Tech Lead (Software Engineering)

NCS Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Discounted health insurance

Career development programs

Recognition and rewards for high performance

AI-driven learning platform

Career development programs

Job summary

A leading technology company in Melbourne, Australia seeks a Technical Lead to enhance technical excellence within agile teams. The role requires collaboration with Architects, management of technical risk, and mentoring developers. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in architectural practices and a proactive approach towards emerging technologies. NCS Australia offers a supportive environment with extensive benefits, career development opportunities, and encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Proven Technical Leader providing direction in Scrum.
• Experience collaborating with Architects in design refinement.
• Expertise in identifying and managing technical risks.
• Passionate about evolving development practices.
• Experience leading technical planning during PI Planning.
• Curiosity for leveraging emerging technologies like AI.
• Ability to contribute to Tech Leads Guild standards.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical excellence within the Scrum team.
• Define and maintain resilient, secure, and scalable designs.
• Collaborate with Architects for architectural runway.
• Lead technical charge during PI Planning.
• Manage technical debt and ensure quality standards.
• Mentor developers in architectural thinking.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architectural collaboration

Risk management

Quality assurance

Development practices

Cross-team collaboration

Mentoring

Job description

Job Description

As a Technical Lead at NCS Australia, you will be the primary driver of technical excellence and decision-making within your Scrum team. This is a high-impact leadership role where you are responsible for defining and maintaining a technical design approach that ensures our solutions remain resilient, secure, and scalable. You won't just oversee code; you will anticipate and mitigate technical risks by proactively identifying failure points and implementing robust, enterprise-grade solutions. Your mission is to ensure that the "solution intent" is realized while upholding the highest standards of system design integrity and operational supportability.

In this position, you will act as a critical bridge between high-level strategy and agile execution. You will collaborate closely with Architects to contribute to the architectural runway and influence enterprise patterns that shape our clients' digital futures. A key component of this role involves exploring emerging technologies—including AI—to enhance development velocity and ensure strict conformance to standard frameworks. During PI Planning, you will lead the technical charge, prioritizing enablers and mapping complex dependencies to ensure the team is set up for success across every sprint.

Leadership at NCS means owning the technical quality of every deliverable. You will guide your team in managing technical debt and maintaining rigorous quality gates, ensuring that non-functional requirements like performance, security, observability, and accessibility are never an afterthought. Beyond your immediate team, you will represent our engineering excellence in the Tech Leads Guild, contributing to shared standards and reusable assets. You will be a dedicated mentor, supporting developers in shifting their mindset toward architectural thinking and engineering best practices, ultimately fostering a culture of continuous improvement and technical mastery.

Qualifications

About You

Proven Technical Leader: You have a track record of providing decisive technical direction within Scrum teams, ensuring alignment with both architectural standards and strategic business goals.

Architectural Partner: You are adept at collaborating with Architects to refine solution designs and have experience contributing to the "architecture runway" in large‑scale environments.

Risk & Quality Specialist: You are proactive in identifying technical risks and failure points, with a deep commitment to non‑functional requirements such as security, scalability, and observability.

Modern Engineering Champion: You are an expert in managing technical debt and quality gates, with a passion for evolving development practices and test automation frameworks.

Strategic Planner: You have experience leading technical planning during PI Planning, including enabler prioritization and complex dependency mapping.

Innovation Mindset: You are curious about emerging technologies—particularly AI—and how they can be leveraged to improve conformance and development efficiency.

Collaborative Peer: You value cross‑team alignment and look forward to contributing to a Tech Leads Guild to build shared standards and reusable technical assets.

Mentor & Coach: You take pride in guiding developers through complex system designs and helping them grow their "architectural thinking" capabilities.

Willing and able to obtain a AGSV Security clearance.

Additional Information

NCS Australia is where you can feel at home, nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together, one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave, initiatives focused on your well‑being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint, industry and partner training programs, special interest groups, and an AI‑driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career, we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth.

NCS Australia is an equal‑opportunity employer, and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

At NCS Australia, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply.

Work rights and background checks:

To be eligible for a position with us, applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks.