Engineering Lead | Typescript & AI | Melbourne

We’re looking for an Engineering Lead to join a growing and well known scale up in Melbourne and lead a small team of talented software engineers. This is a role for someone who wants to stay close to technology, but who has a real interest in their team and seeing people succeed.

You’ll take ownership of a core area of a customer facing product, working across engineering and product to shape what gets built, how it gets built and where the platform needs to go next. You’ll provide technical direction, get involved in architecture and implementation, and step in when your team hits a difficult problem or needs unblocking.

What you’ll be doing
Lead and develop a small team of full-stack engineers
Take ownership of a key area of the product and its technical direction
Make architectural decisions and guide the team through complex technical problems
Unblock technical, delivery and cross-team challenges
Set a high bar for engineering quality, reliability and maintainability
Help the team balance short-term delivery with longer-term technical improvements
Identify technical risks, dependencies and opportunities before they become problems
Run regular 1:1s, provide meaningful feedback and support engineers through their career development




Help identify where people can stretch, take on more responsibility and progress
Partner with other engineering leaders to improve how the wider engineering organisation operates

You’ll ideally bring:
Strong end to end full-stack engineering experience
Experience working with React, TypeScript, Node.js and AWS (this should be your preferred and most experienced stack)
Experience owning or contributing significantly to architecture and technical direction
Previous experience leading and managing engineers.
A strong understanding of contemporary software engineering practices, AI implementation and scalable systems
Solid product instincts and an ability to understand the commercial context behind technical decisions
The confidence to challenge, influence and collaborate with Product and Engineering stakeholders
A genuine interest in developing people and building high-performing teams

You’ll be joining a well established scale up with a significant product, an ambitious roadmap and plenty of chance to make an impact. The role is based from the company’s Melbourne office on a hybrid basis. Please apply with your latest CV and we will be in touch with suitable applications.

📌 Engineering Lead Typescript Melbourne
🏢 TheDriveGroup
📍 Melbourne