About Blinq

Blinq is the AI contacts app for people who meet people.

We're on a mission to unlock the world's relationship potential. So much of what's possible in the world is locked inside relationships that never quite happen. A missed conversation, a forgotten follow-up, the right person at the wrong time. We're building so those chances aren't left to chance.

What started as the world's #1 digital business card is now used by 4 million professionals and at 93% of the Fortune 500. We've raised $45m+ from Blackbird, Square Peg, HubSpot Ventures, and Touring Capital.

Learn more: https://blinq.me/

Why join Blinq

- You want to be part of an AI-native company at an inflection point. Big enough to have real momentum, customers, and resources. Small enough that the work you do shapes where it goes from here.
- You want to do the best work of your life alongside people doing the same. We hold an unusually high bar for talent and we hire people who treat that as a feature, not a threat.
- You want to build something globally ambitious from a part of the world that doesn't always think this big. Our team is in Sydney, Melbourne, San Francisco, and New York, and we're betting that the next category-defining company in our space comes from Australia.
- You want to work in person, on purpose. Three days a week in the office, two wherever works for you. Creative energy and momentum compound face to face.

How we work

We've all joined Blinq to find out how positive we really are. That shows up in how we work:

- We are professional optimists. We think what's possible first and let constraints come second.
- We hold an insanely high talent bar. A players only.
- We are obsessed with craft. The details are the thing,



not the polish on top of it.
- We are truth obsessed. We say what's true even when it's uncomfortable, and we have the courage to pursue contrarian but correct bets.
- We do more with less. Calculated frugality and beautiful simplicity guide how we build.
- We are all here to genuinely do our life's best work.

Engineering at Blinq

Our engineering team is the engine behind Blinq's success. We're building tools that make sharing who you are instant and human. Every line of code, every release, and every experiment is focused on driving meaningful impact. If you thrive on solving complex, high-impact problems with a tight-knit team, you'll feel right at home here.

About the role

We're looking for an Engineering Lead to shape the technical foundations behind Blinq's next stage of growth. You'll work across architecture, platform engineering and developer experience, helping our squads build systems that are reliable, maintainable and ready to scale.

This is a deeply technical, hands-on role. You'll work through system designs, review and contribute code, investigate difficult problems and help engineers make sound decisions about how we build. You'll bring the judgement to know when to invest in a stronger foundation, when to simplify and when to ship.

With a strong platform engineering background, you'll connect decisions about infrastructure,



data, services and deployment to their impact on product development. Your work should make it easier for every squad to deliver high-quality software.

You'll also lead practical improvements in how we use AI throughout engineering, testing approaches in real workflows and turning what works into shared tools and practices.

We're looking for someone who has been an Engineering Manager, Senior Engineering Manager or Engineering Director and has maintained strong technical depth. You enjoy developing engineers through the work itself, alongside clear feedback and consistent people leadership.

How our engineering team is structured

Our engineers work in squads, with squad leads guiding day-to-day priorities and delivery. The Engineering Lead works across those squads, helping resolve shared technical challenges, strengthen engineering standards and make decisions that hold up across the wider platform.

All engineers report to the Engineering Lead, with fortnightly 1:1s providing consistent feedback, development and support.

Our player-coach approach means contributing directly while helping others become stronger engineers. You might pair on a difficult implementation, challenge a system design, investigate a production issue or build a tool that removes a recurring bottleneck. You'll give squad leads the context and support to make good decisions and own their delivery.

What you'll do

Lead technical direction and architecture

- Work with engineers and squad leads to design systems, review proposals and make clear trade-offs across performance, reliability, security, cost and complexity.
- Guide how serv

📌 Engineering Lead (Melbourne)
🏢 Blinq
📍 Melbourne