Software Engineering Manager

Amber is a new way to buy power, designed for a world powered by renewable energy. We give customers direct access to the real-time wholesale electricity price as it varies every 30 minutes, and the technology to shift more of their energy usage to the times when cheaper renewables are available in the grid. It's a cheaper way to buy power and the fastest way for Australia to reach 100% renewable energy.

We are growing rapidly and have thousands of customers who love what we are doing and a great product that will play a significant role in driving Australia towards a renewable future. We are backed by Australia's leading VCs (including Square Peg Capital and Main Sequence Ventures), impact-focused investors and individuals, and most recently by Commonwealth Bank and NRMA. We're now at a critical moment in taking the business to real scale as we disrupt a huge market for the better.

We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and a great culture of people who love coming to work to build a better world. You'd be a part of a growing team of over 70, with expertise across energy, technology, marketing, and operations.

About the Role

• Build a balanced and high performing team, through recruiting from a wide range of backgrounds, experience levels, etc
• Grow the individual capabilities of team members through continuous professional development, training, and performance reviews
• Cultivate a highly collaborative environment and foster psychological safety
• Contribute to technical and product strategy, especially where they touch on the capabilities (or gaps) of your team
• Contribute to scalable and repeatable team processes and documentation (ie onboarding, perf review structures, etc)

Key Requirements

• At least two years of engineering management experience, OR four years at a tech/team lead level, with a strong interest in people.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills built on a foundation of empathy for your fellow humans.
• Enough technical grounding to participate in problem solving and design discussions at all levels of the organisation.

What we believe a great team looks like

We put the customer at the centre of everything we do. Whatever it is we are doing, it's always with a viewpoint that this will help our customers, whether that's 10,000 customers right now, or 1 million customers in the future.

We are willing to take calculated risks on bold ideas. We seek to do things differently and are willing to try creative ideas if we believe there is significant upside with a culture where we recognise that not all ideas will succeed.

Hypothesis driven approach. We develop hypotheses of actions we can take to improve the business and then set up the systems to quickly test if that hypothesis was correct.

We seek insight. We seek to disaggregate the data to draw out the insight to inform our next hypothesis.

We prioritise the biggest opportunities. We test a variety of ideas but quickly cut what isn't working and double down on what is.

We continually learn and improve. We keep track of what we have learnt so that we continually improve and never make the same mistake twice.

We create leverage. We believe that the key to creating an efficient business at scale is to create leverage in everything we do. Whether that's implementing a better processes or developing a new technology to solve a problem faster.

We have fun. We love coming to work, and interacting with our colleagues and customers. If we spot an opportunity for a joke, or to do something nice for someone, then we take it.

How to Apply

Please include your resume and a cover letter briefly explaining what you believe you could bring to, and want from a successful engineering management role at Amber.

Our process will generally be as follows:

- A screening call with our talent team

- An early call with the Director of Engineering about the role

- A take home case study for pre-read/preparation

- A skills based interview reflecting on the case study with a peer Engineering Manager and a senior software engineer

- A final chat with the CTO and one of our Founding CEOs

We promise to be respectful of your time as an applicant while trying to be as thorough as possible in finding the right fit for our team.

Applications only from candidates already based in Australia please. No recruitment firms.

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Product team and help enable the uptake of renewable energy.

We're always on the look out for new talent, if you think you'd be a great fit here at amber feel free to drop us an email at and we'll do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.

Amber acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we operate. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present, and emerging.

Amber is available in VIC, SA, NSW, ACT and SE QLD.

Amber passes through wholesale electricity prices directly at the cost to us, this includes:
wholesale energy costs, hedging costs, network charges (per kWh and per day), metering costs, environmental costs and carbon offset costs.

Amber Electric Pty Ltd is an authorised electricity retailer and the provider of the Amber energy product.