Kogan.com is a pioneer of Australian eCommerce, and the software we build is used by millions of customers every day. You'll join a fast-moving engineering team with real ownership, shipping to production daily and using AI as part of how we work.

- Our culture is unlike anywhere else and regardless of where you are in your career journey, we empower you to do your best work and have a big impact. Check us out https://devblog.kogan.com/ & https://goodteams.app/engineering/kogan.com
- Work with an incredible team to solve important challenges, helping to drive Australia and New Zealand’s eCommerce future.
- Your role has a lot of ownership, autonomy and little red tape. You’ll be empowered to achieve positive outcomes and your work will have a real impact.
- You’ll be at the forefront of the eCommerce industry and be part of a company that are the Pioneers of eCommerce in Australia.
- Be an Intrepreneur, playing a hands on role in shaping our strategy at our HQ.
- Learning budget of $1000.
- A range of employee benefits such as; complimentary Kogan First Membership, team exclusive discounts, Health & Wellness program, Learning & Development and Lunch & Learns, Hackathons, Team member referral program, Company and team events and celebrations, community engagement (volunteering) and extensive career development opportunities plus loads more!

- Lead, coach and grow two engineering teams, including Tech Leads and senior engineers.
- Own delivery across SAP Business One and PSI, maintaining clear priorities, healthy backlogs and predictable roadmaps.
- Partner with Finance, Supply Chain, Warehouse and Product to translate business needs into technical outcomes.
- Drive operational excellence through effective incident management and a pragmatic balance between delivery, support and continuous improvement.




- Provide technical leadership by guiding architecture, coaching engineers and promoting engineering best practices.
- Improve documentation, engineering standards and knowledge sharing to reduce key-person risk.
- Continuously improve delivery, system reliability and team performance.

- 3+ years' experience leading software engineering teams, ideally managing six or more engineers.
- Robust delivery and stakeholder management skills in a fast-paced commercial environment.
- The technical depth to earn engineers' trust and make informed trade-offs across ERP, integrations and operational systems.
- Experience with SAP Business One or a similar ERP or enterprise platform is highly regarded.
- A track record of building high-performing teams, developing people and improving engineering delivery.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to remain calm, decisive and customer-focused during incidents.

More about the role:

While no two days are ever the same, as an Engineering Manager you will establish and maintain great stakeholder relationships, provide coaching and mentoring to engineers reporting to you, oversee the delivery of initiatives, monitor operational performance, manage technical risks and contribute to company wide technical discussions and initiatives. You will be able to pragmatically balance short and long term considerations as well as technical and commercial ones while strengthening our engineering culture.

You will form a part of the leadership team for your area and will be jointly accountable for the health, happiness and performance of your team. You will contribute positively to the culture of the team, build engagement and morale, be involved in recruiting, set structure and processes and generally help build and maintain a high performing team. You will use your skills and experience to guide and support our next group of technology leaders.

📌 Engineering Manager (South Melbourne)
🏢 Kogan.com
📍 South Melbourne