Team Lead (Software Engineering)

Job Description

Want to lead a high-performing engineering squad shaping the future of property experiences for millions of Australians?

At Domain, we're looking for a hands-on Software Engineering Team Lead to lead the delivery of a significant frontend-focused roadmap, building intuitive, high-quality customer experiences across one of Australia's most recognised digital brands.

You'll work closely with Product, Design and Engineering leaders to modernise our platforms, influence technical direction, mentor engineers, and deliver products used by millions of Australians every month. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys balancing technical leadership with hands-on engineering and delivery.

What you'll do

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, quality, and continuous improvement.

• Drive the delivery of a frontend-heavy product roadmap, creating engaging customer experiences that have real impact at scale.

• Partner closely with Product and Design teams to shape roadmaps and translate customer and business needs into technical solutions.

• Guide architecture and engineering decisions across modern web applications, ensuring scalability, performance, accessibility, and maintainability.

• Champion engineering best practices across software development, testing, DevOps, security, and observability.

• Stay hands-on where it matters most, coaching engineers and helping solve complex technical challenges.

Ideally you'll have

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams in Agile environments.

• Strong experience building large-scale, customer-facing web applications.

• Deep expertise in modern frontend technologies, particularly React, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript frameworks.

• Experience delivering responsive, accessible, and high-performance user experiences.

• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to work effectively across Product, Design, and Engineering.

• Experience with modern engineering practices including CI/CD, testing, and cloud-native development.

• Exposure to Next.js, Node.js, AWS, microservices, or distributed systems would be highly regarded.

What's in it for you

Working at CoStar Group means you'll enjoy a culture of collaboration and innovation that attracts the best and brightest across a broad range of disciplines. We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. As well as having an outstanding working environment, other perks include extra days of annual leave, leadership development programs, LinkedIn Learning, Perkbox discounts and much more!

At CoStar, we recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds including but not limited to people of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, ethnicities, nationalities, religions and beliefs.

About Domain (part of the CoStar Group)

Domain is a leading property technology and services marketplace that is home to one of the largest portfolios of property brands in Australia, including the Domain, Allhomes and Commercial Real Estate (CRE) platforms.

In 2025, Domain became part of CoStar Group, a global leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, online marketplaces, and 3D digital twin technology. Together, we are dedicated to digitising the world's real estate, empowering people with the property insights, data, and connections they need to improve their businesses and lives.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Domain is enthusiastically and unapologetically committed to fostering an equitable and inclusive workplace that reflects our customers and communities.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, including people with disability, people of all ages, ethnicities, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples), faiths, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

We are committed to providing an equitable recruitment process for people with disability. If you require adjustments during the recruitment process, we're here to support you. If you wish to receive this advertisement in an accessible format or discuss workplace adjustments confidentially, please contact our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion team at [email protected] or leave a message on 1300 858 356.

What's Next?

We'll give your application the thoughtful attention it deserves and get back to you as soon as possible. If there's a match, one of our recruitment consultants will reach out, so keep your phone handy. We're genuinely excited about the chance to work together and make a meaningful impact.

CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing