This is a role for an engineer who wants to tackle the hardest unsolved problems in software development - where AI systems write code, deploy software, and make decisions at machine speed.

You’ll be joining a globally recognised technology company operating at the forefront of AI, security, and developer tooling, building the control layer that ensures AI-generated software is safe, auditable, and reliable.

You’ll explore new ideas before they become products, build prototypes that test assumptions, and generate the technical intelligence that shapes the next generation of secure software development.

This is a founding R&D role. It’s a role for a builder who thrives in ambiguity and enjoys solving problems that don’t have clear answers yet.

Why This Role Exists:
Software development is changing rapidly. AI is writing more code than ever before. Systems are becoming more autonomous. Security and governance are becoming critical infrastructure.

Organisations need engineers who can:

• Explore emerging technology
• Design secure systems
• Build trustworthy software
• Move faster than the market
• Prototype quickly
• Think independently
• Challenge assumptions
• Explore new ideas
• Ship working solutions

This role sits right at the centre of that transformation.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Solving the Hard Problems:
You’ll lead structured discovery into complex technical challenges like:

• Governing AI agents writing production code
• Detecting and managing risk in AI-generated software
• Building secure developer workflows for AI-native systems
• Designing signals and controls across modern engineering platforms
• Establishing trust and traceability in automated software delivery

You’ll build working prototypes, test assumptions quickly, and provide clear technical direction on what to build next; or what to stop.

Push Into the Whitespace:
You’ll explore emerging areas of technology before they are widely understood. Think:

• Agentic software development
• Secure code generation
• AI governance and risk intelligence
• Developer workflow automation
• Platform-level security and trust models

This is forward-looking work where experimentation matters as much as execution.

Keep the Organisation Pointing Forward:
You’ll track how developers are actually working, monitor new technologies, and turn technical insights into practical guidance that shapes product strategy.

Your work will influence;

• Engineering direction
• Product architecture
• Security standards
• Industry thinking

Core Technical Background

• AI / LLM systems or agent frameworks
• Developer tooling or platform engineering
• Application security or secure software development
• Distributed systems or event-driven architectures
• Observability, CI/CD, or developer workflow automation

Technology Exposure

• Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, or Java
• Kubernetes, Docker, or cloud-native platforms
• GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, or developer platforms
• Security tooling or vulnerability detection systems
• AI frameworks, RAG systems, or model integration workflows

Please apply below or reach out to Ruby to discuss in more detail - ruby@theonset.com.au

Head of Learning & Development - Product & Technology

Shape and deliver a global capability strategy across product and technology teams
Melbourne or Sydney location

About the Role

This is a rare opportunity to build a Product & Technology capability function from the ground up within a global, high-performing tech environment. Right now, there are strong pockets of learning across the business, but no single, connected approach. Onboarding varies, capability isn’t consistently defined, and learning isn’t always embedded into how teams operate day to day

Your role is to bring that together into something clear, consistent and impactful.

This is not a traditional L&D role. A central L&D function already exists. This role sits deep within Product & Technology and is focused on capability and enablement - working directly with Product & Engineering teams to improve how they perform, innovate and grow.

You’ll take ownership of how capability is defined, developed and delivered across product and technology teams, bringing structure, consistency and clarity to an area that is currently fragmented. This is about improving real performance, looking at how teams ramp faster, build the right skills and operate more effectively in close partnership with senior stakeholders.

Your Remit

Strategy and Leadership

• Set the direction for how capability is built within Product & Technology
• Work with Product & Technology leaders to understand current gaps and future skill requirements
• Translate business priorities into practical development approaches
• Ensure learning is relevant, applied and tied to real work

Capability, Onboarding & Ecosystem

• Improve how new hires ramp up and become effective quickly
• Create a more consistent approach to onboarding across teams
• Bring structure to how capability is defined across different roles
• Ensure development is embedded into day-to-day workflows

Early Talent & Stakeholder Engagement

• Oversee the graduate and early careers approach
• Ensure junior talent is set up for long-term success
• Work closely with hiring and people teams to align capability and hiring
• Build strong relationships across senior stakeholders

What sets you up for success

• Proven experience building capability within product-led or technology organisations at scale, with a strong understanding of how these teams operate day to day
• Comfortable operating in environments that are complex, evolving and fast-paced
• Able to balance big-picture thinking with hands-on delivery

