Location: Melbourne CBD (Hybrid - 4 days in-office)
Salary: Up to $170,000 + Super
Type: Permanent

Talenza is partnering with a high-growth health technology business building secure, modern software that supports better healthcare delivery outcomes. The organisation is scaling its product and engineering capability, with a strong focus on quality, security, and governance as they expand.

We're looking for an Engineering Lead to lead an engineering team across two verticals: Core and R&D.

• Core ensures the existing product remains stable, secure and low-risk (including careful review of clinically/regulatorily sensitive code).
• R&D focuses on turning validated problems into new products-moving quickly with prototyping and AI-assisted development, while ensuring what ships is safe and sound.

This is a strong step-up opportunity for a senior engineer ready to move into people leadership for the first time. You'll be supported by a Principal Engineer (technical leadership across both verticals) and will report into the CEO.

• Lead the Core vertical to keep the platform stable, secure, well-supported and compliant; manage tech debt and reduce delivery risk.
• Lead the R&D vertical to rapidly prototype and validate new product ideas using AI tools, confirming feasibility before committing to build.
• Manage, mentor and develop engineers across both verticals (1:1s, feedback, coaching, and growth plans).
• Set the standard for an AI-first engineering culture (including AI-assisted coding), with strong judgement around verification and risk.
• Drive continuous improvement across tooling, process and engineering workflows.
• Ensure alignment with internal quality and cyber security standards, including completion of required training and adherence to governance frameworks.
• Support performance reviews, contribution feedback, and development goal setting.

• Strong hands-on senior software engineering experience and ready to take your first formal people leadership role.
• Real-world experience working AI-first with AI-assisted coding tools, and the judgement to know when outputs need deeper validation.
• Strong background in .NET / .NET Core and SQL Server.
• Experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Comfortable balancing stability/risk management with experimentation and prototyping.
• Clear communicator who can partner across engineering, product and the broader business.
• Committed to secure, maintainable and well-documented code.

• Hybrid model: 4 days in the Melbourne CBD office
• Salary up to $170,000 + Super
• Lead across "keep the lights on" and greenfield product work
• Close collaboration with senior technical leadership and exec stakeholders

To keep this search confidential, please apply via Talenza and we'll share full client details with shortlisted candidates.

Contact: Brianna Bailey, Talenza