Lead Software Engineer - AI Platform Services

About SEEK

SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.

Life at SEEK

SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (2021-2024). We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.

About the role

This role sits within SEEK’s AI & Platform Services (AIPS) team, which builds AI-centric platforms and services that power experiences for millions of candidates and hirers globally. AIPS brings together engineering, AI and product expertise to turn complex data and technology into meaningful outcomes.

We’re looking for a Lead Engineer to lead the engineering function within our All the Ads team.

You’ll lead a team of engineers and work closely with data scientists, product managers and partner teams to build scalable services, data assets and AI-enabled capabilities across ad ranking, pricing, hirer behaviour and market-wide ad understanding.

This is a people leadership role for an experienced engineer who enjoys developing high-performing teams, shaping technical direction, solving complex problems and building strong partnerships across the business.

The team

The role sits within Pricing & Performance and leads the engineering function for All the Ads. The team works across variable pricing, ad ranking, hirer behaviour, market-wide ad understanding, aggregation and productionised data assets.

You’ll be part of a global, cross-functional team spanning Australia and Kuala Lumpur, working with Senior Engineers, Data Scientists, Product Managers and partner teams across SEEK. You’ll shape requirements, manage integrations and communicate clearly across disciplines.

This is a generalist engineering leadership role: you’ll design systems, spin up APIs, productionise ML models and support the technical health of the platform.

What you’ll do

• Lead, coach and grow a team of engineers through clear goals, regular feedback, career development and inclusive team practices.

• Build a high-performing engineering culture that supports ownership, collaboration, learning and delivery.

• Set technical direction and own the delivery of reliable, scalable backend systems and APIs.

• Partner with data scientists, product managers and business stakeholders to shape problems, priorities and outcomes.

• Design architectures that balance speed, quality, resilience, security and maintainability.

• Improve engineering, DevOps and ML operational practices.

• Influence across SEEK, managing integrations, dependencies and technical trade-offs with partner teams.

• Explore practical applications of new AI and engineering technologies.

• Strong experience designing, building and operating production software systems, APIs or platforms.
• Deep backend engineering capability, with experience in Python and/or Java.
• Strong SQL and relational database skills.
• Experience with AWS and modern cloud-based engineering practices.
• Demonstrated technical leadership of an engineering team, including setting direction, coaching engineers, providing feedback and supporting career development.
• Proven ownership of technical deliverables from shaping and planning through to delivery, with accountability for outcomes.
• Experience influencing technical decisions across product, data, AI, engineering and business teams.
• Experience working with data, AI or machine learning in some capacity. You don’t need to be an ML specialist we’re open to different technical backgrounds.
• The ability to communicate clearly, build trust and navigate trade-offs with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Permanent Perks

• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners
• The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year
• Professional development sessions with industry leading guest speakers
• Frequent events including sports days, annual Christmas party, hackathon, and trivia
• Free kick-start breakfast every morning and fresh fruit available all day in our offices

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

At SEEK, we may use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, including reviewing applications or assessing responses. These tools are designed to assist our hiring teams, not replace human judgment. All hiring decisions are made by people. If you’d like more information about how your information is managed during recruitment, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.