Team Lead - Core Web

Role Engineering Team Lead Overview Are you a technically strong leader with a passion for improving systems, teams, and decision-making? We are seeking an experienced Engineering Team Lead to guide a team of 4–5 engineers in delivering high-traffic, customer-facing web experiences at scale. This is a unique opportunity to take ownership of a critical web platform, shape its technical direction, and drive meaningful improvements in performance, architecture, and engineering effectiveness. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a hands-on leadership position, balancing technical involvement with team development and strategic decision-making. Responsibilities As an Engineering Team Lead, you will: • Lead, coach, and develop a team of 4–5 engineers. • Own the technical direction of a high-traffic web platform. • Improve Core Web Vitals, SEO, latency, and overall web performance. • Drive better engineering velocity and remove technical blockers. • Lead architecture and system design discussions. • Enhance technical standards, code quality, and engineering practices. • Manage technical debt and cross-team dependencies. • Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams. • Help the team make pragmatic technical trade-offs. • Communicate technical risks, options, and recommendations to senior stakeholders. Qualifications To excel in this role, you should have: • Proven experience as an Engineering Team Lead, Technical Lead, Lead Software Engineer, or hands-on Engineering Manager. • Strong expertise in: • React.js • Next.js • Server-Side Rendering • Core Web Vitals • Web performance and scalability • High-traffic customer-facing platforms • System design and architecture • APIs and distributed services • Cloud platforms (AWS) • Direct experience in people leadership and team development. • A track record of partnering with Product and Design teams. Additional experience with GraphQL, micro-frontends, modern application security, and AI coding tools is highly desirable. We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate: • Solving complex performance or scalability challenges. • Leading impactful technical decisions. • Improving engineering velocity and team effectiveness. • Developing and mentoring engineers. • Driving adoption of new technical approaches. • Managing disagreement and resistance constructively. • Balancing technical quality with product and commercial priorities. • Explaining complex engineering problems clearly to senior stakeholders. • Delivering measurable improvements, not just technical activity. Benefits • Opportunity to lead and shape a high-scale web platform. • Work on meaningful technical challenges in performance, architecture, and scalability. • Hybrid working environment based in Sydney. • Collaborative and supportive team culture. • Professional growth through leadership and technical challenges. If you are a technically strong engineering leader who enjoys improving systems, teams, and decision-making, we would love to hear from you. Apply today to take the next step in your career!