Hands-On Engineering Manager / Tech Lead – Platform (C# / AWS) SaaS Platform | Mulgrave, VIC | Permanent | Hybrid Working
Our client is a market-leading technology company behind a cloud-based platform powering the automotive repair and insurance ecosystem.
Accessed daily by thousands of users across Australia & New Zealand, this is a mission-critical, industry-specific (vertical SaaS) platform supporting everything from estimating and job management to parts pricing and insurer workflows.
Backed by a recent $30M private equity investment, the business is now entering a major growth phase — expanding into the US and UK, with an AI-driven roadmap and a scalable AWS platform underpinning its next evolution.
They are now looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager / Tech Lead to lead their platform team.
The Role Reporting into the CIO, this is not a traditional people management role.
They’re seeking a deeply technical leader who enjoys staying close to the code — someone who can guide a high-performing team while actively contributing to architecture, performance optimisation, and complex backend systems.
You’ll lead the team responsible for the core platform layer, impacting all products and enabling scalable, high-performance delivery across the business.
Platform-focused, with close collaboration across product teams
What You’ll Do
Lead, mentor, and support a team of experienced engineers
Remain hands‑on — contributing to backend development and platform initiatives
Optimise performance, scalability, and reliability of core systems
Oversee and guide frontend development (React) where required
Conduct code reviews and provide technical direction and coaching
Champion best practices across CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and engineering standards
Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to support global expansion
What We’re Looking For
Experience as a Senior Engineer, Tech Lead, or Engineering Manager within a SaaS/product environment
Deep expertise in C# / .NET, including performance optimisation and large-scale systems
Strong AWS experience (architecture, infrastructure, scalability)
Ability to contribute to and guide architectural decisions
Working knowledge of React / frontend (for oversight and guidance)
Comfortable mentoring engineers, reviewing code, and setting technical direction
A tech-first mindset — someone who enjoys solving complex problems and staying hands‑on
Best suited to:
A Tech Lead / Staff Engineer stepping into leadership
OR an Engineering Manager who doesn’t want to move away from coding
What’s on Offer
Hybrid working: 3 days in Mulgrave (onsite parking) / 2 days WFH
High-impact role shaping a platform used across ANZ and expanding globally
Work closely with an experienced CIO and leadership team
Strong support to grow your people leadership capability
Backed growth, modern tech stack, and meaningful technical challenges
If you’re looking for a role where you can lead, build, and stay deeply technical, this is a rare opportunity to shape the platform of a globally scaling SaaS business.
Apply now or reach out for a confidential discussion - angela.massey@proveniopeople.com.au
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