Engineering Team Lead

Company Description

Are you ready to be a big part of something big? 

At carsales, we're all about making buying and selling a great experience. For 25 years we’ve been evolving with the new economy to help people choose how they move today and tomorrow. 

When it comes to your career, we want to provide big opportunities to help you make a big impact. But for this to be possible, we strive to feel small. Small enough to quickly change tact, small enough to learn from different departments and small enough to connect authentically with leadership. 

Not something you’d expect from one of the country’s biggest tech companies, is it? 

And one of the best parts? We give you the autonomy to choose the working location that best suits your lifestyle – Office, Hybrid or Anywhere. 

A career in Technology, Product and Information will see you working on products that are used every single day by our millions of customers all over the world. This position is within our Sell Tribe. You have the unique chance to oversee the full spectrum of the development lifecycle, including roadmap and strategic planning on a platform critical to carsales success.

What’s on offer: 

• A place where you can move your career forward, where you’ll be continuously backed to make new ideas happen, and the chance to do work that makes real, significant impact in the world. 
• We’re proud to be recognised as one of Australia’s Best Workplaces™ by Great Place to Work®, an AFR BOSS Best Place to Work, a Family Friendly Workplace, and WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality.
• The support of a highly engaged, high-performing team including a leadership team that’s you’ll actually have face time with. 
• 22 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers, four weeks paid secondary caregivers leave, six weeks paid gender affirming care leave

Job Description

What you’ll do

This is your opportunity as a technically adept leader, who can collaborate closely with the Product Owner to realize the technical vision for our products. 

• Guide, mentor, and develop your team, fostering a safe environment of growth and innovation.
• Enhance our customer experience and system scalability through innovative product and service solutions.
• Lead in the identification, selection, and implementation of technology solutions to address current and future needs.
• Working with the Head of Engineering to design and execute a cohesive technology strategy while upholding technology standards across the organization.
• Promote technology capabilities internally and externally, engaging with leadership, customers, partners.
• Take on direct report line management responsibilities, ensuring team alignment and effectiveness.

Qualifications

What we are looking for?

• Inclusive Leadership: Demonstrated ability to embody our core behaviors (we change the game, we own it, we step in, we are curious, we don’t take ourselves too seriously).
• Technical Expertise: Strong background in people leadership, motivating, coaching, mentoring, and developing software engineers.
• Cloud Architecture Proficiency: Experience in architecting and building robust, scalable platforms in the cloud, optimizing costs without sacrificing performance.
• Software Engineering Acumen: Deep understanding of software engineering best practices across the development lifecycle, including expertise in C#, .NET core, Angular/React, and the principles of SOLID, microservices and message brokers.
• Stakeholder Management and Prioritization: Exceptional skills in managing relationships with stakeholders, understanding their needs, and effectively prioritizing tasks and projects to align with business goals.

Additional Information

A few other things we want to let you know about...

carsales is an equal opportunity employer who prides themselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage everyone of all ages, genders and backgrounds to apply. If you’re a candidate with a disability or you’ll need some adjustments to be at your best, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

We know how important keeping that balance between work/life is and have a range of flexible working options on offer, including part time. We are open to this conversation during our recruitment process if you want to know more just ask!

We are a proud Circle Back Initiative Employer which means we are committed to responding to every job applicant.

Successful candidates joining the carsales family are required to undergo a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights on an ongoing basis.