Lead Software Engineer

We're hipages - Australia's #1 digital platform connecting homeowners with trusted tradies. As an ASX-listed tech company, we're on a mission to transform the trade industry and improve lives.

With teams across Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Vietnam, we work as one team with a shared purpose.

We're proud to be a certified Great Place to Work and WORK180's #1 Employer for Women. At hipages, you'll find real impact, career growth and a workplace where everyone belongs.

Why join our Engineering team?

• Hybrid working model - 50% work from home
• In-house Talent Development team to prioritise personal and career growth
• Competitive salary, benefits and perks, plus equity via our Employee Share Program
• • Cross-functional collaboration
• • Hands-on learning opportunities and workshops for continuous upskilling

About the role:

As the Lead Engineer within the Jobs Engagement Team, you will drive the technical direction and innovation behind how tradies manage their jobs and run their businesses. Our team builds advanced, user-centric features that increase tradie engagement in hipages' job management product, enabling them to plan, track, and deliver work more efficiently.

In this role, you will lead the design, architecture, and delivery of robust, scalable systems — working closely with software engineers, a UX designer, a product manager, and other key stakeholders. You will help shape both the technical foundations of the Jobs Engagement product and contribute to the broader hipages software architecture as we evolve our platform.

You will also lead the adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices to improve developer productivity and team effectiveness, while driving the design and delivery of AI-powered solutions within the product to create smarter, more seamless experiences for our users.

You'll set engineering standards, mentor team members, and ensure we deliver high-quality, scalable solutions that make a meaningful difference for tradies and homeowners alike.

How you will add value:

• Raise the engineering bar — set high standards for code quality, reliability, and delivery across the team.
• Design, build, and deliver maintainable, high-performance software applications that scale with the business.
• Own API design — craft clean, well-documented APIs for both internal and external consumers.
• Enable data-driven decisions — shape and run product experiments and leverage insights to guide feature evolution.
• Champion operational excellence — build for clear SLOs and ensure the product is observable, resilient, and cost-effective in production.
• Guide system architecture — influence patterns and frameworks that make hipages' platform scalable and future-ready.
• Ensure engineering quality — drive robust testing strategies, peer reviews, and continuous improvement in build and release practices.
• Lead by example — write clean, testable, secure code and drive best practices across the team.
• Coach and mentor — grow the capabilities of engineers through guidance, pairing, and technical feedback.
• Drive AI adoption — integrate AI-enabled engineering practices to improve developer productivity and explore product opportunities where AI adds user value.

About you:

• 7+ years software engineering experience within a product-led organisation or startup environment.
• Demonstrable experience in adopting AI driven engineering practices (e.g. Agentic code generation, automated PR reviews, AI assisted refactoring).
• Experience in designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining .NET services and/or React applications.
• Good understanding and practices utilising Cloud Native technologies (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Good understanding of modern CICD practices.
• Good understanding of NoSQL Databases (Ideally MongoDB).
• Good understanding of EventSourcing & CQRS Concepts.
• Experience writing automated tests.

Bonus:

• Experience in building full-stack applications.
• Experience with React Native.

Life at hipages:

We're more than just a workplace - we're a place where you can be yourself, do great work and grow your career. Recognised as a Great Place to Work, our inclusive, supportive culture helps people thrive.

You'll use the best tools and tech, with real impact on our products and customers. We invest in your development and lead with coaching, not micromanagement – it's why 85% of our team say their leader is great.

And there's more:

• Diverse, collaborative teams that love solving problems
• Agile squads, hackathons, off-sites and roadshows
• Extra leave for birthdays, volunteering, and more
• Healthy snacks, continental breakfast and fresh fruit
• Sydney CBD office near Town Hall and Gadigal Stations
• Tailored growth support, mentoring and stretch projects
• A vibrant social scene - we work hard and have fun doing it

We prioritise Diversity:

At hipages, innovation and collaboration thrive in diverse and inclusive teams. We don't expect you to know everything - we care more about who you are as a person, a team member, and a leader.

We're proud to be endorsed by WORK180 for supporting women's careers and we value diversity across culture, age, gender identity and sexual orientation.

Research shows that men often apply when they meet just 60% of the criteria, while women and minority groups wait until they tick every box. If you think you'd be a great fit - even if you don't meet every requirement- we'd love to hear from you.

We're also a Circle Back Initiative Employer, which means we commit to responding to every applicant.