Technical Engineering Lead (Website Platform)

Employment Hero is looking for a Technical Engineering Lead to partner with their Website team to deliver a world-class digital experience. As a technical leader, you will drive technical excellence, own the technical roadmap, and architect scalable solutions using WordPress Gutenberg, modern PHP, and JavaScript.RequirementsDrive Technical Excellence: Take full ownership of technical delivery and strategic leadership for your engineering squad.Own the Technical Roadmap: Develop the technical roadmap which complements the product roadmap and supports the business’ growth ambitions.Architect Scalable Solutions: Build high-performance platforms leveraging WordPress Gutenberg, modern PHP, and JavaScript.Own Performance & Stability: Ensure best-in-class uptime, caching, and speed.Champion Continuous Improvement: Continuously evolve our engineering processes to ensure solutions are secure and scalable.Drive Agentic Adoption: Set the standards and processes for the shift to agent assisted coding practices at the core of the SDLC.Ship It Mindset: Minimise friction and drive velocity, removing barriers and implementing tooling which allow incremental release strategies.Mentor & Scale Talent: Lead a high-performing squad, setting rigorous coding standards and fostering a mission-first culture through proactive mentorship, processes and methodologies which enable high-performance growth.Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner closely with Product, Design, SEO and CRO peers to bridge the gap between technical execution and impactful business outcomes.BenefitsGenerous parental leave policySubsidised egg freezingWFH office expense budgetOutstanding learning & development opportunitiesOriginally posted on Himalayas