Head of Engineering

Prezzee is a global leader in digital gifting and payments, having sold over 140 million gift cards through partnerships with more than 1,500 brands and serving over 6 million customers worldwide. Our mission is to change lives through the power of giving — leveraging borderless payment technology and innovative digital solutions to help people connect and create memorable moments that truly matter.

We’re looking for a Head of Engineering to lead the delivery of secure, reliable, and scalable technology platforms across payments, e-commerce, and digital gifting. Reporting to the CTO, you’ll lead a large and talented team of onshore and offshore engineers, delivering excellence through modern practices, a strong culture, and close partnership with the business.

A core part of your role will be  embedding AI into Product and Engineering SDLC practices and supporting teams across the broader business to unlock meaningful productivity gains and new capabilities.

What You’ll Do

Lead a High-Performing Engineering Organisation

• Foster a culture of ownership, trust, learning, empowerment, collaboration, and accountability
• Define team structures, squad boundaries, and ways of working to support scalable, high-performing delivery across distributed teams
• Reduce key-person dependencies through knowledge sharing and capability building

Drive AI Transformation & Enablement

• Work with the Delivery Team to define and drive the adoption of AI tools and workflows to improve delivery productivity, quality, and speed to market
• Partner with Product, Operations, Customer, and other business functions to identify and deliver practical AI use cases
• Enable teams across the organisation to effectively adopt AI through tooling, training, and best practices
• Establish guardrails, governance, and standards for responsible and scalable AI usage
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and translate them into real business impact

Partner With the Business

• Act as a trusted engineering partner to Product and Technology teams
• Be accountable for delivering committed outcomes and navigating complex challenges
• Communicate risks, dependencies, and trade-offs clearly
• Advocate for engineering quality, reliability, and delivery efficiency

Set the Technical Direction

• Define modern engineering standards and technical practices that drive efficiency, quality, and innovation
• Shape architecture and technology choices aligned to global scale and business needs
• Balance innovation, technical debt, and platform reliability to deliver sustainable solutions
• Continuously improve DevOps, CI/CD, DevEx, and automation practices

Lead Engineering Delivery

• Own and deliver the engineering roadmap aligned to organisational strategy
• Ensure distributed teams deliver consistently across feature development, platform improvements, and operational needs
• Remove bottlenecks across onshore and offshore teams through improved processes, tooling, and collaboration

Solution Reliability & Quality

• Uphold engineering standards and guardrails across all teams
• Lead post-incident and retrospective reviews to improve observability, operability, and resilience
• Ensure consistent delivery quality, performance, and security at scale

About You

• Experienced in leading large, distributed engineering teams across onshore and offshore environments
• Strong technical background in AWS, microservices, cloud-native systems, CI/CD, DevOps, DevEx, observability, and secure coding practices
• Proven track record of delivering complex initiatives with high quality and predictable outcomes
• Skilled in shaping engineering operating models and enabling Engineering Managers and leaders
• Commercially minded, with the ability to influence stakeholders and make pragmatic trade-offs

Proven Track Record in AI & Transformation

• Proven experience in the application of AI within Engineering and Delivery practices to increase speed to market and scale teams without impacting quality or security
• Enabling the adoption of AI across broader business functions and within customer experiences
• Ability to translate emerging technology into tangible business outcomes while assessing the potential risks and mitigants 

Why Join Prezzee?You’ll play a key role in shaping the future of digital gifting at a global scale — working with talented people, modern technology, and a culture that genuinely values openness, excellence, and impact.
At Prezzee, Where We Don’t Just Work – We Innovate, Collaborate, And Shape The Future Of Digital Giving. As Part Of Our Dynamic Team, You’ll Contribute To a Global Company’s Growth While Enjoying a Flexible, Supportive, And Inclusive Work Environment. We Offer

Prezzeeversary Leave – Extra day of annual leave for each year you’re with us.
BirthYay Leave – Celebrate you with a paid day off during your birthday month.
Novated Car Leasing – A tax-smart way to bundle and pay for your car and running costs.
ClassPass Membership – Fully covered monthly credits for fitness, wellness, and beauty.
Office Allowance – One-time payment to upgrade your office setup.
Flexible Work Perks – Flex your hours, take Culture Swap Days, and work from anywhere for 30 days a year.
Prezzee Staff Discounts – Exclusive deals on Prezzee gift cards – just for being part of the team.
Wellbeing Support – Access to mental, social, financial, and physical wellbeing support via Telus.
Learning & Development – Grow your career with LinkedIn Learning, job shadowing, industry programs, and our Lunch & Learn sessions.
Employee Resource Groups – Be an advocate or ally and foster belonging through groups like EmpowHer and Pride.
Parental Leave – 12 weeks for primary carers and 4 weeks for secondary carers.

Prezzee has been recognised for the third consecutive year as a Computerworld Best Places to Work in IT, and as a Great Place to Work® 2026 across all of our three  regions. We value diversity, collaboration, and innovation in everything we do. Join a global team united by the core values: Give openness, Give greatness, Give magic. Give a damn &  Give Ingenuity.

Prezzee is an Equal Opportunity employer. We believe that diversity is the key to building the best products for our customers, team culture and growing our global business. Our diversity mission is for our people to be their most authentic selves, to inspire, innovate and celebrate within a culture of belonging. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status.

We are looking for people to help create human connections, make magic and shape the future of gifting so even if you don’t think you quite meet all of the skills listed or tick all the boxes, we’d still love to hear from you! Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application and recruitment process, We also encourage you to let us know of your pronouns at any point of the process.