Engineering Team Lead Sydney High flexibility in a hybrid working style Up to $195k Super You might be right for this role if you have never chased management for the title, but somehow became the person others listen to anyway. This is a role for a senior engineer who naturally became a leader and can still open the IDE without fear, while also being comfortable shaping how teams work, think, and grow. We are looking for someone with a genuine passion or curiosity for exploring better ways of working, and the appetite to help evolve an engineering practice in a modern, cloud-based environment. What we are really hiring for We are open to two different leadership profiles, united by curiosity and a desire for uplift. The People-Led Transformer You lead improvement through people, process, and delivery. Deeply care about how engineering teams operate day to day Have helped teams improve quality, delivery, or engineering discipline Enjoy mentoring, coaching, and developing engineers Introduce new ways of working thoughtfully and pragmatically See engineering practice, including DDD, testing, and delivery, as something that should evolve The Technology-Driven Innovator You lead improvement through technical curiosity and craft. Question architectural defaults and technical assumptions Are comfortable working with DDD-aligned systems and evolving domains Enjoy exploring better patterns, tooling, and approaches Influence through hands-on credibility Think in systems, trade-offs, and long-term maintainability Both paths are welcome. What matters is energy for improvement. What you will be doing Lead an engineering team while remaining technically credible Work closely with product to shape domain-aligned solutions Guide technical direction and break work into clear, deliverable backlogs Mentor engineers and lift engineering standards Improve how work gets done, not just ensure it gets done Stay hands-on where it adds the most value, roughly 15-30 percent Operate within a cloud-native, distributed systems environment What you will bring Strong background in .NET and C# software engineering Experience leading engineers or teams in product-led environments Solid understanding of Domain-Driven Design, applied pragmatically Strong appreciation for TDD and BDD as tools for quality and shared understanding Comfort with cloud-based architectures, microservices, and event-driven systems Pragmatic approach to design, testing, quality, and delivery Confidence leading opinionated, senior engineers Curiosity, humility, and a willingness to challenge the status quo The environment Sydney-based High flexibility in a hybrid working style Cloud-native, product-led, regulated domain Strong emphasis on engineering craft, quality, and sustainable delivery Salary up to $195k Super, depending on experience If you are energised by improving how engineering teams build and deliver software, this role will resonate. Send me your CV, let's chat.