Technical Lead, Core Lending

Job Description

As Technical Lead for the Core Lending team, you will own both the people and the delivery of one of Lumi’s most critical engineering streams. Core Lending powers credit decisioning, risk assessment, compliance, and operational efficiency across Lumi’s SME lending platform.

This is a player-coach role. You will stay hands-on with delivery while owning team performance, technical direction, and execution across Core Lending and a matrix of engineers in other teams.

The team’s current focus spans credit decisioning automation, KYC/AML compliance, open banking, and tooling improvements that reduce manual handling across Sales, Credit, and Operations.

You will report to the Head of Engineering, based in Sydney on a hybrid basis (3 days per week).

Qualifications

• Strong management experience, with a track record of leading and developing engineers in a player-coach capacity
• Experience managing people across a matrix structure, balancing team-level delivery accountability with broader people leadership
• A strong engineering background in TypeScript and React, with solid full-stack fundamentals across distributed microservice systems on AWS
• The ability to collaborate with product and engineering to translate a roadmap into a well-sequenced, clearly scoped delivery plan, and hold the team accountable to it
• High standards for engineering craft, including code quality, testing practices, and system design
• Clear, direct communication skills, with the ability to work across product, credit, and operations stakeholders and represent the team’s work at all levels
• Experience in fintech or regulated industries (nice to have), with an understanding of compliance and risk considerations in software delivery
• A genuine interest in building team culture, developing individual careers

Additional Information

Our Values

Egos at the door

We own. We don’t judge. We don’t blame. We are open. We are in this together.

See the customer

We show up. We understand. We anticipate. We do what we say. We genuinely focus on solutions.

Think lean

We make things simple. We are resourceful. We understand the problem. We think ahead.

Learn to grow

We are curious. We challenge. We try. We fail forward. We learn. We try again.

Our Perks

• Wellbeing: Free counselling, seasonal activities, Wellbeing Allowance, wellness room, flu shots

• Work Life:  Home Workspace Allowance, Purchased Leave, Parental Leave, Parental Flex Leave, Lumi Life Leave for challenging events, breastfeeding/expressing space

• Social & Food: Monthly lunches, regular celebrations, stocked kitchen, beer & kombucha on tap, board games, rooftop BBQs

• Rewards & Recognition: Competitive pay, referral bonuses, shout-out recognitions

• Community Support: Paid volunteer leave, celebrations, company volunteer days

• Career & Growth: Rapid advancement opportunities, higher education sponsorship, hackathons