DescriptionAs an Engineering Manager at Rosterfy, you lead one engineering team and directly manage its engineers.
Your team owns a set of domains in the Rosterfy platform — under our domain ownership model that means full-lifecycle accountability for those domains: features, bugs, alerts, SLOs, architecture and long-term health.
This is a hands-on role: you are expected to be in the code every week, not managing from a distance.
You also run the team's rituals and quarterly OKR planning, and own the career development and performance of your direct reports.
Each EM leads a single team.Being hands-on is a standing expectation of this role.
We expect you to remain a genuinely capable engineer in Laravel (PHP 8+), Next.js and AWS.
You're the trusted advisor to your squad in all facets of Engineering, whether it is Technical discovery, code quality, problem solving, AI tooling etc.RequirementsPick up real tickets each sprint — features, fixes, spikes and production issues — sized so you don't become the critical pathPerform regular code reviews and act as a primary technical consultant for the teamLead technical discovery and solution design with your Lead Engineer and the Principal Engineer, and write the ADRs for your domainsCollaborate with your team to debug and respond to incidents in your domains Keep current with the codebase and the platform's direction — modernisation, refactoring and platform work includedDirectly manage the engineers in your team — regular 1:1s, set clear role expectations, deliver constructive feedback, conduct performance reviews and create career development plans for each direct reportHire, onboard and retain outstanding engineers; build an inclusive,



high-trust team cultureCoach engineers across levels and create growth opportunities through stretch work and delegationOwn your team's domains end to end — "you build it, you run it": SLOs, dashboards, alert response, bug triage and technical debt within your domain boundariesEnsure each domain stays documented (README, API contracts, runbooks) and is a genuine centre of expertise in the teamUphold architectural principles and engineering standards in your domains, and contribute to shared standards across engineeringCoordinate with other domain owners on cross-domain changes and with the Shared Kernel where changes ripple platform-wideBalance feature delivery against the health of the domains you own, and make that trade-off visible to Product and the Head of EngineeringFacilitate team rituals: sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, estimation, sprint reviews and retrospectivesLead quarterly OKR planning for the team and translate company and product goals into measurable outcomesOwn delivery and execution of team goals, including monthly reporting on progress, risks and velocityUnblock the team, manage cross-team dependencies, and escalate delivery risks earlyPartner closely with your Product Manager and designer to shape the roadmap, turn product problems into technical solutions, and make scope trade-offsWork with Customer Success to understand customer impact, prioritise escalations and close the loop on delivered valueCollaborate with other Engineering Managers, the Principal Engineer and the Platform Engineer on cross-cutting technical direction and platform investmentsBe the clear escalation point for your domains — support, product and partners know to come to your teamAs part of the Engineering leadership team, lead the continuous improvement evolution with your squad.

📌 Engineering Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Rosterfy
📍 Melbourne