Company

Octomedia is an award-winning B2B media platform with a portfolio covering retail, FMCG, small business, franchising and e-commerce.

In 2014, the business was seven people, one publication and one office. Today, we operate in six countries, have over 10 publications and over 45 colleagues.

We love what we do, but at the same time know the meaning of hard work. We connect and engage through print, websites, video, social, events, experiences and reports.

About the Role

This is a hands-on development role. You'll set architecture direction, lead a small development team, and still write code yourself. You'll own how our systems are built, turn business needs into well-scoped features, and keep delivery moving week to week. You'll work closely with our strategic product lead, who owns overall product vision, while you own technical execution end-to-end.

This role suits an experienced developer ready to lead, who wants ownership of both the technical direction and the team, without stepping away from the codebase.

Responsibilities
Own technical architecture decisions across API design, database design, and overall system structure
Translate business needs into product features by gathering requirements from departments and turning them into explicit, detailed tasks




Take on hands-on coding.
Manage cloud infrastructure and services across our hosting, CDN, and cloud providers
Ensure delivery stays on schedule and to quality across sprints

Requirements
Solid software engineering background — you can read, review, and write code, and developers respect your technical judgment
Proven experience managing overseas development team in a senior capacity
Strong grasp of full-stack architecture: relational databases, API design, and up-to-date JavaScript frameworks
Experience managing cloud infrastructure and third-party services
Ability to translate business requirements into technical specs and actionable tasks
Excellent communication skills for working across development, design, and non-technical departments
Fluent in modern engineering practices: Git workflows, CI/CD, automated deployment and code review
Experience running agile/sprint-based workflows

Nice to Have
Experience with PostgreSQL and contemporary serverless/edge function architectures
Experience with Vue.js and/or React
WordPress familiarity
Background working alongside marketing teams.

Visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate, subject to eligibility.

📌 Senior Web Developer Sydney
🏢 Octomedia
📍 Sydney