Technical Lead

TheDriveGroup; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TheDriveGroup in Melbourne is seeking a Technical Lead specializing in TypeScript and AI to guide a small team of engineers. You will own a core area of our customer-facing product, shape architecture, and set the technical direction while staying close to delivery and code quality.

Based in Melbourne with hybrid work, you’ll partner with product and engineering to balance quick wins with long-term improvements, mentor engineers, run regular 1:1s, and drive scalable, reliable solutions across

Qualifications

• Led or managed a team before.
• End-to-end full-stack engineering experience.
• Experience with React, TypeScript, Node.js and AWS.
• Experience in architecture and technical direction.
• Strong product instincts and business context.
• Interest in developing people and high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a small team of full-stack engineers.
• Own a key area of the product and its technical direction.
• Make architectural decisions guiding complex problems.
• Unblock technical, delivery and cross-team challenges.
• Set a high bar for engineering quality, reliability and maintainability.
• Balance short-term delivery with long-term technical improvements.
• Identify risks, dependencies and opportunities early.
• Hold regular 1:1s and provide growth feedback.
• Partner with engineering leaders to improve the wider organization.

Skills

Lead experience

Full-stack engineering

React

TypeScript

Node.js

AWS

AI implementation

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

Technical Lead | Typescript & AI | Melbourne

We're looking for a people focused Technical Lead to join a growing and well known scale up in Melbourne and lead a small team of talented software engineers. This is a role for someone who wants to stay close to technology, but who has a real interest in their team and seeing people succeed.

You’ll take ownership of a core area of a customer facing product, working across engineering and product to shape what gets built, how it gets built and where the platform needs to go next. You'll provide technical direction, get involved in architecture and implementation, and step in when your team hits a difficult problem or needs unblocking.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead and develop a small team of full-stack engineers
• Take ownership of a key area of the product and its technical direction
• Make architectural decisions and guide the team through complex technical problems
• Unblock technical, delivery and cross-team challenges
• Set a high bar for engineering quality, reliability and maintainability
• Help the team balance short-term delivery with longer-term technical improvements
• Identify technical risks, dependencies and opportunities before they become problems
• Run regular 1:1s, provide meaningful feedback and support engineers through their career development
• Help identify where people can stretch, take on more responsibility and progress
• Partner with other engineering leaders to improve how the wider engineering organisation operates

Required experience

• Lead experience - you must have led or managed a team before
• Strong end to end full-stack engineering experience
• Experience working with React, TypeScript, Node.js and AWS (this should be your preferred and most experienced stack)
• Experience owning or contributing significantly to architecture and technical direction
• A strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, AI implementation and scalable systems
• Strong product instincts and an ability to understand the commercial context behind technical decisions
• The confidence to challenge, influence and collaborate with Product and Engineering stakeholders
• A genuine interest in developing people and building high-performing teams

You'll be joining a well established scale up with a significant product, an ambitious roadmap and plenty of opportunity to make an impact. The role is based from the company's Melbourne office on a hybrid basis.