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Software Engineering Manager

TheDriveGroup

Sydney, AUonsitePosted Jun 12, 2026
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Skills

laravelmysqlreactjavaawsvuephp

About the role

We’re partnering with a fast-growing technology business looking to bring on an Engineering Manager to help lead the next stage of growth across their product engineering function.

This role sits at the intersection of technical leadership, people management, and delivery. You’ll work closely with Product and Engineering teams to improve development practices, drive execution, and help scale both the platform and the team in a sustainable way.

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team of Software Engineers across product delivery and technical execution

Help shape engineering processes, standards, and team structure as the business grows

Drive collaboration across local and offshore engineering teams

Support roadmap delivery alongside Product and key stakeholders

Improve engineering quality, reliability, and scalability across the platform

Play a key role in hiring, onboarding, and growing engineering talent

Environment & Technology

The platform is built across a modern cloud-native stack with a strong focus on scalability, observability, and performance engineering.

You’ll work across:

Backend systems built with PHP and Laravel

Modern frontend applications using frameworks like Vue & React

Cloud infrastructure spanning AWS

Data and persistence layers powered by MySQL and RxDB

About You

Experienced engineering leader with a strong hands on software development background

Proven experience leading and scaling engineering teams

Passionate about building strong engineering cultures and mentoring developers

Comfortable balancing delivery, architecture, and people leadership

Strong communicator who can work cross-functionally with Product and Engineering stakeholders

Excited by modern tooling, continuous improvement, and emerging engineering practices

If you have any questions about this role or others we have available you can email our team directly via java@thedrivegroup.com.au

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