Engineering Manager
Launch Recruitment
Date: 1 week ago
City: Melbourne, Victoria
Contract type: Contractor

Launch Recruitment is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager Launch for a large consultancy supporting client in the financial services space.
As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for shaping the core of a key platform for the business —ensuring high performance, scalability, and seamless integration. Your leadership will foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture while delivering tangible business value.
Key Responsibilities
As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for shaping the core of a key platform for the business —ensuring high performance, scalability, and seamless integration. Your leadership will foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture while delivering tangible business value.
Key Responsibilities
- Team Development: Mentor, coach, and support team performance and growth. Lead recruitment and onboarding. Champion diversity and inclusion
- Project & Resource Management: Drive project delivery, allocate resources effectively, and proactively manage risks
- Technical Leadership: Set and uphold engineering standards in architecture, design, and code quality. Provide guidance on complex technical challenges
- Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the key liaison between engineering and stakeholders. Drive Agile delivery and report to senior management
- Architecture & Design: Ensure technical designs align with long-term product and business strategies
- Code Quality: Promote best practices in development, testing, and documentation
- Agile Delivery: Implement Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) to support iterative delivery and team velocity
- Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement opportunities for process and performance improvements
- Strategic Planning: Align engineering efforts with company-wide objectives and long-term growth goals
- Technology Leadership: Stay across emerging trends and champion innovation in platform development
- Proven experience as an Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, or similar role in a fast-paced, product-driven environment
- Strong expertise in platform architecture, system design, and scalable infrastructure
- Passion for coaching and developing teams with a track record of inclusive leadership
- Excellent stakeholder management and the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
- Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies
- Deep technical knowledge in modern web technologies, cloud platforms, APIs, and DevOps practices
- A continuous improvement mindset and ability to make data-informed decisions
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