Permanent role based in Melbourne.

Role Overview

As an Engineering Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving technical excellence and delivery success for the Polaris squad. You will lead a team of engineers to deliver squad outcomes, strengthen engineering quality, and build a healthy, high‑performing team environment.

Responsibilities

- Deliver squad roadmap commitments and cloud engineering outcomes in a predictable, sustainable way.
- Maintain high standards in engineering quality, operational excellence, systems health and engineering compliance.
- Grow a high‑performing, engaged team through coaching, feedback, recruitment and clear expectations.
- Lead Polaris to deliver on its mission of cost‑efficient and compliant cloud operations through information, guidance and automation.
- Drive meaningful progress on squad priorities such as systems handovers, right‑sizing and broader custodianship outcomes across Launchpad.

Qualifications

- Experience leading and inspiring engineering teams to deliver meaningful business and platform outcomes.
- Strong technical judgement across architecture, software engineering practice, operational excellence and systems thinking.
- The ability to lead through ambiguity,



manage competing priorities and drive continuous improvement.
- Strong collaboration and influencing skills across product, design, architecture and engineering stakeholders.
- A commitment to engineering quality, operational ownership, team wellbeing and growth.
- A leadership style that develops people, strengthens culture and helps teams do their best work together.

Benefits

- A hybrid and flexible approach to working
- Flexible leave options including birthday leave and the ability to purchase additional leave
- Adaptable parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers
- Volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and a Community Café that donates 100% of revenue to charity
- Hackdays to bring big ideas to life

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.

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