The Squiz product team is working to deliver a cloud-based Digital Experience Platform (DXP) with several core capabilities including Content Management, Optimisation tooling, and Platform services.We're seeking a Software Engineering Team Lead to join our product engineering team on a permanent basis, with a focus on improving the Artificial Intelligence (AI) capability across the entire DXP.
This role would best suit a current senior software engineer with team lead experience.
Ideally someone who has recent experience with implementing/integrating Large Language Models (LLM) and associated technologies into SaaS based products or a keen interest in AI.
This is not building from scratch so no python or data science experience is required (if you happen to have great but not a prerequisite)We're location-flexible!
This role is open to all candidates on the east coast of Australia - Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane.This role is hybrid, allowing you to work where and when works best for you.For this role, we ask that you can demonstrate the following experience: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience in related fields 5+ years of professional hands-on experience in full stack software development building and maintaining large-scale software products Must have experience in our DXP tech stack - Typescript, React, Node, AWS Experience with or a keen interest in AI tools, languages, and frameworks Strong understanding of testing principles and demonstrated experience in implementing testing strategies to improve software quality and robustness Experience with Agile or other iterative development methodologies.
We use Scrum for most of the teams, with some using Kanban Strong understanding of secure coding practices, particularly community standards such as OWASP Previous experience leading a team of technology experts including software engineers Nice to have Experience with Amazon Bedrock An understanding of Content Management Systems (CMS), and/or Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) What you would do (the role day to day): Lead a team of engineers to help implement AI into our Digital Experience Platform (DXP) Work closely with our AI Product Manager to build and deliver an AI focused Product Roadmap Develop/enhance robust application code which meets all technical requirements Collaborate with team members to generate User Stories, Acceptance Criteria and estimates Provide guidance to junior engineers and assistance to senior engineers Write and maintain software documentation
