Engineering Manager

Why Smart?

Look forward to working with Australia’s leading and most trusted provider of Employee Management Services, making the benefits of salary packaging, novated leasing, and fleet management readily available to employers and their employees.

Working at Smartgroup offers more than a job. It is a dynamic workplace that matches the enthusiasm for the work you do and ambition for an exciting fast-paced career. We have all been hired for a purpose and a reason.

Every day you will be part of a team that helps support fellow Australians - many working in essential services, corporates, government, and not-for-profits - to take home more money in their pay packets.

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a small, high‑performing team of software engineers delivering critical digital platforms at scale.

This role blends people leadership with technical direction—working closely with Product, Design and other Engineering leaders to deliver high‑quality, reliable solutions that support both customer and business outcomes.

You’ll play a key role in setting engineering standards, growing capability, and ensuring delivery is consistent, sustainable and built for the future.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach and develop a team of 5–8 software engineers, supporting performance, growth and career progression


• Partner closely with Product and Design to shape technical roadmaps and deliver outcomes aligned to business priorities


• Drive consistent delivery using modern agile practices while maintaining strong engineering standards


• Oversee sprint planning, stand‑ups, retrospectives and day‑to‑day execution


• Ensure high‑quality, scalable solutions through strong architecture, code quality and CI/CD practices


• Support workforce planning, recruitment and the ongoing improvement of engineering ways of working

Experience & Skills:

• 10+ years’ experience in software development, with at least 3+ years in an engineering leadership role


• Proven experience leading and building high‑performing engineering teams


• Strong background in modern software development practices and agile delivery


• Proficiency in at least one OO language (e.g. C#, .NET, Java, C++) and one JavaScript framework (React, Angular or similar)


• Experience working with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS or GCP) and CI/CD pipelines


• Strong communication skills with the ability to balance technical leadership and people management

Location: Melbourne or Sydney

Employment Type: Full Time - Perm

What’s in it for you?

Smart team members enjoy a range of benefits designed to support flexibility, wellbeing, reward, and growth:

• Smart Leave, an additional week of leave each year


• Free lunch every week


• Up to 20 weeks Paid Parental Leave with superannuation contributions and a Return-to-Work Bonus


• Make a Difference Days – paid days off to volunteer for the community and environment


• Discounted retail vouchers


• Salary packaging and novated leasing benefits (of course!)


• Free flu vaccinations


• Employee Share Plan

Grow with Purpose

At Smart, we’re driven by purpose and performance. We support individual and team growth via varied learning opportunities, open communication, and leaders who work to get the basics right – quality and regular one to ones, clear goals and success metrics, and growth conversations.

Show us you have what it takes

If this sounds like the opportunity for you and you have something to offer, we’d love to hear from you. APPLY ONLINE today.

Our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch to discuss next steps. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process or are seeking part-time work, let us know—we’re here to understand.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Everyone belongs and is welcome at Smart. We welcome people from diverse backgrounds to join our team, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans, people with disability, people who identify as LGBTQ+, all gender identities, and people of any socioeconomic status, age, race, national origin or ethnicity.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion is reflected in the external recognition we’ve received, including being named:

• WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality since 2019


• DCA Inclusive Employer 2025 – 2026


• Silver Employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index

We’re also members of the Reconciliation Action Plan network, with a RAP at Innovate level.

Please note: all successful candidates will be required to complete background checks including a police clearance prior to confirmation of employment. Candidates must have unlimited Australian work rights to be considered for this role.

Respectfully, no agencies please.