Senior Engineering Manager

DXC Technology Australia & New Zealand; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DXC University

Employee referral rewards

Flexible leave options

Volunteer days

Employee Assistance Program

Novated leasing

Discounted health insurance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

DXC Technology Australia & New Zealand is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to translate architectural vision into shipping software on a cloud-native, AI-first platform. You will lead 5–10 engineers, perform technical reviews, mentor staff and own delivery planning with the Technical Project Manager.

In this hands-on leadership role you’ll stay in the trenches, drive quality, guardrails and reliability, and partner with architects to balance speed and architectural integrity in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience and 3+ years leading engineering teams in production environments.
• Strong track record turning technical direction into executable reality.
• Deep knowledge of microservices, cloud-native design patterns and API-first development.
• Experience with Python, GraphQL, REST APIs, SQL and modern toolchains.
• CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes, infrastructure as code and DevSecOps practices.
• Production experience on AWS or comparable cloud infrastructure in multi-tenant SaaS.
• Comfortable running agile delivery with Jira or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Translate the Chief Architect's vision into shipped, production-ready code.
• Lead a team of 5–10 engineers daily, including 1:1s, growth plans and hiring.
• Perform complex code reviews, mentor engineers and ensure architectural guardrails.
• Collaborate with TPM on sprint planning, capacity, estimates and delivery tracking.
• Own engineering execution quality, testing, observability and incident readiness.
• Drive platform reliability across uptime, performance and security.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

The Opportunity

We’ve built a cloud-native, AI-first platform that powers managed services for global enterprises. The architecture and product vision are set - what we need now is a Senior Engineering Manager who can take that vision and lead our engineering team to deliver it.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You’ll be the person the Chief Architect trusts to keep the team moving in the right direction without constant oversight - catching drift early, raising the right flags, getting into the trenches on incidents, and making good calls in the gaps.

You’ll partner closely with the Technical Project Manager on planning and delivery, and with the Chief Architect and Lead Engineers on technical direction. The day-to-day execution, engineering quality and team health are yours to own.

If you’re a strong senior engineer who has grown into leading people, and you’re energised by being the dependable force that turns architectural intent into shipping software, this is your role.

What You’ll Own

Translate the Chief Architect’s vision into shipped, production-ready code — making sure what’s on the whiteboard is what actually runs in production.

Lead a team of 5-10 engineers day-to-day, including 1:1s, growth plans, performance conversations, hiring and team development.

Stay hands-on — lead complex code reviews, pair on tough debugging, surface issues early and make sound tactical decisions within architectural guardrails.

Mentor engineers at all levels, helping juniors become strong mids, mids become seniors, and seniors develop into technical leaders.

Partner with the Technical Project Manager on sprint planning, capacity, estimates and delivery tracking — you bring the technical truth; they bring delivery discipline.

Own engineering execution quality, including code review standards, architectural pattern adherence, testing, observability and operational readiness.

Make tactical technical decisions on implementation approaches, libraries and refactoring, while knowing when to escalation.

Drive platform reliability across uptime, performance, security, incident response and post-mortems that result in real improvements.

Build a culture of engineering craftsmanship where the team holds the bar even when no one’s watching.

Required Qualifications

8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years leading engineering teams in production environments.

Strong track record executing technical direction set by architects or senior technical leaders — comfortable making a vision real, not always defining it.

Deep working knowledge of microservices, cloud-native design patterns and API-first development.

Strong experience with Python, GraphQL, REST APIs, SQL and modern development toolchains.

Solid experience with CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes, infrastructure as code and DevSecOps practices.

Production experience on AWS or comparable cloud infrastructure, ideally within a multi-tenant SaaS environment.

Comfortable running agile delivery, including sprints, estimation, capacity planning and Jira or equivalent tools.

Strong code review skills, with the ability to identify pattern violations, security issues and quality gaps before they reach production.

Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to give clear status to leadership and direct feedback to engineers.

Detail-oriented and accountable — things don’t fall through the cracks on your watch.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent practical experience.

