Lead Software Developer

At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.

That’s why we pledge to support and empower all our people to make a positive impact when working hand in hand with our business to drive change. We'll help you accelerate your career and empower you with the right technology and training as you bring ideas and projects to life.

Together with your colleagues, clients and partners, you'll make an impact that is felt by all. See where your commitment could take you.

Who are we looking for?

We're looking for an experienced and motivated Team Leader – Software Development to join our team.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead software engineering capability across a growing portfolio of enterprise software solutions within GHD’s Information Services environment. As the team continues to evolve, you’ll play a key leadership role in supporting scalable, secure and enterprise-grade software development practices across client-facing and business-critical products. This hands-on leadership role will see you combine delivery discipline, technical judgement and people leadership to support stable, high-quality solutions that meet changing business needs and create long-term value.

Working with a collaborative and capable team, you will:

• Lead software development activities and provide practical technical input into design, integration and delivery decisions, aligned to product priorities, architecture direction and enterprise technology standards

• Partner with product owners, business stakeholders and technology teams to translate requirements into practical, scalable and secure technical outcomes

• Provide technical input into roadmap planning, sequencing and prioritisation, helping the Product Owner balance delivery commitments, technical dependencies, maintainability and product viability

• Apply strong delivery discipline across requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance to support predictable and high-quality outcomes

• Monitor, diagnose and resolve complex software and integration issues to support stable, secure and efficient system performance

Team Leadership:

• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching and guidance to foster a collaborative, capable and inclusive software engineering team culture

• Set clear goals and expectations, provide regular feedback and support the ongoing development and performance of team members

• Facilitate open communication, knowledge sharing and cross-skilling across the team, product owners and related technology groups

• Contribute to the development of team ways of working as the software solutions portfolio and supporting structure continues to mature

• Support recruitment, onboarding, wellbeing and capability development activities for team members as required