Head Of Software Engineering | Leading Saas

Our client has been built by industry leading pioneers in Australia. After the successful sale of the sector leading company they founded, with an abundance of capital and freed from the constraints of a large business, together they set their attention on delivering the much-needed application of new technology (web, cloud, mobile) to their industry.

Together they designed, coded and released their built-for-user SaaS platform MVP, which after five years is now used by 50% of their industry, accounting for more than AUD$20b in transactions per year. Their team has grown to 80, with a Scrum based software engineering group of 30.

Their market leading and unrivalled B2B platform, puts them in a unique position to become the industries foundation platform for all data, services and technology, in seamlessly connecting all parties in a four million user ecosystem for the first time ever.

As part of the SLT, you will be working with the Owners who have a clear strategy and aggressive growth plans, including existing partnerships with other industry leading brands. They are looking to hire a Head of Engineering from an Agile software product background with strong communication, attention to detail and planning skills to own all aspects of software delivery, quality and direction.

Role Competencies:

• Own and translate company strategy into technology vision, roadmaps and execution in a high-quality Agile environment using .Net, AWS, React & Flutter.
• As a member of the SLT, be able to work effectively with the Head of Customer & Head of Product to ensure strong cohesion between customer, product and engineering groups
• Lead and develop the engineering group (currently 30), including mentoring a talented team of experienced technical leaders.
• Own communication and reporting to the founders on the engineering groups progress
• Bring equal amounts of commercial and delivery drive, with ability to maintain and enhance tech team mojo
• Maintain the current high quality engineering standards, whilst accelerating product delivery
• Bring elite ability to hire top technical talent
• Oversee continuous improvement of modern software techniques like Microservices and CI/CD, whist identifying and leveraging emerging technology and practices
• Experience with B2C and B2B products would be ideal

Peoplebank has worked in close partnership with the founders of this business to build their leadership and technology teams and will be able to provide suitable candidates with a detailed account of the business and technology landscape and the role this position will play in their success.

This role is being recruited in partnership by Software Recruitment Practice Lead Dan Gordon & Lead Technical Recruiter Sarah Kissane. Dan & Sarah share more than 30 years software recruitment experience and have worked together for more than 15 years. Dan is a certified CSM and CPO, and Sarah built and led her own successful software recruitment company. To find out more about this opportunity, please 'Apply Now' or call Dan on 0401 912 645 or Sarah on 0410 863 499. Job#252443

Diversity and inclusion are strongly supported at Peoplebank. People of all nationalities, gender identities, and cultural backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, are encouraged to apply.

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