy to wear several hats, who doesn’t need a big-company structure around them.

NICE TO HAVE

• Real-time 3D or interactive visualisation on the web, such as WebGL, Three.js, game engines or pixel streaming. This is probably the most relevant extra for your products.
• Generative AI tools for images and video, to help with the AI toolkit.
• Experience in property or real estate sales technology, since that’s who your clients are.
• Experience retiring or consolidating SaaS products, for the sunsetting work.
• Experience working with teams in Nepal or South Asia.

AND FOR YOU...

• Incredible culture (look us up on our social media!)
• Work from home options
• Ongoing career growth and development paths
• Personalised mentoring and training programs

You will be part of a diverse and dynamic workplace, with a relaxed professional approach. We work hard, but we know how to wind down too - whether it's catching up over a coffee or heading out for lunch on a Friday with the team. We're more than just colleagues, we're a team that not only enjoys working but socialising together.

If this sounds like your kind of workplace, submit your resume and a cover letter telling us why you'd be a great fit! Join our creative studio and be a vital part of our success!

**Please note: We are considering candidates based in Melbourne or Sydney**