Hybrid Software Engineering Manager — Lead & Scale Modern Apps

Grant Thornton Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working Arrangemem

Ongoing professional development and学习

Job summary

Grant Thornton Australia is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the bespoke internal applications and engineering platforms that support our business. You will shape standards across development, DevOps and cloud while delivering hands‑on leadership and practical technical direction.

You will guide complex design decisions, strengthen software development and DevOps practices, and help the team deliver secure, reliable, and maintainable digital solutions within a hybrid work model

Qualifications

• Experience leading software development teams with accountability for delivery.
• Strong production experience with Python and FastAPI or Django.
• Experience designing and operating APIs, event‑driven integrations, relational databases and SQL.
• Understanding of modern JavaScript frameworks to guide design decisions.
• Strong DevOps experience across CI/CD, Azure DevOps, IaC, containers, testing and observability.
• Practical Microsoft Azure experience across hosting, integration, identity and networking.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and set practical standards for applications, APIs, integrations and data access.
• Translate business needs into technical options balancing delivery, cost, risk and maintainability.
• Plan engineering delivery, allocate capacity, manage dependencies and provide visibility of progress and risks.
• Own the software development lifecycle, including code review, automated testing, quality assurance and releases.
• Oversee Azure application security, reliability, performance, cost, CI/CD, infrastructure as code and observability.
• Lead, coach and develop the engineering team while remaining involved in design reviews and complex problem‑solving.

Tools

People management

Python

FastAPI/Django

APIs & Integrations

JavaScript frameworks

DevOps

Azure

Terraform/Bicep

Job description

Grant Thornton Australia is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the bespoke internal applications and engineering platforms that support our business. You will shape standards across development, DevOps and cloud while delivering hands‑on leadership and practical technical direction.

You will guide complex design decisions, strengthen software development and DevOps practices, and help the team deliver secure, reliable, and maintainable digital solutions within a hybrid work model