Technical Development Lead

You will thrive in this role if you are:

A hands-on technical leader who enjoys setting direction while staying close to delivery.

Experienced in Oracle Retail, database development and enterprise application support.

Skilled in coaching developers, reviewing technical work and lifting engineering standards.

Comfortable working across internal teams, vendors, offshore partners and business stakeholders.

Confident communicating complex technical matters in a clear and practical way.

Able to balance delivery speed with long-term maintainability, quality and risk.

Passionate about improving reliability, reducing technical debt and building sustainable technology solutions.

Collaborative, accountable and comfortable constructively challenging when needed.

This is an opportunity to lead meaningful technical change across business-critical systems that support the way David Jones delivers for our customers.

You’ll be part of a collaborative Technology team that values quality, accountability, continuous improvement and constructive challenge.

At David Jones, our culture is built around being:

Customer Obsessed — we are curious to understand our customers and dedicated to delivering seamless solutions as one team.

Empowered — we trust each other to act with integrity, value unique skills and take accountability for decisions.

Inclusive — we create an environment where people feel a sense of belonging and respect.

Innovative — we seek new ways to improve, challenge the status quo and contribute to the future of our business.

We’re looking for someone who brings these behaviours to life — someone who can inspire technical excellence, support team capability and help create solutions that are secure, reliable and built for the future.

If you’re ready to lead complex technology delivery, strengthen engineering capability and help shape the future of Merchandise and Supply Chain technology at David Jones, we’d love to hear from you.