Engineering Manager

Who We Are

At .id (informed decisions), we believe that where you live should not limit your access to essential services like housing, healthcare, and education.

For over 27 years, we've been driven by a vision of creating thriving, inclusive communities through data-driven insights and human-centered decision-making.

We combine the best of artificial intelligence and human expertise to empower decision-makers with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to build sustainable, well-planned communities. Our team of passionate geographers, urban planners, economists, valuers, social researchers, and data scientists work alongside cutting-edge technology to provide actionable insights that lead to informed, bold decisions.

Our approach connects data with the stories of people and place - delivering an independent fact base that not only drives growth but fosters opportunity for all.

The role

Over the next 12 months, the business will be looking to grow substantially, and these Engineering Manager roles will be key to uplifting their team and the wider engineering department as we try to become a destination for engineers across Melbourne. In doing so, we will build a culture focused on a learning and growth mindset, people-centricity, low ego, open and transparent communication, collaborative and autonomous teams, and a desire to deliver customer value.

The Engineering Manager will help instil modern and effective engineering behaviours in the team. They will improve the team based on delivery principles such as delivering customer value regularly; involving the dev team early and regularly to understand the "why"; shifting left to reduce handoffs, improve collaboration and increase quality; focusing on flow by limiting WIP, slicing thinner, pairing, swarming and mobbing when appropriate; and continuously reflecting and improving. They will also improve our engineering practices in Test Driven Development, Clean Code practices, CI/CD, engineering guardrails, Data Engineering, and how we leverage AI.

Engineering Managers work closely with their Product Manager to lead the Product-Engineering team. They are accountable for the team's delivery (including ways of working), people leadership and development, and the team's technology and architecture. They are expected to be on the tools supporting the team.

The team

Our Industry product team has the exciting goal of building a green fields new product to take to market. Our existing product suite is well established in government, this new product will target industries including retail, education, property development, financial services, healthcare and aging, as well as utilities.

Our tech

We are looking to evolve our tech stack as we execute a new product strategy. We currently use .Net, React, Azure, Python, Typescript, AWS, etc . But we want you to help us decide on what are target tech stack should be going forward.

About you

• You are comfortable working as part of a product-engineering team in a B2B context.
• You are interested in building data products and can help create UI experiences that use data to tell a story
• You are passionate about the destination we are trying to take our team towards and excited by the challenge of taking us on that journey.
• You are comfortable leading a team of between 3-8 engineers.
• You use metrics and data to drive your team forward
• You can lead and uplift a team in terms of delivery, people and technology
• You are willing and able to get into the code (e.g. code reviews, pairing, bug fixes, small features, DevX, removing blockers, etc) to help the team
• You can work with some of the tech stack described above, but enough tech experience able to help us decide on a future tech stack
• It would be great if you want to work full-time, but understand that it is not for everyone, so part-time will work too.
• You may not be a perfect match for everything described above, but you should still apply if you think you're a good enough fit

Why .id?

At .id, we value our people and provide a range of benefits to support your growth and well-being:

• Career development, coaching and mentoring
• Flexible working arrangements with in-office collaboration days on Monday and Tuesday. This may evolve over time.
• Income protection insurance from day one.
• Extra leave options, including a complementary Christmas-New Year shutdown and Summer Fridays.
• Paid parental leave and support for professional development.
• A vibrant office in Collingwood, close to cafes, bars, and public transport.

How to Apply

If you're ready to take the next step in your career and want to be part of a collaborative and innovative team, we'd love to hear from you Please submit your resume via LinkedIn or to

.id is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.