Tech Lead

Across Australia, healthcare providers, NDIS operators, aged‑care services, medicinal cannabis operators, early learning centres and thousands of small‑but‑critical businesses are struggling through a maze of red tape. Compliance is complicated. Audits are confusing. Standards change faster than teams can keep up. The result? Providers drown in paperwork. Clients miss out on support and businesses doing incredible work fall short, not because they aren't capable, but because the system wasn’t built for them. At HCPA, we’ve lived this reality for over a decade. We've guided more than 10,500 providers, contributed over $2 billion in revenue to Australian businesses, and become a trusted partner across NDIS, Aged Care, DVA, Early Learning, Medicinal Cannabis, Practice Management, Cosmetic Injectables, and more. Now we're doing something bigger, something industry‑changing. Something that will redefine how compliance and audit processes operate forever. We’re building Audit Pilot, a first‑of‑its‑kind SaaS platform designed to simplify and automate for the entire health care industry and we need you to help lead this transformation. The Opportunity This isn’t just another senior dev role. This is a founding‑engineer, product‑shaping, industry‑changing mission. Location: Melbourne (Hybrid / Remote‑friendly within Australian time zones) You’ll be the tech lead who: Spearheads the architecture, build, and scale of a platform that will impact thousands of providers nationwide. Turns our Founder’s and AI Engineer’s ideas into real, high‑leverage features that instantly improve lives and businesses. Leads the charge in creating a secure, scalable, elegant solution that becomes the gold standard for compliance across Australia. Your Mission Own end‑to‑end development – architecture, coding, deployment, and scaling. Turn complex ideas into strategic technical plans, de‑risking early with fast, thin vertical slices. Collaborate deeply with our Founder (Product) and AI Engineer to bring features to life quickly, intelligently, and intentionally. Set engineering culture and standards that others will follow. Build CI/CD pipelines, secure practices, and code quality benchmarks. Implement IaC for safe, fast environments. Define strong API contracts, observability, and a modular architecture. Improve performance and reliability using tracing, metrics, caching, and clear error budgets. Mentor mid‑level engineers through 6‑week build cycles. Balance speed with quality – we ship often, but never carelessly. Build the technical foundation of a platform designed to last. Why us? Be the first tech lead shaping an early‑stage product from the ground up. Office Perks: A modern, fun and dog‑friendly office with hot perks, including a barista on site, beer on tap, a fully equipped gym, sauna, mineral pools, community BBQ area, cinema room, laser tag, wellness room, and helicopter. Yarra Valley winery trips, here we come Fun During Work: Enjoy weekly Monday lunches, monthly team bonding events, spontaneous cash prize games, spa days, boat parties, and holiday celebrations (think Halloween, Galentine’s, Easter and Christmas – with flights and accommodation covered for interstate staff). Collegial Team: Work with experts who are quick to support and collaborate cross‑functionally. Ongoing Career Growth Opportunities: Build a career you enjoy and are proud of, with professional development and training extended to all. Employee Assistance Program: Prioritize your wellbeing with confidential counselling support at your fingertips, when you need it. Tech Stack Frontend: React, Vite, TailwindCSS, Radix UI, shadcn/ui, Recharts, jsPDF, Zod, Playwright Backend: NestJS (Fastify), TypeScript, Postgres (RDS), Drizzle ORM, Swagger/OpenAPI, Docker Infrastructure: AWS (S3, CloudFront, RDS, IAM), JWT Auth (RBAC), CI/CD What You Bring 6–10+ years shipping production‑grade SaaS applications. Strong hands‑on experience with React, TypeScript, Node/NestJS, AWS, Docker, CI/CD. 3+ years leading or mentoring engineers. Experience building modular, scalable architectures. Strong secure data handling (RBAC, JWT), testing, and observability. Pragmatic approach, knowing when to ship fast and when to build for longevity. Bonus Experience with Recharts, jsPDF, LLM integrations, OWASP, ISO27001, or OpenTelemetry. How to Apply Send us your resume to Let’s reshape an industry together. Let’s build Audit Pilot. #J-18808-Ljbffr