Tech Lead (front-end lean) - $175-$190k super

Iterate; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 175,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital solutions provider in Melbourne is seeking a Tech Lead (Front-End) to own the architecture, build, and operations of critical web applications. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in software engineering with strong expertise in React and Next.js, along with proven leadership skills. This role offers the chance to lead a team and shape high-quality user experiences in the education sector.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with hands-on ownership of front-end platforms.
• Proven track record of building and operating production web apps.
• Experience with hosting and deployment platforms.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and operate front-end applications in an API-driven ecosystem.
• Own build & run responsibilities: CI/CD pipelines, deployment flows, hosting, monitoring.
• Mentor and grow a small front-end team.

Skills

React

Next.js

Incident management

CI/CD

Performance optimization

Leadership

Automated testing

Tools

AWS

Azure

Auth0

Job description

Tech Lead (front-end lean) - $175-$190k + super

Posted: 07/10/2025

• $175-$190k + super
• Education

About the Organisation

A leading provider of digital solutions in the education space is modernising its customer-facing web platforms to improve accessibility and user experience. The organisation is transitioning key platforms in-house and investing in scalable, API-driven solutions that support a global audience of learners, partners and enterprise clients. This role offers high-impact ownership of web technology and the opportunity to shape platforms that are critical to the user experience.

About the Role

The Technical Lead — Front-End is a hands-on engineering leader who will own the front-end platform end-to-end: architect, build, deploy, and operate. You will guide front-end architecture for web applications and booking systems, implement modern React/Next.js solutions, and take responsibility for operational health in production. While a backend team provides APIs and server-side features, this role owns the front-end deployment, CI/CD, hosting, monitoring, and incident response. The person we hire must be able to take a feature from code to production and keep it running reliably.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and operate front-end applications (React/Next.js) in an API-driven ecosystem.
• Own build & run responsibilities: CI/CD pipelines, deployment flows, hosting, release strategies, rollbacks, and production monitoring.
• Integrate with authentication providers and external APIs, maintaining secure and reliable client-server contracts.
• Drive performance, accessibility, resilience, and global delivery strategies for web platforms.
• Define and enforce engineering standards: code review, automated testing, branching/release strategy.
• Mentor and grow a small front-end team; hire or scale capability as needed.
• Collaborate with product and design to align technical delivery with user outcomes.
• Lead incident response and post-mortems for front-end issues.

Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with hands-on ownership of front-end platforms; strong expertise in React and Next.js.
• Proven track record of building and operating production web apps, including CI/CD, deployment pipelines, rollbacks, monitoring, and incident management.
• Experience with hosting and deployment platforms (e.g., Vercel, AWS, Azure) and understanding trade-offs.
• Experience integrating authentication (Auth0, OAuth, JWT) and securing client/server interactions.
• Familiarity with Node.js for light backend tasks; working knowledge of relational or document databases (Postgres, MongoDB).
• Strong understanding of performance optimisation, caching strategies, CDNs, and global delivery considerations.
• Comfortable with automated testing and embedding tests into pipelines (unit, integration, e2e).
• Experience defining release strategies (feature flags, canary, blue/green) and running incident/playbook processes.
• Demonstrated leadership: mentoring developers, owning architecture, and driving delivery in fast-moving teams.
• Excellent communicator able to balance pragmatic delivery with long-term technical health.

This is an opportunity to take full ownership of a critical front-end platform during a major digital transformation, leading architecture, operations, and a growing team while delivering high-quality, reliable experiences at scale. If this sounds like you -- apply now!

Lead and build front-end platforms end-to-end, owning architecture, delivery, and operations for high-impact web applications in the education space.