Job Description
Technical Lead / AI-Native Founding Engineer
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We're looking for a hands‐on Technical Lead to help scale a profitable SaaS business serving vehicle dealers across the US.
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This is not a management role. We want someone who can own engineering outcomes, ship quickly, solve difficult technical problems, and improve the performance of the entire engineering team.
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Candidates must possess valid Australian work rights or visa authorisation.
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You will:
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Lead technical direction and code reviews
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Ship production‐ready features using AI‐assisted development
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Diagnose and resolve production issues
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Improve development velocity and engineering standards
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Take ownership of release quality and system reliability
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Our stack
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Django
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PostgreSQL
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React Native (Experience with React Native is required for this role)
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AWS (AWS cloud platform experience is required for this position)
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Kubernetes
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Docker (experience with willingness to learn Kubernetes is sufficient for this role)
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Celery
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You should have:
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Deep Django and PostgreSQL expertise
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Minimum 5+ years of Django development experience
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Minimum 5+ years of PostgreSQL database experience
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Robust experience debugging production systems
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Experience scaling web applications and APIs
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A proven AI‐assisted development workflow (Cursor, Claude Code, ChatGPT, etc.)
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Daily AI‐assisted development workflow usage for at least 6+ months
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A track record of shipping quickly without sacrificing quality
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This role is NOT for:
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Pure engineering managers
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Developers who need detailed specifications for every task
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Candidates who are not actively using AI in their daily workflow
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Developers who have never owned production systems
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We value ownership, speed, technical excellence, and the ability to turn ideas into working products quickly.
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If you're the type of engineer who can take a problem, figure it out, build it, ship it, and own the outcome, we'd like to hear from you.
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📌 Senior Full Stack Developer (Victoria)
🏢 Swoopa
📍 Victoria