Global Engineering Director: Architect Scale & Impact

Freelancer.com; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sydney HQ location

Premium benefits

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Freelancer.com in Sydney is seeking an experienced Director of Engineering to lead and scale high-performance teams delivering category-defining platforms. You will drive technical vision, collaborate with senior architects, and oversee distributed systems across payments, messaging, and translations.

You will mentor engineers, foster ownership, and maintain engineering excellence while balancing rapid delivery and reliability at internet scale.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading large engineering teams delivering mission-critical systems.
• Experience with web-scale platforms serving millions of users.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale high-performance engineering teams that ship production code regularly.
• Drive technical vision and execution with cross-functional partners.
• Architect for impact across distributed systems including messaging, payments, translations, and notifications.
• Lead through influence with stakeholders from product to exec leadership.
• Elevate engineering excellence with code quality, reviews, and learning culture.
• Optimize outcomes balancing speed, quality, and technical debt.
• Cultivate championship culture centered on company values.

Skills

Leadership experience

Internet-scale engineering

Architecture depth

Agile delivery

Communication excellence

Ownership mindset

Learning velocity

Problem solving

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Frontend frameworks (Angular/React/Vue)

Job description

Freelancer.com in Sydney is seeking an experienced Director of Engineering to lead and scale high-performance teams delivering category-defining platforms. You will drive technical vision, collaborate with senior architects, and oversee distributed systems across payments, messaging, and translations.

You will mentor engineers, foster ownership, and maintain engineering excellence while balancing rapid delivery and reliability at internet scale.