Lead App Eng | Melbourne — Build & Scale Apps

Halcyon Knights; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Halcyon Knights is seeking an Application Engineering Manager in Melbourne to lead an engineering team delivering business-critical applications. You will own technical direction, people development and customer outcomes, balancing development with platform reliability.

You will coach engineers, shape designs, manage delivery planning and improve CI/CD, while collaborating with customers to resolve escalations and drive performance. Experience leading teams in a hands-on role is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on Java and Azure knowledge.
• Experience leading engineering teams and managing delivery.
• Experience with APIs, events and complex integrations.
• Familiar with CI/CD, automation and production support.

Responsibilities

• Lead developers and support engineers through the full software lifecycle.
• Own delivery planning, estimation, priorities and releases.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines, automation and engineering practices.
• Manage production reliability, incident response and service commitments.
• Work with customers to understand requirements and resolve escalations.

Skills

Java

Azure

Event-driven systems

APIs

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Databases (MongoDB/PostgreSQL)

CI/CD

Azure DevOps

Production incidents

Communication

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Halcyon Knights is seeking an Application Engineering Manager in Melbourne to lead an engineering team delivering business-critical applications. You will own technical direction, people development and customer outcomes, balancing development with platform reliability.

You will coach engineers, shape designs, manage delivery planning and improve CI/CD, while collaborating with customers to resolve escalations and drive performance. Experience leading teams in a hands-on role is essential.