Senior Engineering Manager (Checkouts)

Proven track record leading engineering teams and complex platform delivery across cloud native, API driven products at scale, with expertise across .NET, React and AWS
Drive the technology strategy behind Zip’s checkout experience, powering millions of customer and merchant interactions through scalable APIs, integrations and developer platforms
Work flexibly in a hybrid environment, with regular team connection and collaboration in our Sydney office

Write your story with a career at Zip

Join Zip’s Technology function, responsible for building and maintaining seamless, secure and sustainable platforms that enable customers to shop with confidence and merchant partners to grow their brands.

As our Senior Engineering Manager, Checkouts, you’ll play a critical leadership role shaping the platforms that power Zip’s checkout experiences, merchant integrations, SDKs and Checkout APIs. Partnering closely with Product, Design, Commercial and Technology leaders, you’ll influence strategy, drive delivery and help define the architectural direction of one of Zip’s most important customer and merchant ecosystems.

This is an opportunity to lead at scale, solving complex technical and organisational challenges while creating experiences that help customers shop with confidence and merchants grow their businesses.

What you’ll own

Lead, coach and develop a team of talented engineers, creating an inclusive, high performing culture focused on growth, accountability and innovation
Drive delivery of the Checkouts roadmap, balancing speed, quality and long term scalability
Partner closely with Product and Design leaders to identify opportunities, test ideas and deliver experiences that improve merchant onboarding and customer conversion
Shape architectural direction across checkout platforms, APIs, integrations and distributed systems
Influence technical strategy and delivery outcomes across multiple teams, stakeholders and business domains
Champion engineering excellence, operational resilience, security and observability while enabling rapid product innovation
Leverage AI and automation to improve engineering productivity, platform reliability and delivery efficiency
Manage dependencies, risks and trade offs across complex initiatives to ensure successful delivery of strategic outcomes
Foster a culture of continuous improvement, technical leadership and knowledge sharing across the broader engineering organisation