Engineering Manager
Sydney, NSW | Hybrid (3 days in office)
$200,000 Base + Super
The Role
A technology company is recruiting an Engineering Manager to lead engineering operations of an automotive platform. You'll take full ownership of a 20+ person engineering organisation (3 squads + QA, including offshore) during a major technology transformation. This is a hands-on technical leadership role. In the first 6-12 months, you'll combine architecture and solutioning with people leadership, actively contributing at code level while developing your Squad Leads into strong leaders.
What You'll Own
Lead and develop Squad Leads - building lasting leadership capability across the team
Actively contribute at code level (Java, MySQL)
Own delivery execution: sequencing, resourcing, and trade-offs across initiatives
Manage vendor and third-party delivery partner relationships
Drive infrastructure and cost optimisation (cloud spend, tooling)
Hire, develop and performance-manage your team
Shape team productivity - agile rituals, tooling, and AI-first ways of working
About You




Experience managing ***** engineers across multiple teams in complex, long-lived products
Genuine architecture-level technical depth, credible on system design and trade-offs
Hands-on Java and MySQL proficiency
Hands-on AWS and data warehouse technology fluency
Distributed/offshore team leadership experience
Vendor management experience
Track record of developing leaders, not just managing individuals
Strongly Preferred
Rapid domain expertise building in customised product environments
AI tooling adoption leadership
Operated as the most senior technical voice in your team
B2B data product experience
Databricks experience
Why Join?
Full ownership of a strategic engineering organisation during transformation
Hands-on technical leadership paired with people development
Lead distributed teams across multiple locations
Partnership-based decision-making with senior leadershipBuild and develop strong leaders
Work with contemporary cloud-native architecture
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