Technical Team Lead (Hands-on) - AI-Driven Web

Mecca Brands; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and well‑being initiatives

Reward and recognition programs

Access to bonus and incentive programs

Quarterly product allowance

Generous staff discount

Job summary

MECCA Brands seeks an experienced Technical Team Lead to guide a web squad responsible for a large, high‑traffic ecommerce site. You will mentor engineers, shape architecture, and maintain a strong customer focus while delivering reliable, scalable digital experiences.

You will stay hands‑on, drive CI/CD improvements, and collaborate with Product, Design and QA. Experience in modern web stacks and cloud native environments is essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building production‑grade web applications and 3+ years in a leadership role.
• Hands‑on engineering experience with modern web stacks (JS/TS, Next.js, React, GraphQL).
• Experience delivering scalable backend services and APIs and managing release risk.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, testing (unit/integration/E2E) and Git workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a small software squad, fostering ownership and continuous learning.
• Stay hands‑on in solution design, architecture, and complex delivery.
• Collaborate with Product, Designer and QA to write clear technical designs.
• Improve deployment lifecycle, performance, accessibility, SEO, and reliability.

Skills

People leadership

JavaScript/TypeScript

Next.js/React/GraphQL

CI/CD & automated testing

AWS cloud

Backend services design

Web performance & SEO

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

GraphQL

REST APIs

Job description

MECCA Brands seeks an experienced Technical Team Lead to guide a web squad responsible for a large, high‑traffic ecommerce site. You will mentor engineers, shape architecture, and maintain a strong customer focus while delivering reliable, scalable digital experiences.

You will stay hands‑on, drive CI/CD improvements, and collaborate with Product, Design and QA. Experience in modern web stacks and cloud native environments is essential for success in this role.