Sydney-Based Product Engineering Lead (AI-Driven Energy)

Marsh

Sydney

On-site

AUD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

38 hours ago

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Job summary

1KOMMA5° is seeking a Product Engineering Lead Australia to drive the Australian product for Heartbeat AI. You will lead hands-on engineering, guide the team, and ensure reliability in Australian households.

You will collaborate with our Germany-based Heartbeat AI teams, translate local needs into scalable technical solutions, and help shape hiring and growth as the team expands. Based in Sydney, you will bridge time zones and markets while delivering high-impact software.

Qualifications

5+ years of software engineering in a fast-paced, scalable environment.
Experience leading or mentoring engineers or technical teams; formal line management a plus.
Hands-on depth in distributed systems and cloud; experience designing APIs and integrations.
Experience with data-intensive, IoT or energy-related systems.
Strong English communication, written and spoken; able to explain technical choices in business terms.
Experience enabling AI-assisted workflows in engineering.
Flexibility to cover regular overlap with German working hours; meetings at unusual times.
Based in Sydney.

Responsibilities

Provide technical direction for Heartbeat in Australia; align with Heartbeat AI engineering teams.
Set the technical bar; tackle the hardest problems yourself.
Adapt energy management to Australian tariffs and market structures.
Translate business and product requirements into technical solutions.
Act as the link between Australian teams, German engineering, and partners; communicate decisions clearly.
Shape team evolution: processes, hiring, and growth of engineers.
Participate in hiring and mentor the engineers who join you.
Build with AI-assisted development and agentic workflows; push for safe, accountable automation.