Overview
Are you ready to shape the future of engineering in a fast-growing, product-led SaaS organisation? We’re looking for a visionary Engineering Lead to lead our high-performing teams, define strategy, and deliver lasting impact for customers and the business.
What You’ll Do
- Set the vision & strategy: Define our multi-year engineering strategy, turning company objectives into clear priorities with measurable outcomes.
- Create a culture of leadership excellence: Strengthen and mentor the managers, ensuring our leaders grow as fast as the business does.
- Drive delivery & governance: Oversee portfolio governance, ensuring smooth planning, execution, and accountability across teams.
- Shape technology direction: Define architectural principles and a 12–24 month platform roadmap that balances innovation, reliability, scalability, and risk.
- Champion quality & compliance: Set engineering standards, enforce secure-by-design policies, and ensure audit readiness, business continuity, and disaster recovery.
- Embrace AI-first engineering: Institutionalise AI-assisted practices, ensuring adoption is ethical, compliant, and productivity-driven.
- Be the face of Engineering: Represent the function in executive forums, customer conversations, and strategic vendor relationships.
- Maximise impact, minimise waste: Lead financial planning for engineering, ensuring resources are invested where they create the most value.
What You Bring
You’re an inspiring technology leader with a proven record of scaling engineering organisations in SaaS. You bring:
- 10+ years in senior engineering leadership
- Proven success scaling teams in SaaS / remote-first environments
- Secure-by-design & compliance literacy
- Experience driving AI-augmented engineering adoption
Why Join Us?
- A chance to lead at the executive level and make big, strategic decisions.
- Opportunity to shape the future of AI-powered engineering.
- A remote-first, inclusive culture that values trust, accountability, and psychological safety.
- Collaboration with world-class peers across Product, Solutions, and AI/Data.
- Versatile work anywhere in Australia, with occasional travel for key events and customer interactions.
If you’re a strategic, people-first technology leader who thrives at the intersection of innovation, reliability, and impact—we’d love to hear from you.
Application
Your application will include the following questions:
- Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia?
- How many years of people management experience do you have?
- What’s your expected annual base salary?
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📌 Engineering Lead
🏢 FORWOOD ENTERPRISES
📍 Toowoomba