Shape the Future of How the World Works

Imagine leading engineering teams that power platforms serving over 85 million users globally. Picture yourself architecting systems that have transformed how business gets done, from the world’s largest freelancing marketplace to a payment ecosystem securing over US$8 billion in transactions.

This is your chance to join Freelancer (ASX: FLN) and lead engineering for category-defining platforms:

Freelancer: Fourteen-time Webby Award winner and the heartbeat of work online

Escrow.com: The trust layer of the internet, safeguarding billions in transactions

LoadShift: Australia’s freight revolution, moving more tonnage than Earth to the moon on weekdays

You’ll thrive here if you: Dream in systems. Think in architecture. Believe excellent engineering solves real problems at scale, not just ships code.

Lead brilliant engineering minds across six continents, from Sydney to San Francisco. Our culture celebrates technical excellence, thrives on rapid iteration, and measures success in impact.

Ready to build products that matter to millions?

As Director of Engineering, you will:

- Build and scale high-performance engineering teams that ship production code multiple times daily, cultivating a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement across globally distributed squads
- Drive technical vision and execution by partnering with engineering teams to develop roadmaps, define delivery goals, and achieve them within aggressive timelines while maintaining our reputation for reliability at internet scale
- Architect for impact engaging directly with senior architects to contribute to technical plans and designs that solve complex distributed systems challenges across messaging, payments,



translations, and notification systems processing millions of events hourly
- Lead through influence communicating effectively with stakeholders business-wide, from product managers to C-suite, translating technical complexity into business value and strategic decisions
- Elevate engineering excellence by establishing and practicing world-class engineering habits, maintaining high standards of software quality through code review, testing discipline, and continuous learning culture
- Optimise across constraints working closely with product managers and cross-functional teams to achieve the best outcomes given competing priorities of speed, quality, and technical debt management
- Cultivate championship culture centered on our company values, where engineers take charge, improve daily, leverage data, and perform like a pro sports team

Requirements:

- Leadership experience managing and scaling development teams, with proven track record of building high-performing engineering organisations that consistently deliver business-critical systems
- Internet-scale engineering expertise with significant experience building and operating large-scale web software serving millions of users across modern frontend stacks (Angular/React/Vue) and distributed backend systems




- Agile delivery mastery working in continuously shipping environments where multiple deploys per day is standard, balancing technical excellence with aggressive delivery timelines
- Technical depth that earns respect - We expect you can engage with our senior architects to contribute meaningfully to technical plans and designs, not just manage from above
- Communication excellence with solid writing and verbal skills to articulate technical strategy, influence stakeholders, and mentor engineers at all levels
- Ownership mindset demonstrating self-management, accountability for outcomes, and the ability to drive results without hand-holding
- Learning velocity with track record of rapidly acquiring new technologies and applying them to solve complex problems in production environments
- Problem-solving creativity combining strong troubleshooting skills with innovative thinking to tackle novel challenges at scale
- Academic foundation with tertiary degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; MSc or PhD a plus

Nice to haves:

- Cloud computing mastery, preferably AWS with experience architecting for scalability, reliability, and cost optimisation
- Deep expertise in SOA, microservices, and containerisation architectures using Docker, Kubernetes, and modern orchestration tools
- Public API design and development experience building developer-facing platforms that scale
- Full-stack proficiency with web development languages including Python, Go, and modern JavaScript frameworks
- Database expertise with relational databases, SQL optimisation, and experience with distributed data systems
- Cross-platform systems knowledge spanning Windows and Linux environments

📌 Director of Engineering (Sydney)
🏢 Freelancer.com
📍 Sydney