Engineering Team Lead — Hands-on, AI-Driven SaaS Leader

Novus Recruitment Solutions; Sydney; On-site; AUD 189,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

Novus Recruitment Solutions in Sydney is seeking an Engineering Team Lead to drive delivery and growth across a small team of about 5 engineers, while spending 40-60% of your time still building the product.

This player-coach role requires strong communication, hands-on full-stack capability, and the ability to elevate the team with AI-enabled SDLC practices and clear technical leadership.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineers with direct reports or strong peer-level impact.

Responsibilities

• Leading and managing a team of 5 engineers, owning their growth, performance and delivery.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Full-stack

Agentic tools

AI tooling

Tools

Claude Code

Codex

Job description

Novus Recruitment Solutions in Sydney is seeking an Engineering Team Lead to drive delivery and growth across a small team of about 5 engineers, while spending 40-60% of your time still building the product.

This player-coach role requires strong communication, hands-on full-stack capability, and the ability to elevate the team with AI-enabled SDLC practices and clear technical leadership.