About You

• Experience working within or closely embedded in product and technology environments, with the ability to build credibility with engineering and product leaders
• Strong stakeholder management skills across senior and technical audiences
• Able to operate in ambiguous environments and bring structure
• Practical and delivery-focused, not purely theoretical
• Comfortable working across both strategy and execution
• Interest in how technology and AI are shaping how people learn and work

What’s On Offer

• Strong benefits including an employee share plan, private health cover, extended parental leave and flexible working
• Rare opportunity to define how capability is built across a global Product & Technology organisation
• Broad scope across capability, onboarding and early talent
• High visibility across senior leadership
• Flexible working environment
• Strong, collaborative culture

This role requires someone who understands how product and technology teams actually operate. You don’t need to be technical, but you do need to have worked closely within a product and technology environment to build credible, relevant capability. If this is you apply now or call Geri Condon at The Onset on 0404 183 291. 

With $125+ million in funding and double this number in revenue, this unique business is set to be one of Australia’s next Unicorns.

As Head of Technology you will manage a team of ~circa 30 engineers (software and data) and a small operations team while building the technology backbone of a business on the path to IPO.

This is an opportunity to step into a high-growth, product-led consumer business at a defining moment and shape the platform, team, and strategy that takes it through its next phase of scale.

What’s in it for you

• Own the full technology function - engineering, data, IT, and operational tech
• Play a key role in scaling the business toward international growth and IPO readiness
• Operate at true executive level across Product, Operations, and Commercial
• Build and evolve a high-performing team
• Solve complex, real-world problems across product, supply chain, and customer experience

What you’ll be doing - initially

A major replatforming program is nearing completion. The foundations are there - now the business needs the right leader to:

• Land the migration properly
• Stabilise and optimise the tech stack
• Then evolve the platform for scale

This is a critical transition phase, not a rebuild and not BAU.

What you’ll be doing - in the future

• Leading across engineering, data, IT, and systems - as one function, not silos
• Operating at ELT level - your first team is the leadership team
• Translating business strategy into technology outcomes
• Scaling systems and teams for increasing complexity
• Driving disciplined delivery through the final stages of migration
• Introducing automation and AI capabilities across the business

What will make you successful

• You’ve scaled technology through real growth and complexity
• You operate as a true executive, not just a functional leader
• You think commercially, not just technically
• You’re curious about the whole business - not just engineering
• You’ve stayed and built through multiple phases, not moved on quickly

This is a rare opportunity to step into a business with real momentum and help shape what it becomes over the next decade.

Hit apply or email geri@theonset.com.au

Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) - Build the Backbone of Digital Healthcare

What if the code you shipped today helped thousands of people access healthcare tomorrow?

For over a decade, this product-led technology company has been quietly building critical infrastructure that powers how healthcare is delivered nationally. They’ve gone through a significant evolution, scaling their platform, deepening product capability, and now leaning hard into AI to rethink how modern software gets built.

Today, their platform supports millions of consultations, forming part of the backbone of digital healthcare delivery. And they’re just getting started.

Now, they’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join them as they build the next chapter.

Why this role?

This isn’t a role where you sit on the sidelines.

You’ll be embedded in a high-trust, product-focused squad, owning features end-to-end, from idea through to production and seeing your work directly impact real users.

You’ll also be working in an environment that is:

• AI-forward by design – tools like Claude Code and Cursor aren’t experiments here, they’re part of how engineers ship faster and smarter

• Founder-led and engineering-driven - decisions are pragmatic, fast, and focused on outcomes

• Remote-first – built for autonomy, not micromanagement

If you care about meaningful impact, not just shipping tickets, this is the kind of place that will resonate.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll operate as a true product engineer, someone who cares about outcomes, not just output.

• Own and deliver full-stack features (Node.js, TypeScript, React) end-to-end

• Work closely with product and design to ship incremental, high-impact improvements

• Use AI tools to accelerate development, debugging, and iteration

• Make pragmatic engineering decisions that balance speed and quality

• Contribute to systems that are scalable, reliable, and built for continuous delivery

• Help shape how the team adopts AI to improve engineering velocity

Success here isn’t measured by lines of code - it’s measured by real product impact.

What they’re looking for

This team values builders and problem-solvers.

• Strong experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and React (full stack)

• A track record of shipping real product outcomes, not just components

• Comfort working in ambiguity and breaking down complex problems quickly

• Experience (or strong curiosity) in using AI tools in your development workflow

• A self-starter mindset - you take ownership and move things forward

• Language-agnostic thinking - tech is a tool, not a constraint

The culture

This is a place where engineers tend to stay.

