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At Atomi, we're on a mission to unlock human potential by transforming the way students learn and teachers teach. Our platform combines cutting-edge technology with a creative, human-first approach, turning complex ideas into simple, engaging experiences for students, educators, and parents everywhere.
We’re driven by curiosity, humility, and a relentless focus on quality and innovation. At Atomi, your ideas matter, your creativity counts, and your work directly impacts how hundreds of thousands of learners engage with education around the globe.
Come build something remarkable with us.
The opportunity
As an engineering manager at Atomi you'll blend technical depth with people leadership by guiding a team of engineers to deliver quality at speed while helping shape how we build, ship and maintain our product.
In this role, you’ll partner closely with our Product and Design teams to make sure technical considerations shape direction and delivery. You’ll create an environment where engineers can own domains, make sound decisions and keep improving their craft.
This role is ideal if you’re ready to step beyond feature-level leadership and take on broader responsibility for team development, operational excellence and strategic alignment with the business.
At Atomi, we aim to move quickly and keep things transparent. Once you’re into the interview stage, we’ll make sure you get meaningful feedback and insights from the team. For this role, you can expect the process to look like this:
• Initial Screen w/ Atomi's People Team
• Interview Round 1: Culture and Motivations
• Interview Round 2: Technical Assessment - System Design
• Interview Round 3: Cross-Functional
What You'll Do
- Build, develop and retain a high-performing engineering team
- Co-own the team roadmap with Product and Design, balancing features, technical work and operational improvements
- Collaborate with other engineering managers and cross-functional stakeholders to solve cross-domain challenges
- Hire new team members, run regular 1:1s supporting the team with clear, growth-focused feedback that encourages engineers to make informed decisions with confidence
- Work with senior engineers to guide technical direction and identify architectural risks while using data to track operational patterns, support accurate estimation and improve delivery practices
- Keep the customer front and centre when making technical decisions
What You'll Bring to Atomi
- Experience building and developing engineering teams, with a people-first approach to coaching, feedback and career growth
- A strong technical foundation that helps you guide architectural decisions and support engineers in making thoughtful trade-offs
- Ability to use data to inform decisions on capacity, velocity and operational patterns while keeping delivery predictable
- Clear, empathetic communication that adapts to different audiences and builds trust across engineering, product and design
- Skill in navigating disagreements and creating alignment, even when priorities compete or constraints shift
- A commitment to inclusive, high-performing team culture where psychological safety, continuous learning and diverse perspectives thrive
Working at Atomi
- Tailored flexibility: Enjoy work-life balance with hours that adapt to your needs, whether for university, family or personal time.
- Generous leave: Experience additional paid leave options as a permanent team member.
- Location Independence: Work from Sydney, interstate or wherever you find inspiration.
- Growth and development: Use ongoing opportunities to improve your skills and expand your knowledge.
- Holistic wellbeing: Benefit from a comprehensive employee assistance program subscription and additional wellbeing leave, supporting your best self.
- Parental support: Enjoy 14 weeks of paid leave for new parents, with additional leave specifically for birthing parents.
- Work with the best: We know you want to work alongside the best, so we work hard to hire only the best.
- Regular social in-person and remote events: Including team sports competitions, trivia nights and themed annual events.
- Atomi access: Enjoy free Atomi services for you and your family.
- Onsite teams: Our Sydney office is ideally located in a central setting with cafes, shops and public transport nearby.
How to apply
Ironically for an education company, we’re not huge sticklers for qualifications. We’re more interested in how your skills and experience can contribute to our team. Make sure to include links to any relevant projects, like your portfolio, writing, GitHub, etc. - whatever helps us understand what you're good at, what you're passionate about, and why you’d be a great fit at Atomi.
We also know great people come from all kinds of backgrounds, so even if you don't meet all the requirements we've listed, you should still apply.
Please note: You'll need Australian working rights for this role.
