Lead Engineer

Company Description

About SEEK

SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.

Life at SEEK

SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to work in technology for the fourth year in a row. We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.

Job Description

The Team

The Hirer Acquisition team works cross-functionally, partnering with key stakeholders across upstream and downstream dependencies to deliver a seamless acquisition and wayfinding experience while strengthening hirer relationships. Strategic projects in pipeline for FY26 to create visibility and impact across the organisation.

The Role

A Lead Engineer is an entry-level people manager and senior member of our SEEK Group Engineering teams. A Lead Engineer provides in-team leadership and has a broad focus which primarily includes people management, team health, tech culture and cohesion, while also driving the delivery of software within product delivery/systems/platform teams and strengthening engineering quality. Whilst not the primary focus, you will still be responsible for writing clean, scalable, testable code and in ensuring high development practices and standards.

This role provides a unique opportunity to lead high-caliber engineers, drive the strategic direction of hirer journeys, and take ownership of the daily operations of a high-performing team

Responsibilities

As a Lead Engineer at SEEK, you will be an entry-level people manager and senior member of our Engineering teams. Your key responsibilities include:

• Provide in-team leadership, focusing on people management, team health, tech culture, and cohesion.
• Guide and mentor engineers in building, testing, deploying, and maintaining software from development through to production.
• Strengthen engineering practices, improve DevOps culture, and ensure platform health in terms of reliability, security, resilience, and efficiency.
• Build and operate highly scalable and performant software aligned with SEEK's technology strategy.
• Manage skill development, including secure system design and coding practices, ensuring team alignment to SEEK's security principles.
• Lead the wellbeing of the team by fostering safety, inclusivity, diversity, and engagement.
• Actively communicate with stakeholders and participate in Agile delivery rituals.
• Troubleshoot and manage production incidents, including on-call processes and incident reviews.

Qualifications

Skills and experience 

• Proficiency in TypeScript, Node.js, React, and AWS.
• Experience leading a team & technical outcomes within a software team
• Experience with CI/CD, cloud development, and API management.
• Strong mentorship and coaching skills for mid-level and senior engineers.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with geographically distributed teams and senior stakeholders.
• Experience working with both upstream and downstream distributed systems is a plus.

Additional Information

At SEEK we offer:

• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners
• SEEK is committed to operating sustainably, certified carbon neutral for its business operations (through Climate Active), purchasing renewable energy for our office and working-from-home emissions and a target for net zero by 2030. 
• The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year
• SEEKer Support, a confidential service that offers employees up to six sessions with a mental health professional of your choice
• Tailored career development planning (including Education Assistance Program)
• Professional development sessions with industry leading guest speakers
• Free income protection insurance
• Access to a wide range of discounts on things such as health insurance, fitness, food, travel, accommodation plus many more
• Frequent events including sports days, annual Christmas party, hackathon, and trivia
• Free kick-start breakfast every morning and fresh fruit available all day in our offices
• Casual dress – every day

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.