Who We Are:
At Prezzee, we’re more than just a digital gifting platform – we’re building human connections through unforgettable gifting moments. With over 1,000 brand partners globally, we’re transforming how people give and receive gifts. From our beginnings as a small Australian startup to becoming a global leader, we thrive on innovation, collaboration, and a deep commitment to making a real impact.

The Role: 

Ready to lead a high-performing engineering squad and build products that delight customers? As a Technical Lead at Prezzee, you’ll drive engineering excellence by guiding a team of developers to deliver secure, high-quality solutions across multiple tech stacks. You’ll lead by example—shaping architecture, writing clean code, and managing CI/CD pipelines and production releases.

You’ll champion best practices, embed a DevOps mindset, and ensure your team is set up for success through strong technical leadership and collaboration. If you have a passion for innovation, people leadership, and building products that scale globally, this is your opportunity to make a real impact. 

Some of the technologies and patterns we’re working on across our teams:

• Python, Django, FastAPI
• GraphQL Backend for Frontend using Apollo server. 
• MicroServices backend capable of over 100 orders per second.
• Realtime page performance monitoring (LCP, Total Load Time, etc..) in Datadog
• Prezzee is an AWS Enterprise customer
• We love AI and are rolling out our custom internal AI agent soon. 

What You'll Be Doing:

Key Responsibilities:

Coding Practices & Architecture

• Ability to design and build expert-level code 
• Design & write unit, API/Contract and behavioral tests
• Pull request cross-team approver and arbitrator
• Architect applications with particular attention to performance and cost
• Apply architectural patterns to ensure information is secured at runtime, while at rest and in transit

Continuous improvement & best practice

• Encourage innovation and foster an environment of continuous improvement
• Set and ensure adoption of coding, quality, accessibility and secure code standards 
• Help improve code quality principles across Prezzee
• Evangelise DevOps best practices, keep up with modern tooling and ensure business and team alignment

People Leadership

• Assist in providing technical leadership and support to your team of engineers
• Complete people related tasks including 1 on 1s, performance reviews, performance discussions & more
• Show genuine care for the career development of your individual team members
• Actively participate in team collaboration sessions e.g. tech forums, brown bags, strategy meetings
• Collaborate with other teams as necessary to deliver software engineering solutions
• At times partake in interviews and help attract & select world class talent to join Prezzee

What We’re Looking For:

Core Skills:

• Extensive experience crafting and building software using the latest delivery techniques
• Ability to design, estimate and build high quality and maintainable code
• Exceptional problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• A strong understanding of architectural concepts and cloud-based solution design
• Demonstrable ability to motivate self and others
• Experience working with technical and non-technical partners, with the capability to influence
• Able to architect applications with particular attention to performance and cost
• Experience mentoring other Engineers in best-practice

Why Join Us?
Join us at Prezzee, where we don’t just work – we innovate, collaborate, and shape the future of digital giving. As part of our dynamic team, you’ll contribute to a global company’s growth while enjoying a flexible, supportive, and inclusive work environment. We offer:

• Prezzeeversary Leave – Extra day of annual leave for each year you’re with us.
• BirthYay Leave – Celebrate you with a paid day off during your birthday month.
• Novated Car Leasing – A tax-smart way to bundle and pay for your car and running costs.
• ClassPass Membership – Fully covered monthly credits for fitness, wellness, and beauty.
• Office Allowance – One-time payment to upgrade your office setup.
• Flexible Work Perks – Flex your hours, take Culture Swap Days, and work from anywhere for 30 days a year.
• Prezzee Staff Discounts – Exclusive deals on Prezzee gift cards – just for being part of the team.
• Wellbeing Support – Access to mental, social, financial, and physical wellbeing support via Telus.
• Learning & Development – Grow your career with LinkedIn Learning, job shadowing, industry programs, and our Lunch & Learn sessions.
• Employee Resource Groups – Be an advocate or ally and foster belonging through groups like EmpowHer and Pride.
• Parental Leave – 12 weeks for primary carers and 4 weeks for secondary carers.

Prezzee has been recognized as Foundry's Computerworld 2024 & 2025 Best Places to Work in IT . We value diversity, collaboration, and innovation in everything we do. Join a global team united by the core values: Give openness, Give greatness, Give magic, and Give a damn.

Prezzee is an Equal Opportunity employer. We believe that diversity is the key to building the best products for our customers, team culture and growing our global business. Our diversity mission is for our people to be their most authentic selves, to inspire, innovate and celebrate within a culture of belonging. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status.

We are looking for people to help create human connections, make magic and shape the future of gifting so even if you don’t think you quite meet all of the skills listed or tick all the boxes, we’d still love to hear from you! Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application and recruitment process, We also encourage you to let us know of your pronouns at any point of the process.