Hybrid AI Platform Architect & Lead Engineer

Nine Entertainment Co. Pty Ltd; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Nine Entertainment Co. Pty Ltd is seeking a Technical Lead in Sydney to steer the design of a new suite of AI-powered products within the Digital Archive team.

You will balance hybrid leadership with hands-on full-stack development, shaping architecture and driving secure, scalable systems across cloud environments. You’ll guide technical roadmaps, standards, and collaborations with stakeholders, while mentoring engineers and ensuring reliable operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership.
• Experience architecting and delivering high-volume, large-scale systems within enterprise compliance and security frameworks.
• Hands-on proficiency with Go, JavaScript, React, Python, and Bash.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary technical architect owning end-to-end solution design while actively contributing as a hands-on full-stack engineer.
• Design, develop, and maintain secure, high-availability applications, supporting cloud-native infrastructure and data pipelines.
• Establish and champion modern engineering practices, standardise CI/CD and IaC, and mentor engineers to elevate technical output.
• Oversee system maintenance, escalate complex challenges, and lead technical engagements and secure data integrations with third-party vendors.
• Lead cross-team technical collaborations within the platform engineering group and influence stakeholders across the organisation.
• Drive project planning and technical roadmaps, manage team workflows in Jira.
• Communicate architectural trade-offs and visions across all levels of the organisation.
• Architect clear documentation standards for software designs and workflows, coordinate on-call rotations.

Skills

Team leadership

Software engineering

Troubleshooting

Collaboration

Architectural design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Go

JavaScript/React

Python

Bash

Terraform

Jenkins/TeamCity/GitLab CI

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Prometheus/Grafana/ELK

Job description

Nine Entertainment Co. Pty Ltd is seeking a Technical Lead in Sydney to steer the design of a new suite of AI-powered products within the Digital Archive team.

You will balance hybrid leadership with hands-on full-stack development, shaping architecture and driving secure, scalable systems across cloud environments. You’ll guide technical roadmaps, standards, and collaborations with stakeholders, while mentoring engineers and ensuring reliable operations.