Head of Engineering, Home-In, x15ventures — The Rocks, Sydney

This is a Head of Engineering, Home-In, x15ventures role with one of the leading companies in AU right now Commonwealth Bank with an amazing team. They are continuing to grow rapidly. This is the chance to join right as the takes off. More About the Role at Commonwealth Bank Home-in provides conveyancing services across Australia, settling over $7B in homes since 2020. Our value proposition to customers is ‘Expert conveyancers, digital convenience’: - Conveyancers and lawyers with years of experience and local expertise. - Award-winning app built by CommBank with digital ID verification, chat and more. We believe conveyancing is a key part of a customer’s home buying journey. Through our partnership with CommBank and integration with the CBA home loan process, we continually strive to create the best home buying experience in Australia. What’s more, Home-in is proudly part of x15ventures! Home-in is a business operating within CBA’s x15ventures. x15ventures is a venture-scaler powered by CommBank. That means we build, buy, and invest in start-ups that could benefit the bank’s 15 million customers and beyond. If you want to be a part of one of a fast-growing customer-driven start-up that supports people through their home-buying journey, we want to hear from you! Where do you fit in? This team needs engineers at every level. We are seeking learners and leaders who enjoy a spirit of co-creation and pairing on complex technical problems. Be part of a product lead engineering culture driven by a grassroots agile process, owned by your team. Role Overview This is a is a pivotal leadership role responsible for defining and executing the technology strategy and systems architecture. The Head of Engineering will drive key strategic initiatives, ensuring that the technology stack and business systems are optimized for innovation, security, and alignment with the product vision and roadmap. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership skills to build and coach a high-performing technology team and collaborate effectively with various stakeholders. Key Responsibilities: - Ensure Home-in has well-defined and fit-for-purpose technology strategy and systems architecture - Set and drive the agenda for key strategic initiatives - Architect and evolve the core tech stack for mobile and web apps – optimizing for developer experience, innovation and security while ensuring alignment with product vision and roadmap - Architect and evolve business systems for customer management/interactions, process management, marketing automation/data analysis and financial management – optimising for user efficacy, business automation and security - Lead software delivery and systems automation - Build and coach a capable and effective technology team, using a blend of internal engineers, remote engineers, and system specialists/partners; in doing so support, advise and guide the wider Home-in team on critical technology related decisions and action - Maintain a modern development process that supports efficient development and testing, with inbuilt quality and security checks for shipping to production - Collaborate with product and design leaders to shape and execute the product roadmap - Collaborate with Product and Operations leaders to streamline business processes and increase automation across all areas of customer service delivery - Provide thought leadership to the team and meaningful ways to solve problems - Develop and evolve effective instrumentation of user experience and systems performance - Implement and evolve monitoring and alerting systems; an effective response capability; and appropriate DR and BCP capabilities - Establish and evolve patterns for ‘security-by-design’ in development and production environments; and oversee Home-in SecOps capability - Understand and align to the CBA Group’s/X15’s security requirements, and gain support for appropriate changes or allowances that enable better solutions achieving risk outcomes - Effectively engage with technology partners and managed service providers - Build Commbank's profile as a software engineering employer of choice. Experience - Proven experience as a CTO, VP of Engineering, or similar leadership role in a fast-paced environment. - Full stack technology experience including React, Nextjs, Typescript, JavaScript, Node - Experience in mobile applications and deployments - Experience in cloud technology including AWS or Azure - Someone who believes in product engineering and making a big impact - Proven expertise in architecture and system design - Proven leadership in people management plus optimising existing processes - Track record of successfully leading engineering teams and delivering complex projects. - Experience in scaling technology for high-growth businesses. - Strong problem-solving skills and a strategic mindset. - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. If you don’t think you're a perfect fit, you should still sign up to Hatch and create a profile, we'll match you to other roles that suit your profile. 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