Job Description
Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, have been engaged to recruit a Tech Lead for a fast-growing Australian technology company operating at the intersection of fintech and payments.
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This is an opportunity to join a high-performing engineering team where you'll have genuine influence over technical direction, product decisions and engineering standards while remaining deeply hands-on.
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Role Title: Senior Software Engineer
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Salary: $170,000 - $180,000 + Super
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Location + WFH Flexibility: Sydney CBD | Hybrid Working (2 days in office)
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Role Details:
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As a senior member of the engineering team, you will play a key role in shaping architecture, reviewing code, mentoring engineers and delivering high-quality software across a modern technology stack.
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This is a hands‐on technical leadership role where you'll spend approximately 50% of your time building software and 50% of your time driving engineering excellence through collaboration, design reviews and technical decision‐making.
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Working closely with founders, product and engineering teams, you'll have the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges while helping scale a platform used by leading retail and consumer brands.
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Key Responsibilities:
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Deliver production-grade features across the stack, with a strong focus on backend development
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Lead code reviews and establish best practices across the engineering function
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Contribute to architecture and system design discussions
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Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to deliver customer-focused solutions
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Drive adoption of modern AI-assisted development practices and tooling
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Mentor junior engineers and help elevate technical standards
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Own projects end-to-end from design through deployment and optimisation
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Required Skills & Experience:
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Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer, Staff Engineer or Technical Lead
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Strong backend engineering expertise, ideally within Python-based environments
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Excellent Computer Science fundamentals including software design, algorithms and data structures
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Experience designing and building scalable production systems
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Strong code review and technical leadership capability
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Comfortable influencing technical direction and challenging ideas constructively
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Experience working in high-performing engineering environments
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Passion for leveraging AI tools to improve software development productivity and quality
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Nice to Have:
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Experience with Python, Flask, FastAPI, React, React Native or TypeScript
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Experience with cloud-native or serverless architectures
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Strong SQL and database optimisation skills
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Exposure to e-commerce, payments or transactional platforms
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Experience working within recognised technology, product or data-driven organisations
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Additional Details & Benefits:
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High-impact role within a growing technology business
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Chance to influence both technical and product strategy
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Potential equity participation
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Hybrid and adaptable working environmentWork directly with founders and senior stakeholders
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Modern engineering culture with strong adoption of AI development tools
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Collaborative, high-performing team environment
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📌 Technical Lead (New South Wales)
🏢 Talent
📍 New South Wales