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    Lead Developer - Sydney, Australia - REA Group

    REA Group
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  • Join a collaborative team and deliver great digital experiences.
  • Sustainability - We are certified carbon neutral and committed to reducing our impact on the environment.
  • Charities – We have long-term partnerships with charities working to address homelessness.
  • We're REA

    REA Group ( is not your average digital business. From humble beginnings in a garage in Melbourne's east in 1995, we have grown into a leading global digital business, specialising in property.

    With bold and ambitious goals, we are changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home.

    Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we're proud to be named in Australia's "Top 5" Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.

    Where the team fits in

    This role sits in the Media Team, within the Advertising portfolio. The advertising portfolio's mission is changing the way people experience property. They do this by providing a world class advertising platform that reaches audiences across REA Group.

    The Media team helps consumers share, rent, buy, sell and enjoy property, by connecting them with all sorts of products and services to help them along their property journey. This includes finance products, utilities, home services, furnishings, automotive and many more innovative advertising and lead generation tools. The fast-growing Media business includes a cross-functional team from Product, IT, Sales, Marketing, PR and Communications, HR, Finance and Legal. We're all about using digital solutions to make property and everything that supports consumers around property, simple, efficient and stress free.

    This role has key strategic importance and visibility within the business. This is a unique role that will focus on delivering thought leadership in advertising technologies, designing innovative solutions, and helping teams leverage this to produce world class advertising products.

    What the role is all about

  • Thought leadership in buying ads, selling ads, and sharing data with advertising clients.
  • Line-managing a small number of engineers within the team.
  • Contributing to the overall technical solution design and product direction, working with Tech Leads to ensure our solution is in line with our technical vision.
  • Informing delivery planning and technical design by providing a balanced view of options, effort, and quality considerations.
  • Working with the team leads to understand business priorities, express ideas and communicate technical options.
  • Helping clarify, plan and prepare work for the team.
  • Guiding the team throughout the development process and informing technical decisions.
  • Working in agile teams, where we rapidly adapt to the market and work widely with different product teams across REA.
  • Keeping abreast of the latest technology advancements to inform product and technical design.
  • Proactively contributing to the continuous improvement of products, technology, process, and team development.
  • Actively developing skills and experience through continual learning and evaluation.
  • Working with stakeholders to design high quality solutions that meet the needs of our users, including vendor platforms
  • Who we're looking for

  • A few runs on the board - you will ideally have 5+ years leading engineering teams.
  • A demonstrated ability to envision web-based services that meet client needs & solve business problems.
  • Active contribution and leading technical decision-making process
  • Coaching less experienced members of the team
  • Demonstrated experience with modern object oriented or functional programming practice in two or more of our programming languages – Scala, Java, Ruby, Python and JavaScript.
  • Strong experience in managing project schedule and working closely with DLs, BAs, PMs and product teams.
  • Proactively contribute to the continuous improvement of products, technology, process and team development
  • Demonstrated experience working in Media/AdTech industry – Bidding solutions, DSPs, SSPs, Tag Management, CDPs, knowledge of targeting and creative setup used in media campaigns as well as privacy-enhancing technologies
  • The REA experience

    The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we'll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow. We're committed to your development – both professionally and personally. Your experience with us is something we take seriously.

    We offer:

  • A hybrid and flexible approach to working
  • Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers
  • Programs to support mental, emotional, financial and physical health & wellbeing
  • Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity.
  • Hack Days so you can bring your big ideas to life
  • Performance recognition programs because hard work should never go unnoticed
  • Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion


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