• High trust, low ego environment

• Proactive, ownership-driven mindset

• Long tenure across the business

• A genuine focus on building meaningful technology

What’s in it for you

• Fully remote working (Australia-based)

• $1,000 WFH allowance + full equipment provided

• Annual company offsite

• The opportunity to help shape an AI-forward engineering culture

If you’re curious about building meaningful products, working in a high-trust environment, and exploring what AI-enabled engineering really looks like in practice, this is worth a conversation.

Apply now or reach out to Ruby Ip- ruby@theonset.com.au for a confidential discussion.

Senior Project Manager/Digital Delivery Lead  - Financial Services

• B2B Saas, high growth fintech
• Combine your project and program management expertise to make an impact
• $200k plus super

The Opportunity
Off the back of strong momentum and success, this global technology business operating at the intersection of financial services and digital innovation is looking for a Senior Project Manager/Delivery Lead.  This organisation partners with leading financial institutions to transform how their service offering is delivered, making it faster, more scalable and more accessible.

With strong momentum and an expanding client base, this is a pivotal role where you’ll help shape delivery capability in a scaling environment.

If you enjoy working directly with clients, influencing senior stakeholders and driving complex software delivery across cross-functional teams, this role offers both impact and visibility.

Why This Role?

• Work at the forefront of digital transformation
• Highly client-facing role with exposure to tier 1 financial institutions
• Operate across product, engineering and client teams – no silos
• Join during a key growth phase where you can shape delivery best practice
• Varied, complex programmes where no two clients or projects are the same

The Role
You’ll lead end-to-end delivery of software implementations and internal initiatives, acting as a conduit between clients, product and engineering teams. This role requires strong commercial acumen, confident stakeholder management, and the ability to navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead client-facing delivery across multiple concurrent projects
• Build and manage strong relationships with senior client stakeholders
• Drive internal collaboration across product, engineering and consulting
• Develop and maintain delivery plans, budgets and sprint roadmaps
• Proactively manage risks, scope changes and project dependencies
• Oversee release management and implementation cycles
• Communicate project progress clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Continuously improve delivery processes and ways of working

About You

• Deep experience in project management within software/technology environments, ideally within B2B SaaS
• Strong client-facing experience with the ability to influence and challenge stakeholders
• Proven track record delivering projects into financial services environments, ideally tier 1 institutions
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
• Excellent internal stakeholder engagement across product, engineering and leadership teams
• Comfortable operating across multiple time zones and global teams
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complexity into clarity

What You’ll Bring

• Confidence managing both internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset
• Ability to operate in a scaling business where processes are still evolving
• A genuine interest in financial services transformation and digital innovation

The Impact
You’ll play a key role in delivering technology that is helping institutions scale efficiently while improving outcomes for end customers.

If you're a commercially minded Project Manager/Deliver Lead who thrives in a client-facing environment and wants to be part of a high-growth, globally connected business, please apply online or call Michelle rubinstein at The Onset on 0413 463 043.

Lead React Native Engineer

Permanent | Hybrid (Melbourne / Sydney) | Consulting

My client is building out a React Native capability from the ground up—and are looking for a Lead Engineer to define what “great” looks like.

This is not just another delivery role. You’ll set technical direction, influence clients, and establish React Native as a core offering across the business.

Why this role stands out

• Own the mobile direction
  Be the go-to React Native expert, shaping architecture and setting standards across multiple client engagements
• High-impact work
  From platform rewrites to greenfield builds and modernization—no maintenance treadmill
• Real consulting exposure
  Partner directly with clients, influence decisions, and drive outcomes (not just code delivery)
• AI + mobile innovation
  Help define how AI tooling integrates into mobile development workflows
• Variety over repetition
  Work across industries, teams, and technical challenges
• Strong engineering culture
  Collaborate with a high-performing group of mobile specialists

Working model

Flexible hybrid depending on client needs
No mandated office days — just a monthly team catch-up / town hall

What will make you stand out? 

• Proven experience leading React Native architecture and delivery in complex environments
• Strong communicator who can translate technical decisions into clear business impact
• Comfortable in a consulting environment, working directly with stakeholders and influencing direction
• A pragmatic mindset — balancing best practices with real-world constraints
• Track record of innovative problem-solving that drives meaningful outcomes

Interested?

