Lead Engineer

Halcyon Knights; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Halcyon Knights is seeking an Engineering Manager / Lead Engineer in Melbourne with a strong SaaS background. You will lead a growing engineering team, shape architecture, and drive delivery improvements across the platform.

The role offers hybrid work in Melbourne with autonomy to build the function as it scales. You will influence technical direction, focus on reliability and security, and help recruit the next wave of engineers to join the team as the business expands into international

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading software engineers in a SaaS or scaling business.
• Strong background to guide architecture and key technical decisions.
• Experience improving delivery, testing, DevOps and release practices.
• Practical understanding of reliability, security and running services in production.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the engineering team with clear ownership.
• Shape platform architecture and technical direction.
• Improve delivery, testing, and DevOps practices across the team.
• Help hire and mentor the engineers joining the function.

Skills

People leadership

SaaS engineering

Architecture design

DevOps

AI tooling curiosity

Tools

.NET/C#

TypeScript

Angular

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Git

Cosmos DB

SQL databases

Azure Service Bus

Job description

Engineering Manager / Lead Engineer

Melbourne preferred | Hybrid

Freight keeps Australia moving. It puts food on supermarket shelves, supplies in hospitals and products in people's hands. I'm working with a growing SaaS company modernising the technology behind it and changing the industry as we know it.

Their platform connects carriers, customers and business systems, giving companies the visibility and automation to move goods more efficiently.

With plans to expand into the UK and US and significant investment in AI, the business is at a pivotal stage of growth. They're creating a new engineering leadership role for someone who wants to help shape what comes next.

You won't be stepping into someone else's shoes. You'll have the trust and autonomy to make the role your own, shape how the team works and help build the engineering function as it grows. There's a real opportunity to improve delivery and engineering practices, influence the platform's technical direction and help hire the team you'll lead.

The Technology

We don't expect you to know it all, but the environment includes:

• .NET / C# and TypeScript
• Angular
• Azure Web Apps and Azure Container Apps
• Azure Service Bus, queues and distributed systems
• SQL databases and Cosmos DB
• Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD and automated testing
• AI agents, MCP servers and workflow automation

We're looking for a mix of the following:

• Experience leading software engineers in a SaaS, product or scaling business.
• A strong engineering background and the technical credibility to guide architecture, solution design and key decisions.
• Experience improving delivery, testing, DevOps and release practices.
• A practical understanding of reliability, security and running services in production.
• The ability to bring structure and accountability while staying adaptable as the business grows.
• Curiosity about AI and emerging tools, with a focus on where they can add real value.

You might be an Engineering Manager looking for more ownership, or a Lead Engineer ready to step into broader leadership. You don't need experience in freight or logistics.