Who is Plenti?

Plenti is a fintech lender, providing faster, fairer loans by leveraging its smart technology. Plenti is a dynamic and innovative business that is growing strongly. By continuing to deliver better customer experiences, Plenti is taking market share from incumbent players in the personal lending, renewable energy, and automotive finance markets.

We are a fast moving and ambitious business that seeks to recruit smart and capable people, who can take ownership of their role to help the business thrive. With over 200 people based in Australia, Plenti is small enough so everyone can make a difference in their role, but we have very big ambitions as a team, as we go about building Australia’s best lender.
Plenti is a founder led business that launched in 2014 and is now listed on the ASX, with annual revenue of over $200 million and a loan portfolio of over $2 billion.


Overview: 
The Engineering Team Lead at Plenti leads and manages one of the engineering teams, balancing project leadership with hands-on development contributions. This role focuses on driving innovation within the team, enhancing the engineering tech stack, and mentoring team members to foster a high-performance environment. The ideal candidate will promote team performance and technical excellence while cultivating collaboration and empowerment among team members.

Key Responsibilities: 
• Working with product manager to assess upcoming work 
◦ Guide on solutions
◦ Breakdown work from high level requirements into a deliverable backlog
◦ Collaborate with principal engineers/staff engineers/software architects where necessary to get guidance on technical implementation 
• Guide the developers in the team to work on the backlog, and assign work where necessary 
• Make final decision on what tasks developers work on 
• Ensure technical tasks are prioritised appropriately 
• Ensure incidents are dealt with appropriately, you will be directly assigned incidents for you to delegate 
• Ensure product quality does not decline 
• Mentor and empower team members to nurture them into high performing team members 
• Contribute to improving engineering processes 

Key Qualifications: 
• Extensive expertise in .NET technologies with a strong design and hands-on implementation emphasis (preferably, 8+ years working in software development) 
• Experience in managing engineering team and/or leading projects 
• Strong understanding of event-driven architectures and microservices. 
• Strong understanding of domain-driven design principles and best practices. 
• Demonstrated ability to establish collaboratively and enforce high coding standards and best practices. 
• Test-driven approach to software development 

Key Competencies: 
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams. 
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills with a focus on innovative solutions. 
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, capable of influencing and guiding teams effectively. 
• Business-oriented approach with the ability to translate technical complexities into business value. 
• Ability to instill high performance culture within team Strong time management skills with good insight around prioritizing tasks within team 


The Engineering Team Lead reports to Engineering Manager.

What's life like at Plenti?

Working at Plenti means joining a team that is high-performing, diverse, customer-focused and collaborative. It’s a place where everyone can “make it happen” and share in the results and success. If being in a dynamic industry as part of a market-leading fintech sounds like you, then join to help us reshape Australia’s financial eco-system for the good.

In return, you will enjoy a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship to take your career further. We offer flexible working and volunteer and study leave to develop your skills. We also have monthly social events, office snacks, company Townhalls and D&I initiatives and events to help you connect with your colleagues. 
Plenti is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disabilities. When you apply, let us know of any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process so we can accommodate you.