Lead Engineer - Hybrid Melbourne CBD - $180,000 - 200,000 + Super + Bonus

An established enterprise software business backing a serious step up in its engineering capability, as part of a wider expansion. This is a Lead role with genuine weight behind it, real architecture ownership and a direct hand in shaping technical direction from day one. You'll be leading a small team which is well backed and building AI at the centre of how they work.

The role

- Lead a team of three, split roughly 70% architecture and leadership, 30% hands on, with real scope to shape how the team builds

- Sit at the centre of the AI tooling embedded across the engineering practice

- Melbourne based, hybrid, with flexibility on how the week is split

- Direct access to senior leadership and real input into where the technology goes next

The person





- JavaScript and TypeScript stack - React and Node - API design, and web app security knowledge

- Comfortable holding architecture ownership while staying hands on

- AI forward - positive judgment when using AI tools to accelerate building

- Clear communicator who can lead and mentor technically

About weave. Recruitment weave. Recruitment is a founder-led Australian search and recruitment partner across Investment Management, Technology, Accounting and Finance, and HR and People & Culture. We take a quality first approach and build long term relationships based on trust, judgement, and delivery.

we’ve got you.

📌 Lead Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 weave. Recruitment
📍 Melbourne