Engineering Manager

At DISCO, we strongly believe in the uniqueness of thought, experience and perspective that can only be achieved through having an inclusive and diverse workforce. We strive to continue to make DISCO an incredible place to work by fostering a culture of inclusiveness, diversity, openness and collaboration. We value all different kinds of experience, so even if you feel you don't meet all of the necessary criteria for this position, we encourage you to apply.

What is DISCO?

DISCO has been revolutionizing music and media file management since 2016, becoming the go-to platform for the music industry. Empowering the industry’s top creators, professionals and more with unparalleled file management and discovery tools.

Trusted by thousands of global professionals and teams—including major labels, film studios, indie icons, music supervisors, and chart-topping creators—DISCO leads in digital asset management and discovery, with over 110 million tracks on the platform. DISCO provides robust tools for file and catalog management, metadata tagging, EPK creation, listener analytics, and secure sharing, empowering professionals to maintain creative control while maximizing their reach and efficiency. With teams across the US, Australia, UK, and EU, DISCO is the industry’s trusted partner in success.

Location

Remote in Victoria, Australia (Melbourne preferred)

Role

As a Engineering Manager, you combine technical expertise with strong leadership to guide a small team of engineers in delivering impactful outcomes for DISCO and our customers. You contribute directly to technical design, implementation, and optimisation within your team’s scope while also mentoring engineers to grow their skills and careers. You know when to be hands-on in solving technical challenges, whether that’s fixing bugs, building a feature, or optimising system performance, and you know when to lead from behind.

You help the team prioritise work that balances feature delivery with quality, performance, and reliability. Collaborating with Product and Design, you ensure technical feasibility and customer value. As a leader, you foster a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and collaboration, while supporting team autonomy and aligning with broader engineering standards.

Responsibilities

• Product & Technical Leadership – Define and track OKRs in collaboration with Product Managers, ensuring alignment with strategic goals. Balance feature development with addressing technical debt and improving system health.
• Technical Oversight – Guide technical discovery, review designs and architecture decisions, and contribute to coding when necessary to support the team’s success.
• Team Development – Mentor and grow engineers of varying seniority through regular 1:1s, career development plans, and structured feedback. Foster a culture of engagement, ownership, and technical excellence.
• Cross-functional Collaboration – Work closely with Product and Design to ensure technical feasibility, maintain high-quality standards, and deliver impactful solutions.
• Engineering Standards & Best Practices – Help define and implement engineering standards across teams, ensuring consistency in quality, performance, and reliability.
• Operational Excellence – Monitor and maintain engineering health metrics (SLOs, error rates, cycle time, operational costs) to drive improvements in processes, system performance and reliability.
• Incident Management & On-call Processes – Oversee incident response, and post-mortems, ensuring effective resolution and long-term fixes for recurring issues.
• Continuous Improvement – Drive enhancements in development workflows, testing practices, CI/CD pipelines, and overall engineering efficiency.

Requirements

• Engineering Leadership Experience (at least 7 years of engineering experience, including at least 3 years of people management) – Proven experience leading a team of engineers in a high-growth or complex product environment, with a focus on mentorship, team development, and fostering a strong engineering culture.

• Scalability & System Design – Deep understanding of designing, building, and maintaining scalable web applications, APIs, and distributed systems, ideally in a SaaS or cloud-based environment.
• Technical Expertise – Strong knowledge of modern backend and frontend technologies, system performance optimization, and architectural best practices for high-traffic applications.
• Balancing Business & Engineering Priorities – Ability to make strategic trade-offs between feature development, technical debt, and operational improvements using data-driven decision-making.
• Cross-functional Collaboration – Experience working closely with Product, Design, and other engineering teams to align on goals, manage dependencies, and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Operational Focus – Familiarity with monitoring, incident response, and maintaining service reliability at scale, including working with SLOs, observability platforms, and optimising for cost efficiency.
• Process & Best Practices – Knowledge of modern software development workflows, including CI/CD, testing strategies, and iterative improvement of engineering processes.
• Strong Communication & Influence – Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Bonus Skills (Nice to Haves)

• We use React, Typescript, Python, and Postgres, experience with these, or similar, is a big plus.
• Experience working in a high-scale SaaS or cloud-based environment.
• Hands-on experience with modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD and cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with observability tools, monitoring, and error tracking.
• Passion for building a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

At DISCO, our employees have told us what benefits mean the most to them, and we've listened. So as a DISCO employee, you will work remotely from home (or a co-working space) whilst being supported by a friendly and fun international team. In addition, you will receive:

• A competitive salary in a fast-growing startup
• Four weeks of paid vacation leave per year
• Two weeks of paid sick leave per year
• Paid Parental Leave
• A company laptop
• Monthly internet allowance/reimbursement
• Office set-up allowance
• Annual learning and development allowance
• The ability to work how you want. We’re not heavy on rule books. Everyone is trusted to figure out the best way to work.

To apply for this incredible position, please submit an application along with your resume.

DISCO is an equal-opportunity employer. In addition, we will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals who have disabilities. If you require any reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process, please note this in your cover letter and we will reach out to you.

Please note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.