Technical Lead — AI-Powered SaaS Platform

aXcelerate; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site parking

Hybrid work

PD budget

Employee Assistance Program

Gym discounts

Job summary

aXcelerate is seeking a Technical Lead to be the technical authority for a product-aligned squad in Brisbane. You will own system design, code quality, and technical risk, while writing code and mentoring engineers.

The role involves guiding AI-assisted coding efforts and ensuring safe, scalable delivery. You’ll collaborate with Product Managers, Engineers, and stakeholders to shape architecture, drive complex features end-to-end, and uphold security and performance standards across a

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, incl. 2+ years in a technical lead role.
• Strong track record in multi-tenant, cloud-based SaaS architectures.
• Experience leading code reviews and setting engineering standards.
• Hands-on with AI coding tools or agents in daily work; evaluate outputs.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical design for your squad and align with the wider architecture.
• Drive complex features from design to production with risk management.
• Lead code reviews, ensure security, reliability and maintainability.
• Mentor engineers, participate in hiring, and collaborate with Product/Design/QA.

Skills

Cloud-based SaaS

AWS

CI/CD

Code reviews

Mentoring engineers

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor’s in CS/Software Eng

Tools

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

aXcelerate is seeking a Technical Lead to be the technical authority for a product-aligned squad in Brisbane. You will own system design, code quality, and technical risk, while writing code and mentoring engineers.

The role involves guiding AI-assisted coding efforts and ensuring safe, scalable delivery. You’ll collaborate with Product Managers, Engineers, and stakeholders to shape architecture, drive complex features end-to-end, and uphold security and performance standards across a