Lead Engineer (Typescript, GraphQL)

Role overview

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 expert-level and TypeScript engineering with architectural ownership, technical decision-making, the management of advanced AWS infrastructure and team leadership.

Key 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 in a environment

- Define and manage cloud resources using AWS CDK (TypeScript), ensuring infrastructure is versioned and scalable

- Remain hands-on, contributing to key parts of the codebase and infrastructure-as-code

- Lead technical design discussions and guide solution approach...