Engineering Lead

Location: Melbourne CBD (Hybrid - 4 days in-office)

Salary: Up to $170,000 Super

Type: Permanent

About the Company

Talenza is partnering with a high-growth health technology business building secure, modern software that supports better healthcare delivery outcomes. The organisation is scaling its product and engineering capability, with a strong focus on quality, security, and governance as they expand.

About the Role

We're looking for an Engineering Lead to lead an engineering team across two verticals: Core and R&D;.

- Core ensures the existing product remains stable, secure and low-risk (including careful review of clinically/regulatorily sensitive code).
- R&D; focuses on turning validated problems into new products-moving quickly with prototyping and AI-assisted development, while ensuring what ships is protected and sound.

This is a strong step-up opportunity for a senior engineer ready to move into people leadership for the first time. You'll be supported by a Principal Engineer (technical leadership across both verticals) and will report into the CEO.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the Core vertical to keep the platform stable, secure, well-supported and compliant; manage tech debt and reduce delivery risk.
- Lead the R&D; vertical to rapidly prototype and validate new product ideas using AI tools, confirming feasibility before committing to build.
- Manage, mentor and develop engineers across both verticals (1:1s, feedback, coaching, and growth plans).




- Set the standard for an AI-first engineering culture (including AI-assisted coding), with solid judgement around verification and risk.
- Drive continuous improvement across tooling, process and engineering workflows.
- Ensure alignment with internal quality and cyber security standards, including completion of required training and adherence to governance frameworks.
- Support performance reviews, contribution feedback, and development goal setting.

About You
- Strong hands-on senior software engineering experience and ready to take your first formal people leadership role.
- Real-world experience working AI-first with AI-assisted coding tools, and the judgement to know when outputs need deeper validation.
- Strong background in .NET / .NET Core and SQL Server.
- Experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
- Comfortable balancing stability/risk management with experimentation and prototyping.
- Clear communicator who can partner across engineering, product and the broader business.
- Committed to secure, maintainable and well-documented code.

What's on Offer
- Hybrid model: 4 days in the Melbourne CBD office
- Salary up to $170,000 Super
- Lead across "keep the lights on" and greenfield product work
- Close collaboration with senior technical leadership and exec stakeholders

Apply Now To keep this search confidential, please apply via Talenza and we'll share full client details with shortlisted candidates.

Contact: Brianna Bailey, Talenza

📌 Engineering Lead (Melbourne)
🏢 Talenza
📍 Melbourne