About us

We are a fast growing Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) SaaS business. At Protecht, we are at the forefront of innovation, integrating cutting-edge AI technologies into our SaaS application, Protecht.ERM, and across our entire business. Our mission is to revolutionise enterprise risk management by leveraging AI to provide unparalleled insights and efficiencies.

The chance

At Protecht, we believe that the future of risk management is intelligent, adaptive, and AI-driven. In this key role, you will bridge the gap between technical execution and team leadership, ensuring high quality software development while fostering a collaborative and high performing team culture.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will manage and mentor a team that strives to implement best practices for software development, testing and agile project delivery using modern software architecture.

What you’ll do

- Own the AI delivery lifecycle end to end, from breaking down complex initiatives into realistic work packages to getting them running in production
- Set the team’s AI roadmap priorities, manage dependencies with other teams, and build delivery plans that account for the uncertainty in AI work
- Coach and mentor the team: code reviews, knowledge sharing, OKRs, and career development plans
- Explain AI capabilities and limits to non technical stakeholders,



and keep them updated on progress and trade offs

What you’ll bring

- 5 years in software engineering, including experience leading technical teams
- Strong Java and ReactJS programming
- Hands on experience building agentic AI features with Spring AI, LangChain4j, AWS Bedrock and a range of LLMs or inference services
- Experience shipping AI features inside a software product
- Strong REST API development experience
- Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure
- Strong Git experience (Bitbucket preferred)
- Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Splunk and Dynatrace

Nice to have

- 2 years building AI product features
- Generative AI, RAG and vector database experience
- Spring framework, microservices, Kubernetes and AWS
- JIRA and Confluence

Why Protecht

You’ll work on AI in a product that customers rely on to manage real risk! We’ll support you with mentoring and a structured approach to learning.

If you think this may be your next opportunity and you want to be part of a Great Place to Work™ – Certified organisation, Apply online today!

To be eligible for this role, you must have current Australian work rights (Australian citizen / permanent resident).

Visit our website https://www.protechtgroup.com/ to find out a little more about working with us.

📌 AI Engineering Team Lead (Sydney)
🏢 Protecht
📍 Sydney