We’re looking for a proven Software Development/Platform Lead to guide and inspire a team of engineers, uplift delivery practices, and drive platform efficiency. This role is about leadership and impact – setting the direction for a talented team while ensuring robust, scalable systems that the business can rely on.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading, mentoring, and developing a team of software engineers – building capability and culture.
• Uplifting team performance and championing process improvements across the SDLC.
• Driving platform optimisation: scalability, efficiency, and security.
• Partnering with architects, product, and infrastructure teams to shape the roadmap and delivery approach.
• Making confident technical decisions in .NET / C#, ensuring solutions are sound and future-proof.
• Acting as a trusted voice in the business, engaging stakeholders and managing vendors to extend capability when needed.

About you:

• Proven experience leading software development teams (people leadership, not just project leadership).
• Strong technical background in .NET / C# (Blazor exposure a plus).
• Track record of lifting team performance and embedding delivery improvements.
• Confident navigating enterprise environments, ideally with exposure to financial services.
• Skilled across the full SDLC, comfortable working in Agile delivery models.
• Influential communicator who can align diverse stakeholders and inspire your team.
• Bonus: cloud (Azure), DevOps/automation, or AI/ML initiatives.

Why join?

This is your opportunity to step into a role where leadership is the lever – driving people, process, and platform improvements in a business that’s scaling rapidly. You’ll be part of an environment that values innovation, collaboration, and tangible impact.

Talent International is currently recruiting for an APS6 Economist to work for one of our Federal Government clients based in Surry Hills. The position is a 12-month contract role with the possibility of extension. The role pays between $500 to 600/day + Super.

7.6 hours per day and 38 hours per week

The client is seeking candidates to fill multiple APS6 Economics and Insights roles.

In this role, you will be part of small teams working to deliver economic research and analysis to support evidence-based decision-making on complex economic and pricing policy.

By joining the Economics and Insights team, you will:

• Work with like-minded individuals on a quest to address the unique challenges of the care economy and human services markets.
• Engage in theoretical and practical policy considerations regarding the current and future states of the NDIS supports markets.
• Apply statistical and economic modelling and research methods, using large datasets, to understand the functioning of NDIS markets and propose ways of improving it.
• Address information asymmetries and market failures by carefully designing pilot studies that fill information gaps and test new solutions.
• Work effectively across teams and departments, and in collaboration with experts and academics, to understand priorities and build a shared understanding.
• Make major impacts on the allocation of the Scheme resources that are projected to grow.

Essential criteria

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills applied to understanding complex economic issues and working toward practical solutions.
• Structured thinking about quantitative and qualitative problems, and development of analytical frameworks.
• Quantitative mindset with emerging technical skills to handle and analyse data.
• Ability to simplify technical information into succinct narratives and plain English advice suitable for non-technical audiences.

Desirable criteria

• A bachelor’s degree in economics and econometrics, or similar.
• Proficiency with a major statistical software package (R, Python, Stata, SAS).

If you are interested in this role, please APPLY NOW by submitting your resume in MS Word Format. For further information, you may contact Uvez Ahmed on 0480 806 154 / uvez.ahmed@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

Talent International is currently recruiting for an EL1 Assistant Director – Economics and Insights to work for one of our Federal Government clients based in Surry Hills. The position is a 12-month contract role with the possibility of extension. The role pays between $600 to 800/day + Super.

7.6 hours per day and 38 hours per week

The client is seeking candidates to fill multiple EL1 Assistant Director – Economics and Insights roles.

In this role, you will be leading small teams to deliver economic research and analysis to support evidence-based decision-making on complex economic and pricing policy.

By joining the Economics and Insights team, you will:

• Work with like-minded individuals on a quest to address the unique challenges of the care economy and human services markets.
• Engage in theoretical and practical policy considerations regarding the current and future states of the NDIS supports markets.
• Apply statistical and economic modelling and research methods, using large datasets, to understand the functioning of NDIS markets and propose ways of improving it.
• Address information asymmetries and market failures by carefully designing pilot studies that fill information gaps and test new solutions.
• Work effectively across teams and departments, and in collaboration with experts and academics, to understand priorities and build a shared understanding.
• Make major impacts on the allocation of the Scheme resources that are projected to grow.

Essential criteria

• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills applied to understanding complex economic issues and working toward practical solutions.
• Structured thinking about quantitative and qualitative problems, and development of analytical frameworks.
• Quantitative mindset with technical skills to handle and analyse data
• Competence in building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships, both internal and external.

Desirable criteria

• A postgraduate degree in economics and econometrics, or similar
• Experience working on the economic challenges of the care economy
• Proficiency with a major statistical software package (R, Python, Stata, SAS).

If you are interested in this role, please APPLY NOW by submitting your resume in MS Word Format. For further information, you may contact Uvez Ahmed on 0480 806 154 / uvez.ahmed@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.