Michael Melhem

CTO

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia28 yrs experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led development of a national platform with 30,000+ users.
Expert in bridging technical and business stakeholders.
Passionate mentor fostering high-performing teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS technology leader with expertise in team management and product development.

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Skills

Core Skills

JavascriptReact NativeStakeholder ManagementTeam LeadershipApi Development

Other Skills

AWSAgile MethodologiesAgile Project ManagementAmazon Web Services (AWS)AmplitudeBack-End Web DevelopmentCloud ComputingCloud InfrastructureCreativity and InnovationCross-functional CoordinationCustomer FocusData AnalysisDevOpsEnterprise ArchitectureEnterprise Content Management

About

Accomplished global technology leader and mentor with over two decades of experience in driving global engineering excellence. Renowned for exceptional problem-solving abilities, fuelled by a passion for technology and a relentless curiosity. Adept at building and leading cohesive, high- performing teams, and bridging the gap between technical and business stakeholders to deliver innovative solutions and transformative results.

Experience

28 yrs

Total Experience

5 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

5 mos

Current Experience

Fdj united

Engineering Manager

Dec 2025 – Present · 5 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Hybrid

Tooezy

CTO, Engineering Manager, Product

May 2019 – Sep 2025 · 6 yrs 4 mos · Sydney, Australia · On-site

Lead all aspects of technology and product. Manage and mentor local and international engineering teams
Took TooEzy product from concept to a national platform with 30,000+ sign-up users, and 600 suppliers and 1000s of jobs per month
Built, nurtured and mentored local and remote development teams, including dev team, ops team and UX
Tech Stack: MERN; React, Typescript, MongoDB, Express, AWS, Stripe, Twillo, Mandrill, Cloudflare CDN, Netlify, Segment, Amplitude, Branch.io, Friebase, Cypress.io, Next.js, Revenuecat, New Relic, Sentry.io etc Moble Apps built using react-native
Responsibilities
Overall design and architecture of the product
Technical and Product roadmaps
Security, scalability and availability
Responsible for compliance projects SOC 2 and HIPAA
Raise and manage Github issues and projects
Data and Analytics including using tools such Segment, Amplitude and Grafana
Prioritise and allocating issues to the engineering teams
Responsible for code reviews and code branch management using githhub
Continually monitor the health of production products
Identify potential risks, and implement mitigation strategies
Dev Ops including continuous deployment, branch management, as well as deployment of our Google and Apple apps.
Responsible for product roadmaps and feature prioritisation and release process
Maintain and foster relationships with our clients, especially from a product and support perspective Oversee UX/UI design and copy
Nurture talent and help individuals grow and be happy and productive at work
Staff hiring and interviews
Champion a culture of can-do, innovation and continuous improvement
Responsible for engineering budget and spend

JavaScriptReact NativeMongoDBStakeholder ManagementData AnalysisAmazon Web Services (AWS)+28

Pinnacle code pty ltd

Founder

Aug 2015 – May 2019 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · On-site

Interim CTO for startups & Consultant
Establish the fundamentals of the business, including product roadmap and system architecture, help with the hiring process
Help set up processes and procedures
Helped implement and build products
Mentor start-up founders
Translate the needs of a client into technical requirements and manage build & release Manage clients expectations and win new business

Stakeholder ManagementAmazon Web Services (AWS)Team LeadershipMobile Applications