Engineering Coach
Full Time Permanent Opportunity
We are currently seeking an Engineering Coach responsible for coaching and mentoring colleagues such as Engineering Leads and Quality Engineers within newly formed teams, within the Technology department. A primary stakeholder of the Engineering Coach is the Head Of Engineering of Technology Products.
The Engineering Coach is an experienced technical expert, who has grappled and overcome real-world product and technology challenges. You will collaborate with Product Coaches and Ways of Working Coaches, DevOps practitioners, and Engineering colleagues to help them overcome challenges and implement Modern Engineering practices and enabling technologies.
As the Engineering Coach, you have a deep understanding of Product, Agile, and Technical practices. You have experience in leveraging coaching techniques to provide personalised insights and interventions to individuals and teams. Being an excellent communicator and influencer, you will work with a broad set of stakeholders with the goal to enable teams to deliver more effectively across the Product Life-cycle (Discovery to Retirement).
The Engineering Coach takes a broader view and is accountable for increasing the maturity of the Engineering capability across the organisation, whilst supporting delivery teams in their Agile practices.
Beyond technical ability (Engineering, Agile, Product) skills, you have a genuine desire to support others. This role is ideal for experienced Engineers and Senior practitioners who have worked in Product and Agile environments where the organisation is going through a larger scale transformation. The role requires someone flexible and ready to drive results at scale by supporting leaders and who deliver business value. You will hold both experience and ability to effectively coach Engineering Managers and teams, exercising technical expertise, leadership abilities, and hands-on experience within a broader operating model transformation.
What are we looking for?
5+ years' experience coaching Engineer and Quality individual contributors and leadership or Leading the Engineering Capability.
5+ years' experience in delivering products through the Product Lifecycle (Discovery to Retirement).
Technical expertise including cloud native architecture, distributed systems, CI/CD, test automation, and other modern engineering practices such as Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps, Observability.
Proven track record of coaching and mentoring new leaders and individual contributors (Engineering and Quality) in their role.
Demonstrated experience with Extreme Programming (XP) and XP framework.
Experience in developing solutions leveraging digital solutions.
Ability to influence without authority and lead through servant leadership.
Outstanding communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills.
Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
Passion for continuous improvement and innovation.
Desirable
Product expertise, including working in a Product environment within a broader transformation.
Knowledge of various Agile frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and Lean.
Certifications such as CSM, CSPO, or PMI-ACP.
Knowledge of Agile project management tools like Jira.
Experience guiding teams through conflict resolution and change.
High emotional intelligence and self-awareness.
Our Promise to Our People
We are passionate about our core values of Customer First, We Care, One Team, and Results Driven, which define how we approach our work. We recognise that our colleagues are the key to our success. That's why you can expect to be rewarded for the hard work you put in through job satisfaction, career development, and the fantastic range of benefits we offer:
Fantastic employee benefits including a hybrid working week, additional days of leave based on tenure (Flexi-days).
Onsite parking or an annual $1200 travel allowance.
State of the art building facilities including a dedicated & subsidised on-site company café (weekly free lunch).
Free on-site gym access and health & well-being initiatives and programs.
Opportunity to take part in in-house leadership & emotional intelligence workshops.
Insurance cashback discounts on a range of insurance products through our Real Insurance brand.
Quarterly award functions and a grand annual gala dinner to recognise our people.
Retail discounts e.g. movie tickets, live shows + more.
Morsl market (a fully automated self-serve, food and drink marketplace with a wide variety of meals, snacks and drinks).
Location
Great central location in Norwest Business Park, Norwest, only a short walk from Norwest Metro station and also direct bus access from Parramatta and Blacktown.
Apply Now
Don't meet every requirement? Don't worry, we'd still love to hear from you! At GFS we value diversity and are actively seeking candidates with varied backgrounds. In selecting the right person for this role, we will consider your skills and experience as well as your personal qualities, attitude, and potential for development.
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