We’re scheduling interviews for the week commencing 30 March 2026, so lets chat!

Head of Engineering

This pioneering (B2B SaaS) Fintech is reshaping the way large enterprise customers build new products and services at speed. Based in the heart of Sydney, their mission is to simplify and enhance the experience for their clients and users.

The Role:

As Head of Engineering, you’ll work directly with the Founder and be responsible for scaling a platform that supports some of the biggest global names in Insurance. This role blends leadership, strategy, and technical expertise, positioning you as a key player in shaping both their product and technology roadmaps. Your key responsibility is to drive and deliver great products and services while scaling the platform for national expansion.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, Inspire, Elevate – Guide a team of exceptional engineers (software, QA, Cloud), fostering a culture of innovation, ownership, and collaboration.
• Own the Full Product Journey – From the spark of an idea to deployment, you’ll ensure our products are scalable, secure, and customer-centric.
• Strategic Partnership – Work hand-in-hand with Head of Product to align engineering efforts with our ambitious business objectives and user needs.
• Deliver at Speed & Scale – Keep us moving fast, while delivering high-quality solutions, all while keeping projects on time and within budget.
• Champion Innovation – Drive the adoption of cutting-edge tools and methodologies that push the limits of what our Java on AWS stack can do.
• Shape the Future – Provide strategic leadership that influences both the product and engineering direction of the company.

About You:

• You’ve led high-performing engineering teams and thrived in fast-paced, product-driven environments; ideally B2B SaaS.
• Your leadership style inspires, motivates, and cultivates high ownership across your teams.
• You can seamlessly translate complex technical challenges into product wins that align with business goals.
• You thrive at the intersection of technology and product, with a knack for balancing innovation and delivery.
• Experience in fintech or similarly disruptive industries is a bonus, but your passion for building game-changing products is what counts.

Why Us?

• Lead with Impact – Play a pivotal role in a fintech that’s making waves and transforming an industry.
• Shape the Future – Join a team where your ideas matter and your leadership defines the future of our products.
• Innovate at Scale – Work with modern technology, constantly pushing the boundaries with Java, React and AWS
• Growth and Challenge – Enjoy the rewards of a competitive package, professional growth, and the excitement of being part of a high-growth business.

If you are interested in a confidential chat, reach out to sean.mitchell@theonset.com.au

Lead Delivery Manager - Sydney | Hybrid

We’re partnering with a growing technology business to hire a Lead Delivery Manager to elevate delivery performance across the organisation.

This is not a standard Delivery Manager role.

You’ll operate at a senior level — leading complex programs while also setting direction across a group of experienced Delivery Managers, shaping how delivery is executed at scale.

What you’ll do

• Oversee complex, multi-stream programs across enterprise clients
• Lead, support, and hold Delivery Managers accountable for delivery outcomes
• Set clear expectations and drive consistency, structure, and high standards across teams
• Step in to stabilise delivery, reset direction, and manage risk when needed
• Own delivery outcomes end-to-end, including commercial performance and forecasting
• Work closely with senior stakeholders to align delivery with business priorities
• Identify inefficiencies and lift delivery maturity across teams and programs

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience leading large, complex delivery environments
• Background in a consulting, professional services, or vendor-led delivery environment
• Experience managing or leading Delivery Managers or senior delivery professionals
• Strong commercial acumen (budget ownership, forecasting, trade-offs)
• Ability to lead at a peer level — balancing influence with clear direction and accountability
• Confidence to make decisions under pressure and handle difficult conversations when needed
• Strong stakeholder management across senior business and client groups
• Track record of improving delivery standards and driving performance across teams

Leadership style

This organisation is people-first and collaborative, with a strong focus on trust and shared ownership.

At the same time, this role requires someone who can:

• Set direction and hold the line when needed
• Create accountability without creating fear
• Support and coach teams, while also stepping in decisively when delivery is at risk

The balance is: human, calm leadership with the ability to take control when it matters

Why this role

• Influence how delivery is done — not just what is delivered
• Operate at a leadership level across programs and teams
• Shape delivery standards, capability, and ways of working
• Work in an environment that values both people and performance

This role suits a delivery leader who is:

• commercially astute
• experienced in client-facing, multi-account environments
• confident leading other leaders
• able to balance coaching with accountability
• ready to step beyond traditional program delivery

Apply now or reach out for a confidential discussion.

