- Lead a dynamic engineering team to achieve technical excellence and deliver innovative solutions within REA’s Financial Services business.
- Permanent role based in Sydney.
We're REA
With bold and ambitious goals, REA Group is changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home.
Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we’re proud to have been named in Australia’s “Top 5” Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.
Where the team fits in
The Engineering Manager will join the Financial Services Product & Technology Team located in our Financial Services business (which includes Mortgage Choice and finance on realestate.com.au). The Engineering Manager will work within the Application Processing Tribe, leading the engineering squads focused on application workflow and external integrations.
Our goal is to be the #1 Destination to Find and Finance property. Our Product & Technology team achieves this through building products that deliver exceptional home lending experiences that our brokers and consumers love and through creating business value powered by robust, innovative technology.
What the role is all about
We're looking for an Engineering Manager to a lead high-performing engineering squad, drive technical excellence, and deliver on our product roadmap. This role blends technical leadership, people management, and delivery ownership to foster a collaborative innovative, and results-driven environment. Day to day you'll do:
- Shape and deliver the technical strategy, ensuring system health, engineering quality, and alignment with our tech vision.
- Lead solution design, contribute to product strategy, and guide adoption of best practices (design patterns, clean code, TDD).
- Own your team’s systems end-to-end (“You Own It, You Run It”), ensuring reliability and effective incident response.
- Manage and develop 5–8 engineers (up to 12 with partner teams), driving performance, growth, and engagement.
- Recruit top talent, onboard new team members, and foster a high-performance culture.
- Deliver against the product roadmap, using Agile practices, tracking progress, and managing dependencies.
Who we’re looking for
- Proven success in leading engineering teams and delivering high-quality, reliable systems.
- Expertise in C# and Angular (Kotlin/React a bonus).
- Strong knowledge of integration technologies, ideally within the Financial Services industry.
- Experience with event-driven architecture.
- Familiarity with IBM BPM advantageous.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence and inspire.
The REA experience
The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we’ll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow.
Some of our Perks & Benefits include:
- A hybrid and flexible approach to working
- Flexible leave options including, birthday leave and purchase additional leave
- Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers
- Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity
- Hackdays so you can bring your big ideas to life
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.
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What We Do
REA Group (ASX: REA) is a leading digital business with more than 2,800 people working towards changing the way the world experiences property.
We help people with all aspects of their property experience – not just buying, selling, and renting. We deliver unparalleled value to our customers with a suite of un-matched integrated products and services while providing access to the largest and most engaged audience of Australian property seekers. Our unique consumer experiences cover every stage of the property journey offering the richest content, data and insights, property valuation estimates and home financing solutions.
REA is focused on supporting a sustainable future is a Climate Active certified carbon neutral organisation.
Our people are the key to our success and come to work every day living our values. They are purpose driven and collaborate, which drives our innovative culture.
