General Manager Engineering, Group Platform

PEXA Group

Job Location:

Melbourne - Australia

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 19 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Hi were PEXA

Every time a house is bought sold or refinanced in Australia your lawyer conveyancer and lender will most likely use a digital platform to settle your property this is where we come in. PEXAs world-first digital settlement platform has revolutionised the way we exchange property in Australia helping over 20000 people a week safely settle their homes.

Since starting our journey in 2010 we now employ a team of over 1000 people working across multiple continents. Were still growing innovating and looking ahead but behind our greatest achievements there is a team of curious creators and big thinkers. Thats why were looking for ambitious people like yourself to join the team.

A day in the life

As the General Manager Engineering Group Software Platform youll shape the foundations that enable engineering teams across PEXA to do their best work.

Your days will be varied strategic and hands-on. You might start by reviewing platform performance and reliability metrics then meet with engineering leaders to understand where teams are experiencing friction and identify opportunities to improve developer experience. Youll work closely with senior stakeholders to set priorities for platform services infrastructure and engineering standards ensuring they support our products today and scale for tomorrow.

Youll lead and inspire a high-performing team of engineering leaders creating an environment where people can thrive innovate and grow. Youll champion modern engineering practices observability resilience and automation while balancing performance reliability and cost outcomes.

Youll also collaborate with external partners and vendors influence technology decisions across the organisation and stay ahead of emerging trends in cloud platform engineering and AI-enabled software development.

Most importantly youll help create the platforms tools and engineering experiences that allow teams across Australia New Zealand and the UK to deliver better outcomes for our customers.

About the role:

The General Manager Engineering Group Software Platform is responsible for setting the vision and strategy for PEXAs shared platforms developer experience and core infrastructure. This role ensures the technology foundations that underpin our products remain secure scalable reliable and easy for engineers to use.

Leading a global team of engineering leaders and specialists youll bring a product mindset to platform engineeringtreating internal engineering teams as customers and building services that improve productivity reliability and innovation across the business.

Key capabilities for success:

Platform and infrastructure strategy including cloud-native platforms and large-scale engineering environments
Engineering leadership and influence with the ability to align teams around shared standards and outcomes
Developer experience productivity tooling and platform adoption at scale
Operational excellence observability and resilience engineering
Commercial and vendor management including strategic partnerships and technology investment decisions
Experience partnering with teams on developing new approaches and tools to support agentic software engineering

What success looks like (612 months):

Establishing a clear platform strategy aligned to PEXAs business and technology priorities
Improving adoption of engineering standards and platform capabilities through measurable outcomes
Enhancing platform reliability resilience and observability across critical services
Delivering improvements to developer productivity through tooling automation and simplified engineering pathways
Building a highly engaged leadership team and fostering a strong culture of collaboration innovation and continuous improvement
Driving cloud optimisation and platform efficiency while maintaining service quality and scalability

Application close date: Friday 26 June

A career at PEXA starts with you!

If you think you have the required skills an appetite to learn and would be a great fit wed love to hear from you even if you dont tick all the boxes. At PEXA we support your growth and help you discover your full potential.

Why join us

Quarterly wellness days to recharge

Four weeks workcation per year - work from an approved country

Take the opportunity to purchase up to four weeks additional annual leave per year

Learn from the best and upskill with PEXA Academy and grow your career

Our commitment to our people and a better future

At PEXA we want you to embrace your best self each day creating an environment where everyone can contribute and participate so that every person can reach their full potential. We want our people to feel equally valued supported and celebrated. With market-leading benefits that make a difference were committed to supporting individuals families and carers. Your culture gender sexual orientation language and other attributes make you unique! We couldnt be prouder to have a team that reflects the richness of our wider community.

Were a proudCircle Back Initiative Employer and commit to responding to every applicant.

Stay Connected

A career at PEXA is exciting challenging and rewarding and were always on the lookout for talented individuals to join the team. You can learn more about life at PEXA on our website and social channels too.

Required Experience:

Director

Hi were PEXAEvery time a house is bought sold or refinanced in Australia your lawyer conveyancer and lender will most likely use a digital platform to settle your property this is where we come in. PEXAs world-first digital settlement platform has revolutionised the way we exchange property in Austr...