Engineering Manager (SaaS)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (SaaS): Leading a team of software engineers to build and scale a global workforce management platform with an accent on technical mentorship, architectural vision, and team performance. Focus on driving scalability, reliability of cloud-native services, and transitioning to an AI-native engineering culture.

Location: Hybrid in Sydney, Australia

Company

hirify.global is a global SaaS workforce management unicorn providing tools to improve the world of work for hourly employees.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, and coach a team of software engineers to ensure high performance and professional growth.
• Co-create the technical vision, strategy, and roadmap alongside technical leads and product designers.
• Contribute as an individual contributor in the first few months by writing code and analyzing the architecture.
• Drive the scalability and reliability of squad offerings as the company grows.
• Lead recruiting efforts to build a world-class, sustainable, and diverse engineering team.
• Oversee technical decision-making and architecture across a portfolio of squads.

Requirements

• 2+ years of software engineering management experience building productive teams.
• Experience building distributed web-based cloud-native applications and services.
• Technical proficiency with AWS (multi-region, multi-tenant), Kubernetes (EKS), and Kafka.
• Experience with programming languages: PHP, Golang, Terraform, or Python.
• Knowledge of system architecture patterns such as SOA, microservices, and EDA.
• Must be based in Sydney to support a hybrid work model.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work policy including a work-from-home stipend.
• Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP).
• Paid parental leave and Group Salary Continuance Insurance.
• Additional leave days for study assistance, celebrations, and volunteering.
• Annual Hackathons and access to global collaboration groups.