Technical Lead

Sigma Healthcare; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning programs

Salary reviews

WFH flexibility

Parental leave

Discounts

EAP

Onsite canteen

Shuttle service

Job summary

Sigma Healthcare is seeking a Technical Lead for MPS Applications in Melbourne. You will provide hands-on engineering leadership, design software, guide day-to-day decisions and mentor engineers while scaling engineering practices.

Reporting to the National Manager Enterprise Technology and Customer Service, you’ll drive architecture, collaborate with product managers and DevOps teams, ensure secure, performant delivery, and help grow the team with strong, practical leadership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years developing and maintaining enterprise-grade systems with focus on maintainability and quality.
• 5+ years in database design (relational and NoSQL) with performance optimisation.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Proven technical leadership within delivery teams and ownership of outcomes.
• Ability to mentor engineers through pairing and feedback, fostering high-quality delivery.
• Strong communication skills to explain trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development and execution of the Software Engineering strategy for MPS.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across design, architecture and implementation.
• Design and deliver new features with product managers, designers and engineers.
• Promote agile practices, production readiness, and incident response standards.
• Mentor and develop engineers, partnering with Security, Cloud and DevOps teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Communication

CI/CD

DevOps practices

Performance optimization

Tools

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Code reviews

Job description

The Information Technology team at Sigma Healthcare is responsible for the design, implementation and support of all of Sigma’s technology stack, including Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP S/4 HANA, decentralised EWM, SAP SaaS products (including Concur, Ariba, SuccessFactors and IBP), Salesforce, Retail POS within Chemist Warehouse and a multitude of supporting applications. We are a team of approximately 250 dedicated staff, supplemented by external IT organisations to provide a cohesive ecosystem of solutions to our business

About the Role

Reporting into the National Manager Enterprise Technology and Customer Service, the Technical Lead - MPS Applications is a highly technical, hands‑on engineer, who builds and designs software alongside the team.

You will provide technical direction, guide day‑to‑day engineering decisions, and help create an environment where engineers can do their best work. Alongside this, you’ll take on light‑touch people leadership, supporting, mentoring, and growing the team, while helping establish strong engineering practices that scale with the MPS business.

Role Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and execution of the Software Engineering strategy, delivering pragmatic, scalable and sustainable solutions that support business growth.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership across design, architecture and implementation, ensuring alignment with platform standards and maintaining a secure, performant and high‑quality codebase through development, code reviews and continuous improvement.
• Design and deliver new features alongside the team, working collaboratively with product managers, designers and engineers to clarify requirements, communicate trade-offs and achieve shared outcomes.
• Promote effective agile practices and healthy delivery by providing clarity, removing obstacles, supporting production readiness and ensuring appropriate standards for incident response, release safety, monitoring, operational handover and ongoing support.
• Build team capability through mentoring, pairing and regular feedback, while empowering engineers to take ownership and partnering with Security, Cloud and DevOps teams to embed secure engineering practices and controls.

Who are we looking for?

• 5+ years’ experience developing and maintaining complex, enterprise‑grade systems, with a strong focus on long‑term maintainability, performance, reliability and quality.
• 5+ years’ experience in database design, including relational and NoSQL databases, with an understanding of performance optimisation.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and DevOps practices.
• Proven technical leadership within delivery teams, balancing hands‑on development with setting technical direction, guiding design decisions, establishing standards, reviewing code and taking ownership of technical outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop engineers through pairing, feedback, collaboration and knowledge sharing, while supporting consistent, high‑quality delivery.
• A solution‑focused approach to complex technical and architectural challenges, with strong communication skills and the ability to explain decisions, trade‑offs and approaches to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Why Join Us?

• Grow your career with purpose – Access a wide range of learning and development programs, including our internally designed leadership courses (including our Women In Leadership program) to support your long‑term growth. Be part of a purpose-driven organisation making a difference in healthcare, working with a collaborative and supportive team.
• Be rewarded for your impact – Enjoy annual salary reviews linked to your performance, recognising the value you bring to the team.
• Flexibility that works – Work from home one day per week, while staying connected with your team at our vibrant Preston Support Office four days a week. We’re committed to supporting our people through life’s important moments. Alongside our formal flexibility policies, we recognise that some circumstances, such as returning from parental leave or managing personal wellbeing may require additional consideration. In these situations, we work collaboratively on case‑by‑case arrangements to provide the support needed while balancing the requirements of the role and team.
• Paid parental leave – We support growing families with six weeks of paid parental leave for primary carers and one week of paid parental leave for secondary carers.
• Exclusive savings – Access generous team member discounts across a wide range of products with our partnership with Flare, including company‑wide corporate offers on healthcare premiums with Bupa Healthcare, banking benefits with Comm Bank, novated leasing and a team member discount card entitling you to savings in our Chemist Warehouse Pharmacies
• Support when you need it – Tap into confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services for personal or professional support.
• Take advantage of our subsidised and convenient onsite canteen for varied and affordable meals, coffee, confectionary and bakery items.
• Easy commuting – Enjoy our complimentary shuttle bus connecting nearby train stations to the Preston Support Office, making public transport travel simple and stress‑free.

About Us

Sigma Healthcare is powering pharmacy! We have the largest pharmacy network in Australia with trusted brands including Chemist Warehouse, Amcal, Discount Drug Stores and Ultra Beauty! We are powered by our dedicated people and our leading Australian full line pharmacy wholesale and distribution business that delivers medicines to any pharmacy anywhere in Australia. With Chemist Warehouse now operating in four countries outside Australia, we continue to expand our reach.

Sigma Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences and encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet every requirement listed.