Technical Lead: AI-Powered Architecture & Cloud Systems

Nine Entertainment Co. Pty Ltd; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Nine Entertainment Co. Pty Ltd is seeking a Technical Lead for the Digital Archive initiative in Sydney. You will define the technical roadmap, architect end-to-end systems, and contribute hands-on as a full-stack engineer on AI-powered products that unlock new revenue streams.

In a hybrid leadership role, you will mentor engineers, standardise CI/CD, IaC, and collaborate with platform teams and external partners to deliver secure, scalable solutions for a large media organisation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience and demonstrated technical leadership.
• Experience architecting and delivering high-volume, large-scale systems with security/compliance.
• Hands-on proficiency with Go, JavaScript, React, Python, and Bash.
• Deep familiarity with AWS and/or GCP services and cloud certifications.
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Relational databases and containerisation tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong networking, monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and incident handling.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end solutions and contribute as a hands-on full-stack engineer.
• Design, develop, and maintain secure, high-availability cloud-native applications and data pipelines.
• Establish modern engineering practices, CI/CD, and IaC standards; mentor engineers.
• Oversee operations, integrations, and vendor data integrations; lead stakeholder alignment.
• Drive technical roadmaps and Jira-based delivery; communicate architectural trade-offs.

Skills

Software architecture

Go

JavaScript

Python

Bash

AWS

GCP

Terraform

CI/CD

Jenkins

TeamCity

GitLab CI

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Collaboration

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

TeamCity

GitLab CI

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Job description

Nine Entertainment Co. Pty Ltd is seeking a Technical Lead for the Digital Archive initiative in Sydney. You will define the technical roadmap, architect end-to-end systems, and contribute hands-on as a full-stack engineer on AI-powered products that unlock new revenue streams.

In a hybrid leadership role, you will mentor engineers, standardise CI/CD, IaC, and collaborate with platform teams and external partners to deliver secure, scalable solutions for a large media organisation.