Lead Software Engineer- Backend

Full Time
  • October 1, 2026
  • Employment Info

    JOB   DETAILS

    A high-growth Scale up Fin-tech technology business is looking for a hands-on Lead Engineer to join their Sydney engineering team.
    This is a genuine engineering leadership role for someone who still enjoys building. You’ll remain close to the code while mentoring engineers, driving delivery standards, and helping shape the next phase of a modern cloud-native environment operating at significant scale.
    The business is scaling rapidly and investing heavily in modern engineering practices, AI adoption and platform capability.
    What you’ll be doing

    • Leading and mentoring engineers across backend and cloud initiatives
    • Remaining highly hands-on across coding, architecture and delivery
    • Building scalable APIs and cloud-native services
    • Driving engineering quality, CI/CD and development best practices
    • Partnering closely with product and leadership teams
    • Supporting AI-assisted engineering workflows across the team

    Tech environment

    • AWS SERVICES
    • Python & SQL
    • REST APIs
    • Docker & CI/CD

    What they’re looking for

    • Experience leading or mentoring engineering teams
    • Strong hands-on backend/cloud engineering capability
    • Strong Python and SQL skills
    • Experience building production systems at scale
    • Comfortable in fast-moving, high-ownership environments
    • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

     

     

     

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