Engineering Manager - Financial Services, realestate.com.au Pty Ltd, AU

• 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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