Engineering And Platforms Manager

G'Day. We're OFX, a global provider of online, international payment services for our personal, business and partner customers. Since launching on Sydney's Northern Beaches twenty years ago, OFX has grown to become a truly global company. We're now trusted by customers all around the world and have grown to over 400 employees with offices in Sydney, London, Dublin, San Francisco, Toronto, Auckland, Singapore and Hong Kong. We are a publicly listed company, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: 'OFX')

As an integral member of the engineering leadership team and extended Technology Management team, the Engineering and Platforms Manager is responsible for the direction and delivery of key technology platforms for Digital Products and Customer Due Diligence teams.

Your primary responsibility will be building a practice of highly skilled and motivated software engineers, that are assigned to work in highly autonomous, cross-functional and empowered delivery teams. You will contribute to the OFX business objectives by coaching your direct reports to work as high performing teams, developing the culture and practices that ensure that every individual understands and is contributing to the overall Technology strategy.

The Engineering and Platforms Manager strives to achieve the highest levels of software engineering principles, practices, and quality throughout its Delivery Teams and are responsible for ensuring that these ideals are upheld throughout the software development and DevOps lifecycle.

In addition to your background in software engineering, QA, and people management, you will need to have softer skills in building relationships, motivating individuals, communication and stakeholder management. You will be responsible for a delivery outcome, ensuring that teams understand the vision and then establishing the delivery processes, collaboration and critical decision making to ensure that this outcome is achieved through an inclusive, empowering and overall enjoyable environment. You'll need to encourage debate and mentor the team in making appropriate decisions, however, also be prepared to lead problem solving and make hard decisions were required.

Reporting to the Director of Engineering, the successful Engineering and Platform Manager will foster an environment of curious big-picture thinkers and pragmatic problem solvers, who want to make a difference and take ownership.

**What you'll be doing**:

- Set a Technical vision for the platforms/products under the delegated area
- Demonstration of strong leadership skills driving ownership and accountability within the broader team
- Ensure engineering and other practices and processes are set, evolved, and adhered to by your Delivery Teams
- Direct responsibility for recruiting engineering staff in delivery teams, and involvement in recruitment of other technology staff
- Work closely with the Product team to ensure connection between the product vision and technology
- Manage technology costs effectively including resourcing, vendors, and infrastructure
- Support and drive the delivery of business outcomes within Delivery Teams using OFX's agile delivery approach
- Management and mitigation of technology risks using proper governance
- Building effective onboarding processes for staff in the delivery team structure
- Professional development of direct reports, identifying and nurturing high performing staff while effectively managing underperforming staff
- Ensure all direct reports have clear and measurable objectives which adhere to the divisions approach and relate to team, product, and organizational metrics
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders, both Technology and other business divisions including effective ongoing communication approaches
- Ensure all product platforms are secure, reliable, and built to scale

**What you bring**:
**_ Valuable Experience_**
- At least 3 years' experience leading cross functional engineering teams with a DevOps mindset
- Excellent understanding of Agile development methodology and development practices such as TDD, Kanban, Lean, etc.
- Experience working in environments which follow Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment and Configuration Management practices
- Significant experience in designing web and mobile apps
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Building effective quality practices within teams: (unit testing, acceptance criteria frameworks, etc.)
- Experience with Software as a Service (SaaS) product development desired

**_Highly Desirable_**
- Some experience with React and JavaScript
- Experience with Software as a Service (SaaS) product development

**What it's like working at OFX**

We're OFXers because we want to make a difference. We see challenges as opportunities and we're not afraid to roll up our sleeves to get stuff done. We're committed to making things easier for our clients, pushing boundaries and continuing to move with th