Job Description
We're looking for a hands‐on Technical Delivery Lead to help ensure the digital products we build are technically sound, well implemented and ready for reliable delivery.
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Location:
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North Melbourne, VIC
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Position:
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Technical Delivery Lead
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Type:
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Full-time
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Sector:
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Brand, B2B Marketing and Digital Consultancy
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About Mo Works
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Our mission is to empower those building a better future.
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Mo Works is a creative digital consultancy, not a traditional agency.
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We work with organisations across utilities, energy, education, health, public sector, logistics and complex B2B environments, combining strategy, brand, marketing and digital delivery under one roof.
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Our digital work spans websites, web applications, mobile applications, CMS platforms, integrations, cloud environments and ongoing digital enablement.
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We're looking for someone who can take ownership of the technical quality behind that work.
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About the Role
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The Technical Delivery Lead is a hands‐on role responsible for technical implementation quality, feasibility and engineering standards across digital projects.
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You'll work closely with our Business Analyst / Solutions Designer, Account Project Managers, designers and developers to make sure requirements are technically feasible, estimates are realistic and builds are delivered to the right standard.
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You will guide developers, review implementation quality, support technical planning, oversee QA and releases, and identify technical risks before they become delivery problems.
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You'll also contribute directly to technical problem‐solving, code and estimates review, diagnosing issues, architecture discussions and production support where required.
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This role suits an experienced developer ready to take greater ownership of technical delivery without moving away from hands‐on engineering.
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Key Responsibilities
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Technical Architecture & Feasibility
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Review functional requirements and assess technical feasibility.
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Recommend practical implementation approaches within the agreed architecture.
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Support technical planning, estimation and task breakdown.
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Identify technical dependencies, constraints and risks early.
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Work with the Business Analyst / Solutions Designer to clarify requirements before development begins.
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Support Account Project Managers with reliable technical inputs into delivery planning.
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Escalate significant architecture, security or platform risks when specialist or senior input is required.
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Help ensure technical decisions balance quality, maintainability, delivery speed and project requirements.
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Audit existing applications, repositories and environments when taking over legacy or third‐party systems.
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Identify technical debt, scalability concerns, security risks and system dependencies early.
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Ensure architecture and key technical decisions are properly documented.
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Engineering Quality & Standards
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Review pull requests and key code changes.
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Maintain coding, documentation and code‐review standards.
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Review internal,



contractor and legacy development work where required.
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Identify maintainability, performance and security issues.
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Help reduce technical debt and avoidable post‐launch defects.
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Ensure developers follow agreed engineering practices.
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Contribute directly to architecture or code where hands‐on intervention is required.
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Encourage reusable, maintainable development rather than short‐term fixes.
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QA, Release & Production Readiness
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Support technical QA across websites, web applications and mobile products.
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Define appropriate testing requirements for each project.
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Review builds before release and identify technical risks.
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Maintain release, deployment and rollback checklists.
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Support defect investigation, root‐cause analysis and resolution.
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Ensure production issues are properly resolved rather than repeatedly patched.
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Make the final technical call on whether a build is ready for release.
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Cloud, DevOps & Platform Reliability
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Support the review and maintenance of AWS, Azure and other cloud environments.
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Review development, staging and production environment configuration.
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Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
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Review permissions, access and basic security configuration.
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Help maintain appropriate monitoring, logging, backups and alerts.
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Support performance and infrastructure optimisation.
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Assist with production incidents and platform
troubleshooting.Ensure
environments and deployment processes are appropriately documented.
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Technical Planning & Delivery
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Lead technical estimation and provide reliable technical inputs into project planning.
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Identify technical dependencies, risks and constraints before development begins.
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Work with Account Project Managers to ensure technical plans align with delivery timelines and scope.
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Work with the Business Analyst / Solutions Designer to validate that functional requirements are technically feasible and sufficiently defined.
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Flag technical risks or estimate changes early rather than after work has commenced.Support technical investigation and solution planning during discovery.
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Provide clear technical updates to non‐technical stakeholders when required.
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Support production incidents and ensure agreed technical SLAs are met.
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Provide day‐to‐day technical guidance to developers and interns.
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Review estimates, work and provide constructive technical feedback.
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Support knowledge sharing and consistent engineering practices across the team.
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Assist with onboarding and training developers.
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Contribute to technical assessments when recruiting development talent.
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Help distribute technical knowledge so critical systems are not dependent on one person.
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Performance & Continuous Improvement
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Ensure analytics, monitoring and technical tracking requirements are implemented correctly.
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Support technical SEO, accessibility and performance requirements.
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Identify recurring technical issues and recommend improvements.
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Monitor technical debt and raise areas requiring remediation.
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Help improve the balance between new development and fixing existing issues.
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Contribute to ongoing improvements in engineering standards, documentation and delivery processes.
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KPIs
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Success in this role will be measured primarily through:
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Post-launch defect and issue rate
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Technical estimate accuracy and delivery reliability
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SLA compliance and technical response performance
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What Success Looks Like
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Digital projects are implemented cleanly and reliably.
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Developers receive clear technical guidance and issues are identified before they reach production.
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Technical estimates become more accurate and project teams understand technical risks early.
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Code quality, QA and release standards are consistently followed.
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Production issues reduce over time and recurring problems are properly resolved.
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The development team becomes more capable and less dependent on individual developers.
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Most importantly, technical delivery becomes more predictable — with fewer surprises, less rework and stronger quality across every release.
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About You
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You are an experienced developer who is comfortable taking responsibility beyond your own individual tasks.
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You enjoy being close to the work, but you can also step back, review what the team is building and identify what needs to improve.
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You can communicate clearly with developers, designers, project managers and non‐technical stakeholders.
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You're pragmatic, organised and willing to challenge poor technical decisions when needed.
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Ideally, you bring:
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3–7 years of software engineering experience.
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Experience leading technical delivery, mentoring developers or taking ownership of engineering quality.
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Strong experience with React and Next.js.
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Good backend experience with Node.js and frameworks such as NestJS.
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Strong understanding of APIs and integrations.
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Experience working with CMS platforms such as Strapi or similar headless CMS platforms.
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Practical experience with WP Engine, AWS and/or Azure.
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Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
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Strong code‐review and debugging capability.
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Experience supporting live production applications.
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Understanding of QA, automated testing and release processes.
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Good understanding of security, authentication and permissions.
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Experience with Git-based development workflows.
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Strong professional English communication.
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Why Join Us?
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Be part of an integrated team of strategists, designers, developers and marketers
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Ongoing training and career development
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Flexibility and an emphasis on work‐life balance
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📌 Technical Delivery Lead (Victoria)
🏢 Mo Works
📍 Victoria