Head of Engineering

3 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Pair People Pty Limited Full time

Pair People have partnered with a scaling business who are looking for a talented Head of Engineering to lead a high-performing team and drive the evolution of a modern engineering function. The role offers the chance to oversee a critical technology migration from PHP to Go, while embedding AI tools into the development lifecycle and incorporating data-driven decisioning across products and platforms.

What you'll be doing
  • Defining and communicating the engineering & AI vision aligned with business goals.
  • Hands-on coding initially; as the team grows this element will reduce.
  • Guiding the transition from a PHP-based platform to a modern, Go-powered stack.
  • Driving delivery across multiple initiatives, including AI integrations.
  • Leading and mentoring a team of engineers and establishing engineering best practices, modern DevOps, and CI/CD.
  • Ensuring scalable, secure, and responsible adoption of emerging technologies.
Your Experience
  • Proven leadership experience as Head of Engineering or Engineering Manager within a SaaS platform.
  • Strong technical background in PHP and Go, with experience leading platform migrations.
  • Hands-on experience with integrating AI tooling to the development lifecycle.
  • Skilled in Agile/Scrum and modern software delivery practices.
  • Strong communicator who can bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders.
What's in it for you
  • Very flexible environment – family friendly.
  • Above market salary + bonuses.
  • Work on GO, PHP, React, AWS.
  • Work in a profitable business that is well funded.
  • Shape the future architecture of a growing platform.
  • Autonomy to set technical direction while overseeing a major technology transformation.
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  • Do you have experience working within a scrum agile team?

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