Software Engineering Manager

Matchbox; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Constantinople is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Lending team in Sydney, offering hybrid work. You will lead a growing engineering team, set standards, and guide the technical strategy for the lending platform.

Expect ownership of critical lifecycle events and collaboration with risk and compliance teams to embed controls in the product. You will mentor engineers, ensure high-quality software delivery, and drive architectural decisions that balance speed with accuracy and auditability.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a team of engineers.
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience building large-scale SaaS solutions.
• Comfortable owning systems where accuracy, traceability, and auditability are non-negotiable.
• Strong teamwork skills that foster productive relationships, adding to the company culture.
• Effectively handle complex problems and manage reactive programming.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical strategy for the lending platform, including architecture decisions and feature timing.
• Own correctness and reliability of lending calculations, decisioning logic, and loan lifecycle events.
• Set and maintain engineering standards, promote code quality, and drive continuous improvement.
• Oversee delivery of features on time and within scope, coordinating with product managers.
• Collaborate with risk, compliance, and operations to build controls into the platform from the start.
• Drive hiring, onboarding, and training of new engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

SaaS

Auditability

Team collaboration

Job description

# Software Engineering ManagerConstantinopleHybrid • SydneyFull-time## Role OverviewConstantinople delivers a new era of AI-native banking. Constantinople provides banks with a fully-managed software and AI operational platform, which brings together customer experience, product, data, operations, compliance and infrastructure in a single platform.Constantinople’s AI-native platform eliminates the need for expensive infrastructure, and replaces manual operational and compliance processes with AI at scale. By removing the operational complexity of banking, Constantinople enables our client banks to focus on their customers and the business of banking.The RoleAn Engineering Manager in our Lending team will be a core technical and people leader, responsible for overseeing the design and delivery of the systems our client banks use to originate, assess, and service loans from application and decisioning through to repayments, redraw, and arrears.Lending sits at the intersection of complex product mechanics, real customer money, and a demanding regulatory environment. You'll be accountable for building software that is correct by design, auditable, and resilient, while fostering a thriving and motivated engineering team.You'll champion the career advancement of your engineers through regular feedback and mentorship. You'll spearhead the team's technical direction, ensuring that projects are not only aligned with company objectives but also adhere to the highest standards of quality, timely delivery, and best practices.Who You AreDemonstrated ability to lead and mentor a team of engineersStrong technical background with hands-on experience building large-scale SaaS solutionsComfortable owning systems where accuracy, traceability, and auditability are non-negotiableStrong teamwork skills that foster productive relationships, adding to the company cultureEffectively handle complex problems and manage reactive programmingWhat You'll Do* Career development of software engineers in your team / assist in hiring, onboarding, and training new engineers* Set and maintain standards for engineering teams, advocate for code quality and create a culture of continuous improvement* Lead the technical strategy for our lending platform — provide technical direction, architectural decisions and oversight of how and when features will be implemented* Own the correctness and reliability of lending calculations, decisioning logic, and loan lifecycle events, where errors have direct financial and regulatory consequences* Work with product managers and principal engineers to guide the lending roadmap and ensure alignment with company goals and best practices* Partner with our risk, compliance, and operations teams to build controls and evidence into the platform rather than bolting them on* Responsible for technical project delivery, ensuring features are completed on time and within scopeWho You Are* Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a team of engineers* Strong technical background with hands-on experience building large-scale SaaS solutions* Comfortable owning systems where accuracy, traceability, and auditability are non-negotiable* Strong teamwork skills that foster productive relationships, adding to the company culture* Effectively handle complex problems and manage reactive programming* Nice to have - experience with lending, mortgages, or credit products origination, decisioning, servicing, or collections## The Team You'll JoinSoftware Engineering