Lead Engineer | TypeScript, Marketplace & Operations

Lead Engineer TypeScript Marketplace & Operations

Sydney CBD Full-time permanent 4 days in office

We are hiring a Lead Engineer for a profitable 5-year-old Australian business using software to solve complex operational problems and build a new B2B marketplace.

The business already has revenue customers and a working operational platform. The next stage is building software that helps coordinate ordering vendor management procurement delivery invoicing and internal workflows through one account.

This is a complex high-ownership engineering role. You will be close to the problems the people using the software and the commercial outcomes behind the work.

The problems

The interesting part is the connection between software and a real-world operation.

The platform needs to support workflows across customers suppliers production logistics payments accounting and internal teams. Product decisions affect revenue margin customer experience and operational speed.

What youll do

• Build marketplace and commerce workflows across ordering vendor management and procurement
• Turn messy real-world processes into reliable software
• Use AI tools to improve engineering speed and automate workflows
• Improve reliability architecture testing and code quality
• Work directly with the founder and business users to shape product decisions

About you

• Bring strong TypeScript experience across backend or full-stack development
• Own software end to end and make sound product and commercial trade-offs
• Translate technical ideas clearly to non-technical people
• Bring energy for a young fast-moving business environment
• Work well in an in-office culture with the team together 4 days per week
• Actively use AI coding tools such as Codex Claude Code or similar

Useful experience

• Marketplace e-commerce or operational platform experience
• Headless commerce headless CMS or composable architecture
• Logistics fulfilment inventory payments or procurement systems
• AI or LLM features or workflow automation in production

Stack

TypeScript Node React Postgres and GCP.

Benefits and culture

You will join a young growing business with strong commercial momentum.

The founder is close to the product and there is a highly accomplished CTO advisor involved giving the engineering function strong technical guidance as the platform scales.

The office is in Sydney CBD and the team works mostly together in person. This will suit someone who likes pace and being close to the people building the business.

The work is also defensible against AI. The product customers and operation are physical which makes the business harder to replicate and gives the engineering work tangible impact.

Comp

AUD $170k-$210k base depending on experience.

Details

Sydney CBD. Full-time permanent. 4 days per week in office.

To apply

Apply now and upload your resume.

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