Lead Engineer - Golang

Profusion; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Learning and development investment

High-impact DevEx initiatives

Strong engineering culture

Job summary

Profusion, a leading financial services organisation with a strong tech focus, seeks a hands-on Lead DevEx to drive developer productivity. You’ll partner with senior engineers, turn architecture into scalable solutions, mentor squads, and stay close to code across Go, Java, and TypeScript stacks.

You’ll lead tooling, pipelines, and platform capabilities, embedding AI/LLM enhancements to accelerate engineering deliverables while upholding engineering excellence and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Hands-on engineering background in Go, Java (Spring Boot), or TypeScript (React/Next.js).
• Experience building developer tooling, internal platforms, or engineering productivity solutions.
• Deep understanding of backend systems and scalable architecture.
• Proven capability leading complex technical initiatives end-to-end.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, and automation.
• Exposure to developer environments, IDE tooling, or platform engineering concepts.
• Strong ability to mentor engineers and influence technical direction.
• Practical understanding or strong interest in AI/LLM applications in engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver developer tooling, pipelines, and scalable platform capabilities (APIs, registries, portals)
• Stay hands-on with code, leading complex and greenfield builds while breaking architecture into clear deliverables
• Drive best practice across DevOps, CI/CD, and engineering workflows to improve quality and speed
• Mentor engineers and uplift capability across squads
• Lead incident response and embed continuous improvement practices
• Integrate AI/LLM capabilities to enhance developer productivity and experience

Skills

Go

Java (Spring Boot)

TypeScript (React/Next.js)

DevEx tooling

CI/CD

Platform engineering

Mentoring

AI/LLM in engineering workflows

Tools

Git

Job description

Company Overview

Join a leading financial services organisation known for its strong tech focus and investment in engineering excellence. Be part of a forward‑thinking team redefining the developer experience through leveraging modern tooling, automation, and AI to transform how software is built and delivered end‑to‑end.

Role Overview

A hands‑on Lead DevEx role at the intersection of engineering, platform, and productivity; driving initiatives that make it faster, easier, and smarter for engineers to build, test, and deploy. Work closely with senior engineers to turn architecture into scalable solutions, mentor teams, and stay close to the code.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Design and deliver developer tooling, pipelines, and scalable platform capabilities (APIs, registries, portals)
• Stay hands‑on with code, leading complex and greenfield builds while breaking architecture into clear deliverables
• Drive best practice across DevOps, CI/CD, and engineering workflows to improve quality and speed
• Mentor engineers and uplift capability across squads
• Lead incident response and embed continuous improvement practices
• Integrate AI/LLM capabilities to enhance developer productivity and experience

Skills & Experience

• Strong hands‑on engineering background across Go, Java (Spring Boot), or TypeScript (React/Next.js)
• Experience building developer tooling, internal platforms, or engineering productivity solutions
• Deep understanding of backend systems and scalable architecture
• Proven capability leading complex technical initiatives end‑to‑end
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git‑based workflows, and automation
• Exposure to developer environments, IDE tooling, or platform engineering concepts
• Strong ability to mentor engineers and influence technical direction
• Practical understanding or strong interest in AI/LLM applications in engineering workflows

What’s on Offer

• Hybrid working and flexibility to support work‑life balance
• Employee Benefits including ongoing investment in learning, development, and technical growth
• Work on high‑impact DevEx initiatives that influence hundreds of engineers
• Strong culture of engineering excellence, collaboration, and knowledge sharing

Profusion respects people, values diversity and is committed to equality. We are committed to providing a supportive culture and positively contributing towards creating diverse and inclusive workplaces for our candidates & clients. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply.