Senior Engineering Manager

Buddy Advisory; Cremorne, City of Melbourne; Híbrido; AUD 180 000 - 240 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Hybrid work arrangements

Office in Cremorne or Dandenong South

Resumo da oferta

Cario is expanding its Australian operations and building AI-powered freight solutions. We seek a hands-on senior engineering leader who can mentor a 7-person team, own delivery quality, and drive platform reliability while aligning with business goals.

The role reports to the CTO and blends design, code review, and production operations. You’ll guide architectural decisions, ensure robust testing and observability, and champion efficient delivery practices as the company scales in Australia and

Qualificações

• Proven track record leading software engineering teams and delivering impact.

Responsabilidades

• Build and pilot a high-performing engineering team that can deliver and run the platform independently.
• Own operating rhythm from requirements to production with clear ownership and milestones.
• Set and enforce engineering standards across code review, testing, CI/CD, and releases.
• Own design quality within CTO’s direction and reduce technical debt.
• Improve platform reliability, observability, and incident response with blameless reviews.
• Lead adoption of AI-assisted engineering and delivery of digital workers with proper controls.
• Translate technical trade-offs for Product, Customer Success, Operations and Commercial teams.

Conhecimentos

Leadership

Coaching

Cloud-native

APIs

CI/CD

Observability

AI in engineering

Team scaling

Ferramentas

Azure

.NET

TypeScript

Python

SQL

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The client

Buddy is proud to be exclusively partnering with Cario, an Australian-built, cloud-native freight and transport management platform that helps businesses turn freight from a cost centre into a competitive advantage.

Cario connects businesses to around 500 carriers, including Australia Post, StarTrack, DHL and FedEx, and integrates natively with SAP, NetSuite, Dynamics 365 and Shopify. The platform processes a new consignment every 2.8 seconds. Cario has a strong position in Australia's $100bn freight industry and is now expanding into the US. Next up, it's building digital workers and AI agents that run freight operations on behalf of customers.

The role

Scaling in Australia and expanding into the US, Cario is now adding a senior leader to take its engineering function to the next level. Reporting to the CTO, you'll lead a team of 7 and set the bar for how they deliver, how the platform runs and how far they grow.

This is a technically credible leadership position that remains close to design, code quality and production operations without becoming the default implementer for every project. You'll be actively involved in design and code reviews, troubleshooting, pairing and targeted implementation where this unblocks delivery or improves engineering practices. You'll also connect engineers to the "why", so they understand the customer and commercial impact of what they build.

We're looking for a hands-on leader who earns respect from engineers and loves all aspects of building a high-performing team.

What you'll do

• Build a team that can deliver and run the platform independently, through coaching, clear expectations and strong backup coverage


• Own the operating rhythm, moving committed work from requirements to production with clear owners, realistic milestones and early action on blockers


• Set and enforce engineering standards across code review, automated testing, CI/CD and releases


• Own design quality within the CTO's architectural direction and drive down technical debt


• Lift platform reliability, observability and incident response, and lead blameless reviews that actually close the loop


• Lead adoption of AI-assisted engineering and delivery of digital workers and agent-based workflows, with the right controls in place


• Translate technical constraints into clear trade-offs for the Product, Customer Success, Operations and Commercial teams

What you'll bring

• A track record leading software engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, performance management and owning delivery


• A strong engineering background, with the credibility to challenge designs, spot implementation risks and guide tech leads


• Sound technical judgement in cloud-native and distributed systems: APIs, integrations, event-driven architecture, reliability, scalability and failure handling


• Practical, hands-on knowledge of automated testing, CI/CD, observability, incident management and secure development


• Proof you've introduced engineering discipline in a growing software business, using delivery, quality and operational evidence to drive measurable gains


• Confidence planning capacity, managing dependencies and explaining technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders


• Experience leading engineering teams across locations, with clear communication, work allocation and coordination


• Desirable: Azure, .NET, TypeScript, Python and SQL; workflow orchestration and enterprise integrations (TMS, ERP, SAP, WMS); hands-on experience with AI dev tools or shipping agent-based systems; a background in freight, logistics or supply chain

What's on offer

• A frontier role applying AI to Australia's $100bn freight industry


• Real scope to shape engineering standards, the team and the platform as Cario expands into the US


• Hybrid working arrangements with offices in Cremorne or Dandenong South


• An outstanding culture underpinned by trust, ownership and a shared focus on customer impact.