Strong Preference For

Experience leading small-to-mid-sized engineering teams in fast-paced environments.

Background building enterprise SaaS platforms or developer-facing products.

Experience with Kubernetes, service mesh (Istio or similar) and federated GraphQL.

Exposure to AI/ML platforms, agentic workflows or LLM-based product features.

Experience leading distributed or remote engineering teams.

Strong familiarity with observability, monitoring, SRE practices and incident response.

A track record of growing engineers and helping them progress into more senior and leadership roles.

What You Bring

Hands-on by choice — you lead from inside the work, not from above it.

Trusted operator instinct — you can be handed a vision and a team and reliably make the thing happen.

Mentor by default — you genuinely enjoy growing engineers, and they’re better for having worked with you.

A quality bar that doesn’t move when things get busy.

Bias for action within guardrails — you make decisions quickly, respect architectural boundaries and escal the right things.

Transparent communicator — you surface risks early, give honest reads on capacity and don’t hide bad news.

Partnership mindset — you work seamlessly with TPMs, architects and product without ego.

Calm in incidents — you’re the person people want on the bridge when production is on fire.

This is a chance to be the engineering leader who makes a real platform real — a modern, AI-first cloud platform changing how enterprises consume managed services.

The architectural vision is set, and the product is in market. What we need now is the operator who can make sure execution matches ambition.

You’ll work directly with a Chief Architect who needs a trusted engineering partner on the ground while they focus on the next set of strategic problems, alongside a Technical Project Manager who owns delivery coordination so you can stay focused on engineering.

If you’re ready to be the senior engineering leader a team and a platform can depend on — the person who turns vision into reality — we’d like to talk.

Our culture and benefits

DXC is committed to building better futures for our customers, colleagues, environment, and communities. We take care of each other and foster a culture of inclusion, belonging and corporate citizenship. We put this to action developing and implementing societal initiatives within our Social Impact Practice. #WeAreDXC

As an employer of choice, our "people first" philosophy means we offer competitive remuneration, benefits, training and career opportunities that reflect our commitment to improving the lives of our employees, and the communities in which we live and work. Some of these include;

• Extensive resources to support your onboarding and continual development including DXC University
• We know that great people refer great people. We will reward you when you bring your friends and family to work at DXC
• More time to do the things you love with flexible leave options, including purchased leave
• Take time to give back with charitable and emergency services volunteer days
• Well-being matters to us and our Employee Assistance Program is there to support you and your family
• And of course, all the basics; novated leasing, discounted health insurance, paid parental leave and many other discounts

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

DXC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we welcome submissions from people from all walks of life. We celebrate our diversity and recognise it is the unique contributions of our people that give us our edge. We stand by the ‘bring your whole-self to work’ philosophy. It is our inclusive culture that powers our results, and our company grows only if our people grow.

Accommodation of special needs for qualified candidates may be considered within the framework of the DXC Accommodation Policy. In addition, DXC Technology is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to support qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities.

At DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritizes in-person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

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At DXC, we harness innovation to help planes fly, markets function, and businesses move at the speed of digital commerce. We help our customers to modernise operations and drive innovation across their business. Our employees are proud of what the DXC brand represents, our position in the regional market, and the value we bring to our colleagues, customers, partners and community.

DXC Technology is a Fortune 500 global IT services leader. Our more than 130,000 people in 70-plus countries are entrusted by our customers to deliver what matters most. We use the power of technology to deliver mission critical IT services across the Enterprise Technology Stack to drive business impact.

At DXC, we harness innovation to help planes fly, markets function, and businesses move at the speed of digital commerce. We help our customers to modernise operations and drive innovation across their business. Our employees are proud of what the DXC brand represents, our position in the regional market, and the value we bring to our colleagues, customers, partners and community.

DXC Technology is a Fortune 500 global IT services leader. Our more than 130,000 people in 70-plus countries are entrusted by our customers to deliver what matters most. We use the power of technology to deliver mission critical IT services across the Enterprise Technology Stack to drive business impact.

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