About GovConnex

GovConnex, founded in 2019, is transforming how organisations engage with government and public policy. As Australia’s market leader, our platform unifies diverse government data—press releases, official statements, government reports ,social media, and parliamentary records—into a single, intuitive interface. We empower clients, from large corporations to nonprofits, to monitor, research, and manage government interactions with real-time insights and streamlined workflows. As we expand into global markets, we’re seeking talented individuals to join our mission.

Engineering at GovConnex

Our culture prioritises excellence and efficiency. We dislike long meetings, in favour of asynchronous communications like slack. Flexibility is abundantly available as long as results are met. With a very flat structure, all engineers are encouraged to suggest improvements, or drive their own projects. We have a hybrid work from home model. We support staff to either be fully remote if not Sydney or London based, or a 3/2 hybrid of working in the office, and working remotely.

We take pride in our commitment to developing high-quality software, leveraging cutting-edge tools and technologies to address challenges and continually improve our platform and skills.

The Role

This is a hands-on leadership role, based in our Sydney office. The expectation is that the Engineering lead will manage the team whilst also being an individual contributor to the codebase. GovConnex is undergoing a serious phase of growth, and will be significantly expanding its offering over the next 18 months. Being successful in this role would be overseeing this growth, while simultaneously improving the quality of the product and efficiency of development.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Technical Leadership: Set the technical direction and ensure best practices across the engineering team.
• Team Management: Mentor and support a team of around 7 software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous learning.
• Hiring & Growth: Assist in hiring and scaling the engineering team as the company grows.
• Product Development: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, user-focused solutions on time.
• Feature development/Code contribution: Contribute to the codebase, providing high-quality code and thoughtful code reviews.
• Process Improvement: Refine engineering workflows and processes to improve productivity and quality.
• Security and Compliance: Ensure platform security and compliance, partnering with the sales team to address customer inquiries and maintain industry standards.

Required Qualifications/Experience:

• 8+ years of experience in web development
• Strong proficiency in modern web development frameworks (e.g., Node.js, React) and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proven experience managing and scaling high-performing engineering teams.
• Experience working with large-scale datasets, ETL pipelines, and distributed data processing frameworks (e.g., Elasticsearch, Apache Kafka, Hadoop, or Spark).

How to Apply

Please email your application to Paul at careers@govconnex.com, including the job title in the subject line, along with your CV and/or LinkedIn profile link. In a few sentences, kindly provide the following information:

1. Why you’re interested in working at GovConnex
2. What your ideal role looks like
3. Anything else we should know about you

GovConnex is an equal opportunity employer, committed to merit-based recruitment and promotion, irrespective of sex, race, marital status, sexual preference, or religion. We strive to cultivate a diverse workforce, encompassing a wide range of talents to help us achieve our objectives.