Salary Range: $150,000 – $165,000 base + super
Location: Melbourne (Hybrid)
Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Allume Energy is an endorsed employer for
women by WORK180, and a full list of our benefits and policies can be found here: https://work180.com/en-au/for-women/employer/allume-energy
We believe diverse perspectives are the key
to unlocking greater outcomes and encourage applications from people of all
ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures. We champion equal opportunities
for all employees.
If you have any special requests or
accessibility requirements throughout the recruitment process, please advise us
at the time of application (via email) and we will adjust to meet your needs.
Company background
At Allume Energy, we believe clean energy
should be accessible to everyone – no matter where they live. We’re a Melbourne
based technology company focused on unlocking solar access for apartments and
multi-tenanted buildings. Our world-first hardware and software product,
SolShare, is a powerful solution to an emerging energy equity issue and
reducing global carbon emissions.
Built here in Melbourne, SolShare has
connected over 12,000 apartments to rooftop solar across Australia, the UK and
the US. We are doubling our installation base each year and have ambition to
connect over 100,000 apartments to solar by 2029. Our dedication to this cause
flows through everything that we do, fostering a culture where everyone is
committed to making a difference.
What we offer
We are proud to offer the following:
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Hybrid Work: This role is based in our
Melbourne office and follows a hybrid working model. We believe in the power of
face-to-face collaboration, so while you’ll
have the flexibility to work from home, we look forward to seeing you in the
office regularly to connect with the team.
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Flexibility: Our preference is for this role to be full
time, however if you are returning to work or want to focus more time on life
outside of work, we would love for you to apply! We understand part-time may
look different to everyone, and we look forward to discussing what might suit
you best.
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Leave & Wellbeing: 25 days (5 weeks) of annual leave and a
“Half-Day Friday” every fortnight where the whole team logs off at
lunch.
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Progressive Parental Leave: 15 weeks paid leave for primary
carers and 5 weeks for secondary carers (no minimum tenure required).
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Wellbeing: Access to an Employee Assistance Program.
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Options: ESOP (Employee Stock Option Plan) allocation
available.
About the role
Allume’s product spans the
mechanical, electrical, electronics, firmware and web software engineering
disciplines. We are looking for a capable and passionate Full Stack Team Lead
to guide the technical direction and implementation of our web stack; the
customer facing applications and APIs that manage our IoT fleet.
You will translate product goals into a clear
technical plan, make the architecture trade-offs, and sequence work to ensure
the team balances new delivery with reliability, security and performance.
Candidates should be excited about shaping
real-time data products for our customers, setting engineering standards for a
small multi-discipline team and bringing AI tooling to our development
lifecycle.
Roles and
Responsibilities
This position provides an opportunity within Allume to lead the web
software development within a small, dedicated software team.
Key responsibilities include:
- Translate product requirements and web
initiatives into clear, prioritised and sequenced delivery plans, balancing new
development with reliability, security, maintainability and technical debt.
- Build strong relationships with
stakeholders across product, engineering and the wider business, as well as
relevant technical partners, to clarify requirements, manage dependencies and
support successful delivery.
- Provide day-to-day technical leadership,
mentoring and support to the web team, leading technical and design reviews and
proactively unblocking engineers. Success is measured by the effectiveness and
output of the team, not just individual contribution.
- Remain hands-on in the design, development,
testing and maintenance of scalable back-end services, APIs and Vue.js
front-end applications.
- Guide the
technical direction and evolution of Allume’s web stack, including backend
services, APIs and Vue.js front-end applications, and help shape the technical
roadmap to get there.
- Define, roll out and continuously improve how the web team
uses AI tooling across the development lifecycle. Establish effective
workflows and quality and security guardrails for AI-generated code, and
coach the team to use these tools responsibly.
- Participate in the team’s shared on-call
roster, rotated across the team, with clear runbooks and backup support
available while on call.
- As a technical leader within Allume, actively champion and
model our cultural values across the team and broader organisation.
Experience:
- Proven
track record working directly with non-technical stakeholders to shape and
prioritise a technical delivery and roadmap
- Experience
in turning business requirements into scoped, estimated work and planning
delivery for a team.
- Extensive
full stack software engineering experience
- Experience
in development frameworks: Node.js, NestJS and Vue.js[HM3]
- Experience
with RESTful APIs
- Experience
with SQL databases (PostgreSQL) and schema optimisation
- Melbourne
based
Nice to
have
- Hands on
experience adopting AI developer tooling (AI coding assistants / agents) in a
professional setting, and a point of view on how to set it up for a team.
- Passion
for clean tech/clean energy.
Right to work
To be considered for this role, you must have
valid, unrestricted work rights in Australia. Please note that we are unable to
provide visa sponsorship at this time.
Interview process
We endeavour to respond to your application
within 2 weeks of submission to advise you of the outcome. We expect that the
full recruitment process will take 4-6 weeks however this is subject to change.
Applications close Friday 28 August 2026.
For shortlisted candidates, our process
consists of three key stages as follows:
- Round 1: Online Interview (15 mins) –
A brief online interview to discuss your experience, your motivations, and
why you’re excited about joining Allume Energy.
- Round 2: Technical Deep Dive (1 hour)
– An in-person interview with the hiring manager to explore your technical
expertise and how you tackle role-specific challenges.
- Round 3: Values & Team Alignment
(1.5 hours) – A final session with the hiring manager and broader team
members. This is an opportunity to discuss our company values and ensure a
mutual cultural alignment for long-term success.
