Sydney Hybrid: Engineering Team Lead for Core Web

Bespoke Careers; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in Sydney

Collaborative team culture

Leadership and growth opportunities

Job summary

Bespoke Careers is seeking an Engineering Team Lead in Sydney to guide a small team delivering high-traffic, customer-facing web experiences at scale. You will own the platform's technical direction, improve performance, and shape architecture while balancing hands-on leadership.

The role emphasizes team development, collaboration with Product/Design, and driving measurable improvements in velocity and quality.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Engineering Team Lead, Technical Lead, or hands-on Engineering Manager.
• Strong expertise in React.js, Next.js, SSR, and web performance.
• Experience with architecture, APIs, and cloud platforms (AWS).
• Proven ability to lead and develop engineers and collaborate with Product/Design teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 4-5 engineers.
• Own the technical direction of a high-traffic web platform.
• Improve Core Web Vitals, SEO, latency, and overall performance.
• Drive engineering velocity and remove blockers.
• Lead architecture and system design discussions.
• Enhance technical standards, code quality, and engineering practices.
• Manage technical debt and cross-team dependencies.
• Collaborate with Product and Design teams.
• Mentor engineers and advocate pragmatic tech trade-offs.
• Explain risks and options to senior stakeholders.

Skills

React.js

Next.js

Server-Side Rendering

Core Web Vitals

Web performance

High-traffic platforms

System design

APIs/Distributed services

AWS

Job description

Bespoke Careers is seeking an Engineering Team Lead in Sydney to guide a small team delivering high-traffic, customer-facing web experiences at scale. You will own the platform's technical direction, improve performance, and shape architecture while balancing hands-on leadership.

The role emphasizes team development, collaboration with Product/Design, and driving measurable improvements in velocity and quality.