Technical Lead

About Us

Coviu is a catalyst for life-changing online care anywhere.

Incubated at CSIRO and one of Australia’s fastest growing technology companies, Coviu is a leading virtual care platform that is beautifully designed, intuitive, and purpose-built for healthcare.

We work with a range of healthcare providers and sectors, including doctors, allied health professionals, aged care providers and more - making it easier to deliver higher quality, more engaging virtual care.

We’re proud to be the Australian Government’s provider of choice for virtual care. Now, thanks to our users, we’re one of Australia’s fastest growing technology companies with over 10 million+ consultations delivered globally by over 90,000 health practitioners!

Having completed our Series A capital raise led by EVP, the Impact Investment Group's Giant Leap Fund, and Main Sequence Ventures, we’re continuing to change the landscape of health as people know it and are passionate about breaking down the barrier of distance and enabling fair and equitable access to healthcare for everyone.

The Role

As a Technical Lead here at Coviu your responsibilities will include:

• Partner with Product to scope and design efficient technical solutions to deliver on the desired customer and business outcomes
• Drive the squad’s productivity and velocity whilst ensuring high technical quality, and promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement
• Lead, mentor, and coach engineers to support their continued technical and career growth
• Proactively identify and resolve issues that could impact squad outcomes, ensuring smooth and on-time delivery
• Evaluate, prioritise, and allocate tasks based on business value, effort, and input from Product and other stakeholders
• Participate in the release management process including Product releases.
• Participate in incident management, and associated on-call requirements dependent on the situation.
• Undertake other duties and responsibilities as required.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years in a Technical Lead, Engineering Manager, or senior engineering role at a fast-growing SaaS or tech company
• Solid background as a Full Stack Engineer, with a degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• Expertise in backend systems and large-scale data, with strong skills in PostgreSQL and MongoDB
• Proficiency in JavaScript, particularly Node.js, React, and TypeScript (or similar typed systems)
• Skilled in building high-quality, testable, and maintainable code with strong attention to detail
• Experience with Docker, Git, CI/CD pipelines, and package management systems
• Hands-on experience deploying systems to production on AWS, including zero-downtime deployments
• Proven experience leading and managing a small team of engineers, including mentoring, coaching, and providing feedback
• Ability to set technical direction, make architectural decisions, and balance trade-offs between speed, scalability, and maintainability
• Strong collaboration skills, with experience working closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders
• Proven track record of outcome based delivery, including driving projects end-to-end, ensuring timely delivery against outcomes while maintaining quality standards and managing risk
• Commitment to fostering a collaborative team culture, promoting coding standards, and continuous improvement.

You might also have:

• Experience working on integration projects using HTTP APIs
• Exposure to using OAuth 2.0 and SAML 2.0 for authentication and authorisation
• Experience with using LLMs (AI) for enhancing developer productivity, and/or delivering customer facing experiences
• Familiarity with BI and reporting tools
• Knowledge of functional programming languages (e.g. Scala) and experience with HubSpot’s API for business reporting
• Exposure to observability tooling, as well as WebRTC and associated APIs

Why work at Coviu?

At Coviu, we’re shaping the future of healthcare - making it more accessible, connected, and patient-centred. Our mission is to empower care from anywhere, supported by a diverse and inclusive team culture.

Learn more and meet the humans of Coviu here: https://youtu.be/F7IijQ2A0UU

When you join us, you can expect:

• A values-led, transparent company that prioritises collaboration and retaining great talent.
• A problem-solving, dynamic team delivering outstanding customer experiences.
• Remote-first flexibility
• Flexible working arrangements and a generous home office allowance.
• Opportunities to make a real impact on the digital transformation of healthcare.
• Supportive teammates invested in your growth.

We celebrate diversity of culture, ability, gender, and thought, creating a safe, flexible, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and trusted.

Please, no recruitment agencies; we’ll reach out to preferred suppliers if needed.

Join us

If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact in digital health alongside like-minded people, apply now and start your journey with Coviu!