Head of Engineering

Head of Engineering

Contract Type:

Full Time

Location:

Sydney - New South Wales

Industry:

Marketing & Digital

Salary:

$150,000.00 - $180,000.00 Per Year

Contact Name:

Jake Griffiths

Contact Email:

jake@wowrecruitment.com.au

Contact Phone:

0406629974

Date Published:

27-Feb-2026

This fast growing, publicly listed ecommerce business is transforming their market with high quality, ethically produced products.

Their customer base exceeds 1.5 million people, with tens of thousands of five star reviews, and they sell a product every 8 seconds globally.

With revenues approaching $100 million and a lean team of around 20, the organisation operates in a high performance, scaleup office in Surry Hills.

They have partnered with us to make several senior level hires.

The Team

You’ll join the digital and growth function, which represents roughly 70% of the organisation’s headcount. This team includes:

  • A leader responsible for digital strategy and commercial performance
  • Head of CRO
  • Ecommerce Lead
  • Data Engineering
  • Graphic Design
  • Paid Search (currently a contractor, moving to a permanent role)

You’ll also collaborate closely with the operations and production division, led by a separate function that covers supply side activities.

The culture is high energy, high ownership, and suited to individuals who enjoy pace, problem solving, and driving measurable commercial outcomes.

The Role

This is a hybrid role spanning engineering, ecommerce, experimentation, automation, and technical enablement for the broader growth team.

You will be the technical owner of the ecommerce and martech ecosystem, ensuring the organisation can test, iterate, optimise, and scale digital experiences rapidly.

This is a hands-on role where you will build, ship, and improve systems that directly influence revenue and customer experience.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Execution
  • Lead engineering across frontend, backend, Shopify, and martech systems.
  • Build and maintain fast, reliable, scalable ecommerce experiences.
  • Design and deploy integrations, APIs, automation, and internal tools that support experimentation and growth.
  • Implement robust engineering practices while making commercially sound decisions around technical debt.

Experimentation & Growth
  • Work with CRO, data, ecommerce, and marketing teams to roll out high velocity A/B tests, UX enhancements, and optimisation experiments.
  • Develop the frameworks, tools, and infrastructure that enable rapid iteration.
  • Introduce innovative, first principles technical solutions rather than relying on agency style playbooks.

Collaboration & Strategy
  • Partner with leadership to shape the digital roadmap.
  • Translate business problems into elegant, measurable technical solutions.
  • Work closely with creative, data, and marketing teams to deliver cross-functional initiatives.

Team & Capability Building
  • Establish engineering best practices and technical standards.
  • Potential to grow and lead an engineering team over time as the function scales.
  • Promote a culture of experimentation, curiosity, and commercial awareness.

About You

Candidates should bring strong capability in at least  two of the following three  areas:

Frontend Development
  • Strong JavaScript experience
  • High performing ecommerce UX and performance optimisation
  • Crafting fast, responsive customer experiences

Backend Development
  • API development, integrations, automation
  • Experimentation infrastructure, data flows, internal tools

Shopify Engineering
  • Custom theme development (Liquid), app integration, advanced configuration
  • Understanding of headless or hybrid architecture
  • Ability to push Shopify well beyond template level functionality

They are flexible on which two you bring e.g., a frontend powerhouse with strong Shopify experience is just as welcome as a backend focused engineer with deep ecommerce knowledge.
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