Software Engineering Technical Lead

Job title : Software Engineering Technical Lead
Location : Perth
Job type : Permanent or Full Time
Contact name : Jaydene d'Offay
Job reference : 1686949
Sharp and Carter are recruiting a Software Engineering Technical Lead to join a fast-growing Australian product company.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, this is a hands-on technical leadership role where you will play a key part in scaling our client’s core platform, contributing to solution design, and guiding engineering best practice across a fully remote team. 

This role will suit either an experienced Technical Lead or a proven Senior Software Engineer who is ready to step into a lead role.

Excellent communication skills are essential, as is the ability to work autonomously in a remote-first environment.

Requirements
  • Strong, recent commercial experience with PHP and Laravel (essential)
  • Senior-level engineering experience with clear examples of technical ownership
  • Experience contributing to solution design and architectural decisions
  • Hands-on experience building, maintaining, and improving CI/CD pipelines
  • Proven experience actively configuring, maintaining, and operating AWS environments
  • Experience working in SaaS, product-led, start-up or scale-up environments
  • Full-stack capability is highly regarded, with exposure to Vue.js or similar frameworks
  • Strong background in modern engineering practices, DevOps, and cloud-native development
  • Exceptional communication skills with the ability to lead remotely and influence technical direction
  • Self-starter mindset with the ability to work autonomously and take ownership
PLEASE NOTE: Although this role is remote, only applicants currently residing in AU will be considered