About the role

Lead Engineer providing technical leadership for an omnichannel API platform supporting a large Australian retailer. Involve in hands-on engineering and architectural ownership.

Responsibilities

We are seeking a Lead Engineer to provide technical leadership for an omnichannel API platform supporting a large Australian retailer. This platform plays a critical role in enabling consistent digital experiences across web, mobile, and in-store channels.
The role combines hands-on engineering with architectural ownership, technical decision-making, and team leadership.
**Responsibilities**
Own the technical direction and evolution of the GraphQL-based omnichannel API platform
Define and enforce API standards, schema governance, and engineering best practices
Remain hands-on, contributing to key parts of the codebase where appropriate
Lead technical design discussions and guide solution approaches across teams
Mentor and support engineers, helping grow capability within the team
Partner closely with product, delivery, and architecture stakeholders to align technical decisions with business outcomes
Manage technical risks, dependencies, and non-functional requirements such as performance, scalability, and security
Collaborate effectively with hybrid teams across Vietnam and Australia

Extensive experience designing and delivering large-scale backend or API platforms
Deep knowledge of GraphQL, including schema design, federation, versioning, and performance optimisation
Strong background in backend engineering and distributed system design
Experience acting as a technical lead or engineering lead on complex platforms
Ability to balance hands-on delivery with longer-term architectural thinking
Strong communication skills, able to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
**Nice to have**
**Experience delivering eCommerce or omnichannel retail platforms at scale**
Experience working in enterprise or highly integrated environments
**Exposure to cloud-native platforms and modern DevOps practices**

About Mindera
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We are 1000+ techies working from anywhere in the world who love to implement the best engineering practices and use the latest tech stack to deliver web and mobile applications for over 100 well-known international clients since we started.
We partner with our clients to understand their products and deliver high-performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact on their users and businesses across the world.
You get to work with a bunch of great people, and the whole team owns the project together.
Our culture reflects our lean and self-organisation attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication.
We are proud of our work, and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile and collaborative environment.
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