Lead Software Engineer

Title: Lead Software Engineer (React/Reactive Native)

Location: Sydney Australia

Job Description:

We're hipages, Australia's #1 digital platform connecting homeowners with trusted tradies. As an ASX-listed tech company, we're on a mission to transform the trade industry and improve lives.

With teams across Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Vietnam, we work as one team with a shared purpose.

We're proud to be a certified Great Place to Work and WORK180's #1 Employer for Women. At hipages, you'll find real impact, career growth and a workplace where everyone belongs.

About the role:

Set the direction hipages takes in its web and app-based frontends as we continue to grow and evolve our platform. As the Lead Software Engineer for our Front End, you will have a dual role - you'll be providing leadership and direction on our front-end web capabilities and patterns and AI-empowered features, and you'll be a member of our Job management team. 

Your role in this team will be to develop and deliver our web and app applications, working closely with other software engineers, a UX designer, a product manager, and other key stakeholders to devise innovative solutions to customer problems. You will be influential in defining and leading the direction of the future of the hipages frontend architecture and the hipages software architecture as we continue to evolve.

Why join our Engineering team?

• Hybrid working model
• In-house Talent Development team to prioritise personal and career growth
• Competitive salary, benefits and perks, plus equity via our Employee Share Program
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Hands-on learning opportunities and workshops for continuous upskilling

How you will add value:

• Raise the engineering bar: Set high standards for code quality, reliability, and delivery across the team.
• Design, build, and deliver maintainable, high-performance software applications that scale with the business.
• Drive AI adoption: Integrate AI-enabled engineering practices to improve developer productivity and explore product opportunities where AI adds user value.
• Own API design: Craft clean, well-documented APIs for both internal and external consumers.
• Enable data-driven decisions: Shape and run product experiments and leverage insights to guide feature evolution.
• Champion operational excellence: Build for clear SLOs and ensure the product is observable, resilient, and cost-effective in production.
• Guide system architecture: Influence patterns and frameworks that make hipages' platform scalable and future-ready.
• Ensure engineering qualit: Drive robust testing strategies, peer reviews, and continuous improvement in build and release practices.
• Lead by example: Write clean, testable, secure code and drive best practices across the team.
• Coach and mentor: Grow the capabilities of engineers through guidance, pairing, and technical feedback.

About you:

• 7+ years of relevant software engineering experience within a product-led organisation or startup environment
• Demonstrable experience in adopting AI-driven engineering practices (e.g. Agentic code generation,  automated PR reviews, AI-assisted refactoring)
• Experience in designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining React applications 
• Experience scaling front-end patterns across a multi-team environment
• Experience working in an agile team (Scrum or Kanban)
• Experience writing automated tests
• Good understanding of modern CI/CD practices
• Experience working with modern design practices eg: Atomic Design Principles, Design Systems, etc
• Working in a Cloud environment (bonus if it is AWS)

Life at hipages: 

We're more than just a workplace. We're a place where you can be yourself, do great work and grow your career. Recognised as a Great Place to Work, our inclusive, supportive culture helps people thrive.

You'll use the best tools and tech, with real impact on our products and customers. We invest in your development and lead with coaching, not micromanagement - it's why 85% of our team say their leader is great.

And there's more:

• Diverse, collaborative teams that love solving problems
• Agile squads, hackathons, off-sites and roadshows
• Extra leave for birthdays, volunteering, and more
• Healthy snacks, continental breakfast and fresh fruit
• Sydney CBD office near Town Hall and Gadigal Stations
• Tailored growth support, mentoring and stretch projects
• A vibrant social scene - we work hard and have fun doing it

We prioritise Diversity:

At hipages, innovation and collaboration thrive in diverse and inclusive teams. We don't expect you to know everything - we care more about who you are as a person, a team member, and a leader.

We're proud to be endorsed by WORK180 for supporting women's careers and we value diversity across culture, age, gender identity and sexual orientation.