Modelling Software Engineering Manager

The Origin Model sits at the centre of Aurora's forecasting capability, allowing Aurora to help governments, investors, and utilities make billion-dollar decisions on the journey to net zero. The models span power markets across the globe — translating complex energy system dynamics into robust, scalable software that underpins our market outlooks, client insights, and software platforms. We now need a dedicated manager for the Origin Model Development team — the 3–4 squads (roughly 15–20 engineers) that build and operate these models and the platform that runs them. You’ll be responsible for supporting the team, ensuring delivery stays on track, and building a strong hiring pipeline.

This is a management role, not a technical lead role — but it requires genuine technical credibility. The team builds complex energy modelling software and platform infrastructure, and you need to understand enough of what your engineers are doing to have meaningful development conversations and to spot when a technical problem is causing a delivery problem. That credibility comes from having done technical work yourself.

The measure of success is a team that is both high performing and genuinely happy to be here — for us, those are the same thing. Engineers who feel supported, challenged, and recognised do better work. That's the job. You will form part of the senior leadership within Model and Platform Engineering, reporting to the Head of Model and Platform Engineering.

Aurora takes the work seriously. We do not take ourselves too seriously. The team that operates well is one where people are direct, admit mistakes, and enjoy the work. The person in this role will shape what it feels like to work within the Origin Model Development team and set the culture.