Technical Lead

Talent; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 170,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Equity participation

Job summary

Talent International is partnering with a fast-growing Australian fintech company to recruit a Senior Software Engineer who will shape architecture, mentor engineers and drive technical direction. The role balances hands-on coding with engineering excellence work.

You will lead backend development in Python, contribute to product decisions, and collaborate with founders and product teams. This high-impact role offers hybrid work in Sydney and potential equity participation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Senior Software Engineer, Staff Engineer or Tech Lead.
• Strong backend engineering expertise, ideally in Python-based environments.
• Excellent CS fundamentals including software design, algorithms and data structures.
• Experience designing and building scalable production systems.
• Strong code review and technical leadership capability.
• Comfortable influencing technical direction and challenging ideas constructively.
• Experience in high-performing engineering environments.
• Passion for leveraging AI tools to improve software development productivity and quality.

Responsibilities

• Deliver production-grade features across the stack, with a focus on backend development.
• Lead code reviews and establish best practices across the engineering function.
• Contribute to architecture and system design discussions.
• Collaborate with Product and Design to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices and tooling.
• Mentor junior engineers and elevate technical standards.
• Own projects end-to-end from design through deployment and optimisation.

Skills

Backend development

Python

Code review

Technical leadership

Architecture & design

Mentoring

AI-assisted development

Tools

Flask

FastAPI

React

TypeScript

Job description

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, have been engaged to recruit a Tech Lead for a fast-growing Australian technology company operating at the intersection of fintech and payments.

This is an opportunity to join a high-performing engineering team where you'll have genuine influence over technical direction, product decisions and engineering standards while remaining deeply hands-on.

Role Title: Senior Software Engineer

Salary: $170,000 - $180,000 + Super

Location + WFH Flexibility: Sydney CBD | Hybrid Working (2 days in office)

Role Details

As a senior member of the engineering team, you will play a key role in shaping architecture, reviewing code, mentoring engineers and delivering high-quality software across a modern technology stack.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you'll spend approximately 50% of your time building software and 50% of your time driving engineering excellence through collaboration, design reviews and technical decision-making.

Working closely with founders, product and engineering teams, you'll have the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges while helping scale a platform used by leading retail and consumer brands.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver production-grade features across the stack, with a strong focus on backend development
• Lead code reviews and establish best practices across the engineering function
• Contribute to architecture and system design discussions
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to deliver customer-focused solutions
• Drive adoption of modern AI-assisted development practices and tooling
• Mentor junior engineers and help elevate technical standards
• Own projects end-to-end from design through deployment and optimisation

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer, Staff Engineer or Technical Lead
• Strong backend engineering expertise, ideally within Python-based environments
• Excellent Computer Science fundamentals including software design, algorithms and data structures
• Experience designing and building scalable production systems
• Strong code review and technical leadership capability
• Comfortable influencing technical direction and challenging ideas constructively
• Experience working in high-performing engineering environments
• Passion for leveraging AI tools to improve software development productivity and quality

Nice to Have

• Experience with Python, Flask, FastAPI, React, React Native or TypeScript
• Experience with cloud-native or serverless architectures
• Strong SQL and database optimisation skills
• Exposure to e-commerce, payments or transactional platforms
• Experience working within recognised technology, product or data-driven organisations

Additional Details & Benefits

• High-impact role within a growing technology business
• Opportunity to influence both technical and product strategy
• Potential equity participation
• Hybrid and flexible working environment
• Work directly with founders and senior stakeholders
• Modern engineering culture with strong adoption of AI development tools
• Collaborative, high-performing team environment