Senior Director of Software Engineering

Intrinzic; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Intrinzic is partnering with a Sydney-headquartered global technology business with a product used by recognisable consumer brands. The role leads engineering and QA across Sydney, the US, and offshore squads to mature a scale-up function, own the engineering strategy, and drive continuous releases of a proven platform into international markets.

The position emphasizes breadth over depth in a hands-on leadership capacity, with autonomous decision-making and direct reporting to top stakeholders

Qualifications

• Hands-on developer background who has grown into leading engineering functions.
• Engineering is the main focus here; QA leadership exposure is a real plus.
• Breadth of experience across multiple tech areas is valued.
• Capability built through senior leaders and the presence to push back on senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the quality strategy and platform stability, including test automation and release discipline.
• Lead a function of 50+ across Sydney and the US with offshore squads.
• Manage full stack product engineering (Node.js) plus data/analytics and DevOps within remit.
• Deliver continuous product releases every few weeks into live client environments.

Skills

Hands-on developer

Engineering leadership

QA leadership exposure

End-to-end ownership

Stakeholder management

Job description

• Permanent Role - Up to $250,000 + Super + Bonus
• Sydney-based, hybrid working

Intrinzic are proud to be partnering with a Sydney-headquartered global technology business whose product sits quietly behind some of the world's most recognisable consumer brands. You've almost certainly used it - most people have - you just didn't know who built it.

Live across multiple international markets and about to be in several more, they're at the sharp end of a genuine scale-up curve, with major new enterprise logos signing and a product roadmap that's expanding well beyond its original category.

The business is deliberately hiring fresh eyes, and the VP you'd report to genuinely wants someone who'll challenge how things are done - not nod along. You'll inherit a function at its scale-up peak, with a mandate to mature it, hire your own leadership layer, and own the engineering strategy for taking a proven platform into every international market with continuous releases. That's a rare problem to get your hands on in Sydney

The role at a glance:

• Senior Director, Engineering & Quality - leading a function of 50+ across Sydney and the US, with offshore squads across Asia and South America
• Three Directors reporting to you across Engineering and QA - including vacancies you'll hire yourself
• Full stack (Node.js) product engineering environment, plus data/analytics and DevOps in remit
• Continuous product releases every few weeks into live client environments - this is genuine end-to-end product delivery, not internal IT
• Own the quality strategy and platform stability: engineering-led test automation, deployment automation, release discipline, production health

What we need in the right person - and we'll be upfront here:

• A hands-on developer by background who's grown into leading engineering functions - engineering is the main focus here, and any QA leadership exposure alongside it is a real advantage
• To be clear: this isn't a hands-on coding role
• Current or recent Head of Engineering / Senior Director leading multiple squads in parallel, building custom client-facing software - ideally SaaS
• Your customer has been external.
• Breadth rather than a slice.
• Capability built through senior leaders
• Genuine end-to-end ownership: from client requirements through build, testing, deployment into client environments and production support. Owning one slice of one application won't get you there
• Proven experience uplifting engineering maturity - not inheriting a machine that already ran well
• Experience inheriting a function spanning a broad range of technologies and stacks, and bringing order to it
• The presence to push back - on senior stakeholders, and on enterprise clients challenging your engineering practices

If you've already carried this breadth - engineering, quality, architecture and production stability together, delivered through your own leadership layer, for a client who pays for it - and you want to do it somewhere with real autonomy and a platform millions of people touch every day, this is that seat.

Please note: Candidates must be Australian permanent residents or citizens to apply for this opportunity.