Engineering Manager – Hybrid in Sydney

Build What Matters. Thanks for stopping by and learning more about this role at Sitemate! The Engineering Manager leads the engineering side of a product team, reporting to and supporting their Product General Manager (PGM). They are responsible for the engineers in their team, including their performance, growth, and day‑to‑day execution, and for making sure work moves from "ready to build" through to "shipped and stable" with high quality and a predictable cadence, including delivering code themselves. Delivery is shared with the Product Design Manager (PDM). The PDM owns the what: product scope, design, acceptance criteria, and production monitoring. The Manager owns the how: engineering capacity, sprint planning, unblocking engineers, and the quality of the engineering process. Both are jointly accountable for timelines and outcomes. When something slips or ships with issues, neither role can point at the other. The Manager also works closely with the Tech Lead, who owns technical quality and architectural direction. The Manager focuses on execution and people. The Tech Lead focuses on technical standards and code quality. In practice these overlap and require close collaboration.

Employment:

• Full‑time
• Based: Sydney, Australia or Melbourne, Australia
• Remuneration (Including Super): AUD $140,000 - $170,000 pending your experience

About Sitemate:

Sitemate builds best‑in‑class software and AI agents for the built world, helping construction, infrastructure and industrial companies work smarter and faster. Our mission is to multiply the engineering power of the built world. Storm is the #1 data capture agent for the front line of the built world - converting audio, photos and videos into clean structured records. With conversational support in‑app and across SMS, Whatsapp and phone calls, Storm is shifting front line workers from paperwork and clunky digital forms, to natural language and multi‑channel data capture. Our core platforms are Dashpivot (safety, quality and field reporting), Gearbelt (fleet and asset management), Flowsite (no‑code integrations), and the Sitemate mobile app for every worker on site. We have strong product‑market fit, generating thousands of new leads per month through word of mouth and organic channels. We are backed by Blackbird, with 200 people across 18+ countries and entities in Australia, the UK, the US and Canada.

Why Join Sitemate:

At Sitemate, you’ll join a global team that values transparency, high velocity, hustle, diversity, and innovation. We’re open about our metrics, honest about challenges, and obsessed with improving how the world’s most important industries operate. Our environment is flexible, fast‑moving, and outcome‑driven - designed to help you do the best work of your career. You’ll be surrounded by people who take pride in their work, care deeply about results, and believe that great culture is built on trust, respect, and continuous learning.

Our Core Values:

• Handle with Care: Handle with thought and care, decisions are considered and consciously delivered
• Everything Engineered: Everything engineered, intentional, planned and systematic
• Quality Certified: Do it well, with attention to detail and accuracy, or don’t do it at all
• Fast Tracked: Fast, incremental, and constant delivery of change
• High Vis: A high visibility, transparent and open environment
• Rain, Hail or Shine: Show up for your team, your customers and yourself

What We Offer:

• Competitive, performance‑based remuneration
• Equity options - own a piece of what you’re helping to build
• 20 days of paid annual leave, plus sick, carer’s, and compassionate leave
• Paid parental leave - 16 weeks for primary carers, 6 weeks for secondary carers (including adoption and stillbirth support)
• Professional growth budget and a transparent career development framework
• Laptop and home‑office setup budget
• Flexible work - remote or hybrid, plus the ability to work from anywhere for a few weeks each year
• Community & connection - weekly team lunches, global offsites, and our signature “Life Story” sessions
• Sydney HQ perks - rooftop garden, wellness centre, showers, and cycle storage in Haymarket
• Melbourne office perks - micro‑roasted coffee bar, on‑site parking & bike storage, wellness & mothers rooms, opposite Southern Cross station

Diversity & Inclusion:

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Sitemate welcomes people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, sexualities, and abilities. 55% of our team identify as coming from underrepresented ethnic backgrounds, 43% identify as female, and our team spans ages 22–51. We believe our diversity makes us stronger - and we’re committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work.

What this role looks like at Sitemate:

You’ll have direct reports. You’ll run 1:1s, progress Sitemate Development Plans and competency matrix levels, set goals, give feedback, and handle performance issues directly. You’ll also plan sprint capacity, make sure work is broken into milestones with estimates, track progress, and surface risk before it becomes a problem. Whilst you won’t be leading a feature or on critical path tickets, our engineering managers still actively contribute code and shipping improvements to our customers - this is not a hands off role. You should be able to follow a design discussion, sense when an estimate is off, and know when "it's nearly done" isn't. You are not expected to own technical architecture, but you are expected to know when to pull the Tech Lead in.

Day-to-Day:

• Plan and manage sprint or cycle capacity, making sure engineers have clear, well‑sequenced work broken into milestones with estimates.
• Track delivery progress and surface risk or slippage early, rather than waiting for things to go wrong.
• Act as the primary escalation path when engineers are stuck, and remove blockers before they stall delivery.