Head of Engineering

What you’ll be doing:

• Drive architecture and development of the e-commerce platform.
• Leading and coaching engineering talent, supporting team members’ career growth, performance, and ongoing learning.
• Championing a strong and pragmatic engineering culture focused on high performance.
• Driving AI adoption and experimentation across engineering teams to unlock smarter, faster ways of working.
• Getting involved in technical discussions, troubleshooting, DevOps, and scaling efforts when needed.
• Driving cohesion across squads, ensuring teams work together effectively.
• Partnering closely with product and delivery to prioritise, ship, and iterate quickly.
• Balancing business priorities with team health and agile ways of working.
• Leading and enabling cost optimisation efforts, driving smarter decisions across systems, resourcing, and architecture.
• Leading the technical leadership group to shape technical direction and align on key decisions across engineering.

What you'll need:

• Proven experience leading high-performing engineering teams in fast-paced environments
• Strong technical background and ability to engage deeply with architectural decisions
• A delivery mindset, with the ability to balance quality, speed, and long-term thinking
• Passionate about growing people and building inclusive, high-trust teams
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and bringing clarity to the teams around you
• Collaborative by nature you work across functions and foster alignment

Why Kogan.com:

• Our culture is unlike anywhere else and regardless of where you are in your career journey, we empower you to do your best work and have a big impact. Check out https://devblog.kogan.com/ and https://goodteams.app/engineering/kogan.com.
• Work with an incredible team to solve important challenges, helping to drive Australia and New Zealand’s eCommerce future.
• Your role has a lot of ownership, autonomy and little red tape. You’ll be empowered to achieve positive outcomes and your work will have a real impact.
• You’ll be at the forefront of the eCommerce industry and be part of a company that are the Pioneers of eCommerce in Australia.
• Be an Intrepreneur, playing a hands on role in shaping our strategy at our HQ.
• Learning budget of $1000.
• A range of employee benefits such as; complimentary Kogan First Membership, team exclusive discounts, Health & Wellness program, Learning & Development and Lunch & Learns, Hackathons, Team member referral program, Companyand team events and celebrations, community engagement (volunteering) and extensive career development opportunities plus loads more!