Engineering Manager - Digital Marketplace

About the role

Kmart's Digital team builds and operates the platforms powering the online experience for millions of customers, covering customer accounts, content management, fulfilment, marketplace, mobile and ecommerce. It is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the squads building and managing the Digital Marketplace. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on building high-performing teams, developing engineering capability and partnering with Product, Delivery and Technology stakeholders. The role suits someone combining strong technical judgement with people leadership, leading experienced engineers on customer-facing platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of engineers, fostering accountability, learning and continuous improvement.
• Support delivery of high-quality software across Kmart and Target's digital platforms.
• Partner with Product Managers, Technical Program Managers, Architects and peer Engineering Managers to align priorities and outcomes.
• Drive engineering best practice across software development, testing, operational support and continuous delivery.
• Take part in technical discussions, solution design and architectural decisions for highly integrated systems.
• Develop engineering leaders and senior engineers, and create an environment where engineers own the software they build.
• Support incident management, operational resilience and the reliability of customer-facing systems.
• Work across a distributed team, collaborating with colleagues in Melbourne and Bengaluru.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams in complex technology environments.
• Strong technical background and confidence in architectural and engineering discussions.
• Experience delivering customer-facing digital products or highly integrated enterprise systems.
• Demonstrated success building and mentoring high-performing engineering teams.
• Stakeholder engagement skills and ability to align Product, Engineering and Delivery.
• Pragmatic balance of technical quality, operational reliability and delivery outcomes.
• Agile experience and calm, decisive handling of critical production incidents.
• Marketplace, ecommerce or high-scale consumer platform experience is highly regarded.

What we offer

• Flexible hybrid working, with 60% of the week in the National Office.
• Learning support through online micro-credentials and certification help.
• Career opportunities across the Wesfarmers Group.
• Inclusive leave and support for team members of all backgrounds.
• Free onsite parking when coming into the office.
• Bonus program participation.
• Team member discount card at Kmart, Target, Bunnings and Officeworks.
• Free OnePass membership with free delivery on eligible products.
• Brighter Benefits with discounts in entertainment, travel, lifestyle and health.
• Reflection room and share purchase option through salary sacrifice.