Lead AI-Native Architect & Hands-On Tech Leader

ELEK Software - Electrical Power Systems Design

Sydney

Hybrid

AUD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

6 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid Sydney office

Ownership of tech & teams

Shape AI-native software

Job summary

ELEK Software in Sydney is seeking a Lead Technical Architect to own the architecture and technical direction of our AI-native electrical power engineering software. You will stay hands-on, design scalable cloud architectures on AWS, and lead engineering teams across multiple products.

This senior leadership role offers ownership of technology and minimal bureaucracy, with the chance to shape the future of AI-enabled engineering software while delivering high-impact solutions for engineers

Qualifications

Proven architect of commercial software end-to-end.
Extensive hands-on AWS experience with scalable deployment and cloud security.
Experience building production web APIs and backend services.
Experience building real AI systems in production (LLM, agents, orchestration).
Experience leading engineering teams and delivering multiple products.
Hiring, mentoring and developing engineers.
Comfortable building deep-domain products with SME input.
Excellent communication and stakeholder skills.

Responsibilities

Own the software architecture and long-term technical direction across our product portfolio.
Architect and build AI-native applications and platform capabilities, including web APIs, LLM orchestration, retrieval, inference and evaluation in production.
Design and operate our cloud architecture on AWS, including scalable deployment, CI/CD, security, and cost control.
Stay hands-on and code, not just direct.
Lead and grow the engineering teams and own delivery across multiple products.
Recruit, onboard, mentor, and develop engineers as teams scale.
Establish and uphold engineering standards, code quality, testing, security, and delivery practices.
Balance product roadmaps with shared platform and architectural investment.
Partner with Product to translate domain requirements into well-architected software.
Make technology/build-vs-buy decisions and manage technical debt.