Engineering Manager

**About the company**:
This job ad is the universe’s way of telling you that you’re currently in the wrong job.

Compare the Market, yep, the one with the meerkats, is a high-growth FinTech company on a transformational journey that is focused on designing, building, and delivering the very best home loan, energy, insurance and health comparison experience in Australia. Okay, in the world

We are all about Integrity, Growth, Excellent Customer Service, and being Peerless - without compromise; all of which are critical to delivering on our purpose of ‘We honestly strive to empower Australians to make the best decisions saving time, money & stress'.

**About the role**:
Are you ready to embark on an exciting new phase in your career? Compare The Market is searching for an Engineering Manager to lead and support our team of Software Engineers & Testers. Your role involves guiding, inspiring, and empowering the team, focusing on recruitment, retention, and capability improvements.

Collaborating with Engineering leaders, you'll establish and enforce development and testing standards, driving efficiency and excellence. Your expertise will streamline workflows, enhance productivity, and lead innovation initiatives, pushing our capabilities to new heights.

**Main duties and responsibilities**:
In this crucial role, you’ll play a pivotal role in our continued success by:

- Provide effective leadership and management for a diverse team of Engineers & Testers
- Define and enforce comprehensive development and testing standards and best practices to maintain high-quality deliverables.
- Optimise and meticulously track engineering workflows to enhance efficiency and productivity across projects and initiatives.
- Take charge of leading the technical components of various initiatives and projects, ensuring successful execution and delivery.
- Collaborate closely with IT leaders to streamline technology maintenance, enhancements, and various delivery processes for maximum effectiveness.
- Proactively identify and mitigate risks associated with development and testing activities to minimise potential disruptions.
- Uphold operational excellence by focusing on systems reliability and performance, implementing measures to ensure continuous improvement.

**About you**:
As our Engineering Manager, you are a dynamic individual who embodies a wealth of experience and expertise in leading and managing software engineering and testing functions. You are someone who exudes enthusiasm for modern software engineering and testing standards, methodologies, and cutting-edge tooling. Your strong interpersonal and communication skills are paramount, enabling seamless collaboration and fostering a cohesive team environment.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
- Extensive experience leading and managing software engineering and testing functions.
- Proven track record of successfully mentoring and developing high-performance teams.
- Mastery of modern software engineering and testing standards, methodologies, and tooling.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, facilitating effective collaboration.
- Adept at identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with IT software engineering and testing.
- Skilled in stakeholder management and adept problem-solving abilities.

**Our Benefits**:
At Compare the Market, we offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment where your talents will be recognised and rewarded. You’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact and contribute to our continued success. As well as ample opportunities for growth and development, we also provide:

- Vibrant and social community who have annual celebrations, family fun days and regular events.
- Enjoy additional leave days - ‘ME’ leave and ‘Volunteer Day’ leave.
- Study support (up to 50% of tuition fees for relevant courses) and professional membership reimbursement.
- Employee discounts on Car, Home, Travel insurance.
- Income protection insurance provided to support you in the event of non-work-related illness or injury.
- Discounts with a broad range of providers, including gym memberships, accommodation, dental care and more.
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program

Compare the Market is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we encourage all applicants to apply. We acknowledge that we are strengthened by diversity.
- *Note to Recruiters: We politely ask that you avoid making any approaches or sending any unsolicited resumes to our Recruitment Team or Hiring Leaders across our business._