B2B Growth Marketing Lead

• Own growth from positioning to execution, optimisation and revenue impact
• Dynamic, high growth fintech
• $130k - $140k plus super and bonus

The Opportunity

This is not a 'set the strategy and step back' role. It’s for someone who likes to own growth end-to-end—from positioning through to execution, optimisation and revenue impact.

You’ll join a fast-scaling fintech operating in the payments space.  The business is in a high-growth phase, with strong product-market fit and clear runway.

If you’re commercially wired, data-led, and equally comfortable in a Figma file as you are in a pipeline review, you'll want to read on.

• Shape and refine the brand narrative, simplifying complex product features into compelling, high-converting messaging
• Design and execute growth campaigns across acquisition and existing customer expansion
• Lead the visual execution of sales and ABM assets (decks, landing pages, partner materials)
• Apply UX/UI principles across all marketing touchpoints to improve conversion
• Identify funnel friction and drop-off points; and fix them
• Define and track core growth KPIs, using data to scale, refine or kill initiatives
• Run competitor and voice-of-customer analysis to sharpen positioning and win rates
• Partner with Sales Ops to deliver coordinated ads, email and outbound programs
• Build and optimise a referral engine across partners and customers
• Support event strategy and execution, including messaging and collateral
• Drive expansion within existing accounts through insight-led programs

What You Bring

• 5+ years in B2B growth or product marketing, ideally in tech or long sales-cycle environments
• A track record of owning revenue or pipeline impact, not just campaign delivery
• Strong ABM experience, with evidence of influencing closed-won deals
• Ability to translate complexity into clear, visually compelling content
• Hands-on capability across execution - this is not a pure strategy role
• Deep understanding of funnel optimisation, conversion and ROI improvement
• Experience building scalable design systems/templates
• Strong grasp of UX/UI for marketing
• Comfortable operating in a start-up / scale-up environment

• Genuine ownership of growth, not just a slice of it
• A product with strong market relevance and emotional resonance
• High visibility and direct impact on commercial outcomes
• A business that values speed, clarity and execution over bureaucracy

If you’re looking for a role where you can see the direct commercial impact of your work and move fast doing it, apply online or call Michelle Rubinstein a The Onset on 0413463 043.

Global Paid Media and Growth Lead

• Set, own and deliver the paid growth strategy
• Lead a multi-million dollar paid media function
• Circa $190k - $220k plus super and bonus

Join a global, high-growth digital platform operating at the forefront of the creative, content and AI ecosystem.

This is a pivotal role leading a multi-million dollar global paid media function, with a clear mandate to scale customer acquisition through sophisticated, full-funnel campaigns across social and non-search channels.

You’ll have end-to-end ownership of paid growth strategy and execution, working closely with in-house creative and analytics teams to build a high-velocity experimentation engine that drives measurable performance.

With direct access to senior leadership and the CEO, this role offers both influence and accountability in shaping the future of the growth function.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own and execute the global paid media strategy across social and non-search channels

• Manage and optimise significant media budgets to drive strong ROAS and acquisition efficiency

• Build and scale a creative experimentation framework to continuously improve performance

• Leverage AI, automation and advanced tooling to enhance campaign optimisation and testing velocity

• Partner with analytics to define attribution models, measurement frameworks and experiment design

• Identify and unlock new growth opportunities across emerging platforms and channels

• Collaborate cross-functionally with creative, product marketing and growth teams

• Lead and mentor a small team

What You’ll Bring

• Expertise in paid media with proven success managing large-scale acquisition campaigns across multiple geographies

• Deep expertise across platforms including Meta, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest and programmatic display

• Strong track record building and scaling experimentation frameworks

• Experience leveraging AI and automation to improve campaign performance

• Advanced analytical capability with a commercial, results-driven mindset

• Leadership experience within high-performance marketing environments

• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills

Why This Role Stands Out

• Fully remote (across Australia or New Zealand)

• Ownership of a global, multi-million dollar paid media function

• Direct exposure to executive leadership and CEO

• Strong in-house creative and analytics capability (you won’t be flying blind)

• Real focus on experimentation, innovation and AI-driven growth

• Opportunity to shape the future of a high-impact acquisition channel

If you’re looking for a role where you can operate at scale, influence strategy and push the boundaries of paid growth, this is a standout opportunity.  Apply online or call Michelle Rubinstein at The Onset - 0413 463 043.