Technical Lead

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, have been engaged to recruit a Tech Lead for a fast\-growing Australian technology company operating at the intersection of fintech and payments This is an opportunity to join a high\-performing engineering team where you'll have genuine influence over technical direction, product decisions and engineering standards while remaining deeply hands\-on. Role Title: Senior Software Engineer Salary: $170,000 \- $180,000 \+ Super Location \+ WFH Flexibility: Sydney CBD \| Hybrid Working (2 days in office) Role Details: As a senior member of the engineering team, you will play a key role in shaping architecture, reviewing code, mentoring engineers and delivering high\-quality software across a modern technology stack. This is a hands\-on technical leadership role where you'll spend approximately 50% of your time building software and 50% of your time driving engineering excellence through collaboration, design reviews and technical decision\-making. Working closely with founders, product and engineering teams, you'll have the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges while helping scale a platform used by leading retail and consumer brands. Key Responsibilities: * Deliver production\-grade features across the stack, with a strong focus on backend development * Lead code reviews and establish best practices across the engineering function * Contribute to architecture and system design discussions * Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to deliver customer\-focused solutions * Drive adoption of modern AI\-assisted development practices and tooling * Mentor junior engineers and help elevate technical standards * Own projects end\-to\-end from design through deployment and optimisation Required Skills \& Experience: * Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer, Staff Engineer or Technical Lead * Strong backend engineering expertise, ideally within Python\-based environments * Excellent Computer Science fundamentals including software design, algorithms and data structures * Experience designing and building scalable production systems * Strong code review and technical leadership capability * Comfortable influencing technical direction and challenging ideas constructively * Experience working in high\-performing engineering environments * Passion for leveraging AI tools to improve software development productivity and quality Nice to Have: * Experience with Python, Flask, FastAPI, React, React Native or TypeScript * Experience with cloud\-native or serverless architectures * Strong SQL and database optimisation skills * Exposure to e\-commerce, payments or transactional platforms * Experience working within recognised technology, product or data\-driven organisations Additional Details \& Benefits: * High\-impact role within a growing technology business * Opportunity to influence both technical and product strategy * Potential equity participation * Hybrid and flexible working environment * Work directly with founders and senior stakeholders * Modern engineering culture with strong adoption of AI development tools * Collaborative, high\-performing team environment To Apply: If this sounds like your next opportunity, please click 'Apply Now' and submit your resume. For a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity, contact Talent International.