Engineering Manager - Identity & Access Management (IAM) Sydney

Salary: Competitive Base + Super + Bonus

Lead exceptional software engineers building secure, scalable digital identity platforms.

An established Australian financial services organisation is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead software engineering teams responsible for customer identity, authentication and access management platforms.
This is an opportunity for an engineering leader who has progressed through hands-on software development and enjoys combining technical leadership, people management and modern engineering delivery.

The opportunity

• Lead, coach and develop high-performing software engineering teams.
• Oversee the development and evolution of customer identity, authentication and API platforms.
• Drive engineering delivery across backend services, integrations and cloud-based applications.
• Partner with architects, security specialists and product teams to shape technical solutions.
• Establish strong engineering practices across CI/CD, testing, observability and production reliability.
• Manage technical priorities, engineering capability and delivery outcomes.
• Build an environment of technical excellence, collaboration and continuous improvement.

What we're looking for

• A proven software engineering background, followed by progression into engineering leadership.
• Experience managing teams of software engineers, ideally in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of modern backend engineering, APIs, microservices and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with Java, Spring Boot, .NET, Python or comparable development technologies.
• Experience delivering software using cloud infrastructure, DevOps and CI/CD practices.
• Knowledge of identity, authentication, authorisation or API security.
• Excellent stakeholder management, coaching and technical decision-making skills.

Experience with IAM, CIAM, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect or identity platforms is highly desirable.

Important: We're seeking an Engineering Manager with genuine software development experience, rather than someone whose background is primarily IAM operations, security governance or infrastructure support.
Why consider it? You'll lead engineering teams working on strategically important platforms that enable secure digital customer experiences, with meaningful influence over technical direction and engineering culture.