Senior Engineering Manager, Digital Marketplace

Kmart Australia Limited; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work policy

Udemy micro-credentialing and certs

Career opportunities across Wesfarmers

Inclusive leave and family support

Free onsite parking

Bonus program

Team member discount card

OnePass membership

Brighter Benefits program

Reflection room

Share purchase program

Job summary

Kmart Australia Limited is seeking an Engineering Manager for its Digital Marketplace teams. This hands-on leadership role focuses on building high-performing engineers, elevating engineering capability, and enabling teams to deliver reliable, scalable digital platforms for millions of customers.

You will partner with Product, Delivery, and Technology stakeholders to shape the future of engineering within Digital while balancing technical quality, reliability, and delivery outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams within complex technology environments.
• Strong technical background and ability to confidently participate in architectural discussions.
• Experience delivering customer-facing digital products or highly integrated enterprise systems.
• Demonstrated success building, mentoring, and developing high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and ability to align Product, Engineering, and Delivery.

Responsibilities

• Leading, coaching, and developing a team of engineers, creating a culture of accountability, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Supporting the delivery of high-quality software solutions across Kmart and Target’s digital platforms.
• Partnering with Product Managers, Technical Program Managers, Architects, and peer Engineering Managers to align priorities and delivery outcomes.
• Driving engineering best practice across software development, testing, operational support, and continuous delivery.
• Participating in technical discussions, solution design, and architectural decision-making for highly integrated digital systems.
• Developing engineering leaders and senior engineers, creating an environment where people can grow, take ownership and deliver at scale.
• Creating an environment where engineers take ownership of the software they build and operate.
• Supporting incident management, operational resilience, and the ongoing reliability of customer-facing systems.
• Working across a distributed team model, collaborating with colleagues in Melbourne and Bengaluru.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Architectural discussions

Agile practices

Stakeholder engagement

Production incident response

Job description

Kmart Australia Limited is seeking an Engineering Manager for its Digital Marketplace teams. This hands-on leadership role focuses on building high-performing engineers, elevating engineering capability, and enabling teams to deliver reliable, scalable digital platforms for millions of customers.

You will partner with Product, Delivery, and Technology stakeholders to shape the future of engineering within Digital while balancing technical quality, reliability, and delivery outcomes.