Creates and maintains a technical vision and roadmap for their areas of influence that serve as a framework for technical decision making
Engages with delivery teams to help shape and critique their technical designs
Guides the technical evolution of our platforms while focusing on business outcomes
Educates the team on emerging technologies and approaches that are relevant to business
Has a holistic view of the technical ecosystem across the entire business and proactively engages with other technical leaders to ensure mutual understanding, cooperation and coordination
Business Impact
Achieves a deep understanding of Envato's commercial aims and strategies
Displays a high level of maturity in problem solving, maintaining a healthy balance between commercial and technical decisions and investments
Understands the commercial aspects of the problem space and articulates solution options in that context
Maintains a healthy balance between the short and the long term when making technical decisions
Chooses the appropriate technical solutions that optimise for business outcomes over technical perfection
Cultural Leadership
Provides leadership, direction, coaching, mentoring and support of other developers and technical leaders
Leads by example, promoting the Envato values and behaviours
Plays a key role in communities of practice in their area of expertise
Gives and receives constructive feedback in a way that motivates others for technical excellence
Builds bridges across teams and technical domains
Project Leadership and Management
Leads delivery of mid to large scale projects by cross-functional teams
Manages multiple stakeholder interactions and expectations
Reports on project progress and roadblocks
Coordinates developers on the team to ensure the component parts of a solution come together to form the whole solution
Plans and executes the delivery of a project to production infrastructure and is involved in the release communication to stakeholders
Manages the release process of projects
Ensures projects result in systems meeting the operational standards expected of them by their peers and stakeholders, including those laid out in Envato's Technical System Owner expectations
Requirements
Is likely to have 10+ years of technical experience in their field, including lead responsibility on several projects
Has experience presenting high level technical designs and architecture to technical and non-technical audiences
Has proven experience designing, building and operating large scale web applications
Has proven ability to lead and deliver multiple projects over a period of time
Demonstrates the ability to understand the commercial context of technical initiatives and have shaped technical outcomes based on that information
Effectively takes and gives constructive feedback to work towards a better solution
Effectively and proactively communicates with stakeholders for delivery of required and desired functionality
Is professionally self-aware and can objectively and dispassionately evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses
Proactively seeks and acts upon feedback on their performance from stakeholders and managers
Engages with the technology community and helps grow Envato as a technical brand
Displays honesty, openness, fairness, transparency and integrity in line with the Envato values
