Backend Tech Lead

Backend Tech Lead - Build Payment Products at Scale Zeller is a fast-growing Australian scale-up reimagining business banking and payments. We believe in a level playing field, where all businesses benefit from access to smarter payments and financial services solutions. We are building a supportive and high performing team to inspire change in the outdated banking solutions. As a backend focused Tech Lead, you will manage a growing multi-region team of 4-9 engineers while taking ownership of the backend systems powering Zeller’s terminal and ecommerce platforms. About The Team Zeller’s Payments BFF team builds the customer-facing APIs and systems that enable millions of payments to Australian businesses each month. What You'll Do: Technical Leadership & System Ownership Drive architectural solutions collaboratively with your team and engineering leadership, to build and scale Zeller’s payments platform Write production code regularly as a core contributor while maintaining oversight of your team's technical deliverables Own operational excellence for your team’s systems including monitoring, incident response, and reliability improvements Champion modern development practices including active use of LLMs within your team and the adoption of technical practices at Zeller Lead and a team of 4-9 software engineers, identifying skill gaps, managing personal development plans and fostering a positive culture of learning, ownership, and psychological safety Partner closely with product managers as joint owners of your product success, contributing technical and delivery insight to shape what gets built What We're Looking For You have owned backend systems and scaled customer facing platforms You have coached software engineers and have driven a team’s capability uplift through mentorship and personal example You have worked in product-driven companies and have a track record of driving pace and delivery You are experienced in backend system design and demonstrate well reasoned, rational decision making with the ability to navigate between detail and broader context You have exceptional written and verbal communication and can move from a conversation with non-technical stakeholders to reframing a project into detailed designs requirements for your engineering team You have a strong self-learning drive and are actively using and adapting your workflows to incorporate generative AI tools Prior experience with payment acquiring systems is highly valued Technical Background You should be comfortable writing production Typescript code, but experience with our full tech-stack is not an expectation. Some tools we use: A serverless, event driven system architecture built on AWS AWS Lambda, Event Bridge, API Gateway, SQS Relational and NoSQL datastores including Aurora Postgres and DynamoDB Application monitoring tools including CloudTrail, X-Ray, Datadog A rigorous approach to continuous integration and system correctness that includes infrastructure as code (CDK, Terraform), and high coverage of unit, integration, and system tests built with Github Actions How We Work At Zeller, we thrive on the energy and fast pace that comes from in-person collaboration and this role is based in our Melbourne CBD office with a general expectation of 4 days on-site per week with an option of 1 day WFH. What We Offer A competitive salary package, including equity A balanced, progressive, and supportive work environment Excellent parental leave and other leave entitlements A fantastic office environment Endless learning and development opportunities Plenty of fun and social opportunities An ability to influence and shape the future of Zeller as our company scales both domestically and globally Being part of one of Australia’s most exciting scale-ups We celebrate diverse perspectives and experiences, and strongly encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply to join our team. #J-18808-Ljbffr