Tech Lead/Principal Engineer

The Squiz product team is working to deliver a cloud-based Digital Experience Platform (DXP) with several core capabilities including Content Management, Optimisation tooling, and Platform services.

We’re looking for a Technical Lead/Principal Engineer to bring senior capability and help us fast-track our roadmap and deliver some key capability.

This is a hands-on role, you’ll be deep in the code every day while guiding architecture, shaping technical direction, and mentoring the team.

Our stack is TypeScript end-to-end, React on the front, Node on the back, running on AWS — with a strong focus on backend engineering.

You’ll pair leadership influence with real, sleeves‑rolled‑up coding to deliver ambitious projects at pace.

This role is hybrid, allowing you to work where and when works best for you. Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne.

A 6 month contract. Happy to discuss daily rate or fixed term options.

For this role, we ask that you can demonstrate the following experience:

- Proven hands‑on experience in technical leadership, guiding teams and shaping solutions while staying actively involved in coding (must have experience in multi roles in a tech lead or principal engineer)

- 7-10 years full‑stack software engineering expertise, building and maintaining large‑scale software products from concept to production

- Must have experience in our DXP tech stack - Typescript, React, Node, AWS

- Strong understanding of testing principles and demonstrated experience in implementing testing strategies to improve software quality and robustness

- Experience with Agile or other iterative development methodologies. We use Scrum for most of the teams, with some using Kanban

- Strong understanding of secure coding practices, particularly community standards such as OWASP

Nice to have

- An understanding of Content Management Systems (CMS), and/or Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)

- An interest in AI solutions, Search or Vector database

Why work for Squiz?

You’ll work with some of the most intelligent and down to earth people you’ve ever meet. We are made up of a diverse range of passionate professionals who love challenging the status quo. Every day is different, but what is constant is we all love what we do.

We have a lived commitment to flexibility, we know the success of our people is dependent on them having a balanced life. You will be offered flexibility as to where and how you work every day. We want you to be able to work in a way that drives productivity, efficiency and outcomes; along with connection and collaboration.

Who we are:

Squiz helps complex, service‑led organisations harness the power of digital, improving the services they offer online.

Founded in 1998, Squiz grew during the rise of the internet. Since then, we have evolved from a simple web content management system into a full digital experience platform (DXP), helping customers make the shift from being content managers to experience creators.

The Squiz DXP brings together content, search, data and applications in one place. To get the most out of the platform, customers can collaborate with our digital experts to design solutions and adapt as demands change.

We are headquartered in Australia, with teams and customers across the globe, and offices in New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom and Poland.

Come as you are - We celebrate diversity and unite on the elements of our company DNA, starting every customer conversation with “why?” to really understand their needs, working hard to find a way to overcome every challenge, and fighting for better outcomes with the work we do. We also check our egos at door, we don’t take ourselves too seriously and we have fun along the way.

We understand the effort it takes to apply for a role. We are committed to respond to each and every applicant, successful or not.

Recruitment Agencies: We politely ask that you avoid making any approaches or sending any unsolicited resumes to our Recruitment Team or Hiring Leaders across our business. Squiz is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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