Open Position:

Senior Software Developer

Propellerhead is a leading software services company that designs, delivers, and maintains large-scale, custom-built digital platforms across a range of technologies. We place emphasis on producing technology which is meaningful, has value, and can make a difference in the world. We foster long lasting and trusting relationships with all our clients, and we have worked with a diverse range of commercial, non-profit, and government organisations over our 20 years in the market.

We build software by structuring solutions in a product-centric manner and focusing on continuously delivering improvements from a backlog of features. These features are taken from real stakeholder needs linked to clear objectives. As a result, our digital platforms are a mixture of custom components and external services which produce a powerful and engaging experience when combined.

Propellerhead operates a hybrid working model (work from our office and/or from your own home). We welcome applications from Developers located throughout New Zealand, and from Developers located internationally who are interested in moving to New Zealand.

The Role:

Propellerhead is looking for an experienced Senior Software Developer to join our core service delivery team. You will be designing and building interesting and challenging software products for our customers. Your team will consist of like-minded software craftspeople and will operate with a degree of autonomy seldom experienced in other organisations. We are looking for someone who will enthusiastically help our customers move into the next generation of the internet (Web3), with an interest in blockchain, AI, edge computing and/or self-sovereignty of data and identity. 

Role Responsibilities:

• Defining, together with your team, the set of technologies and programming languages that would best serve the solution you are designing and building.

• Active participation in all aspects of software solution design, including code structure, deployment architecture, DevOps, automated testing and integration of third party systems.

• Collaborating with client stakeholders and with fellow Propellerhead Developers, Analysts, and Solution Architects, to create a shared understanding of the solution design and roadmap delivery in line with agreed budgets.

• Constructing software at every layer of the stack, from user interfaces, back end services, data repositories, interoperability, infrastructure-as-code, deployment pipelines, automated testing and system monitoring.

• Providing second-line support of the systems you build and actively seeking ways to keep your software secure, performant and reliable.

• Passing on your learning of new technologies or techniques to the broader organisation as part of our knowledge sharing programme.

Skills and Experience Required:

• 7 + years of experience as a Software Developer

• High proficiency in .NET and ReactJS.

• Experience in C#, JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Node.js, AngularJS or similar front-end frameworks.

• Hands-on experience deploying to Azure and/or AWS, including participation in building CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience with Go, Dapr, Azure Container Apps and/or Terraform is desirable, but not essential.

• Demonstrable experience in software design for architecture with highly interdependent features.

• Experienced using techniques such as user stories to express the work to be done as business outcomes.

• You can produce clear and concise design documents.

• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills to translate between requirements and technical tasks.

Benefits:

• Join a Developer-led organisation full of world-class colleagues.

• Join a culture of learning and collaboration. 

• Fortnightly Developer knowledge sharing session, with lunch.

• Work within our beautifully designed Auckland office and/or from the comfort of your home (hybrid working model).

• Propellerhead is an equal opportunity workplace which is free from discrimination.

Cover Letter:

Please note - only applications with a cover letter will be reviewed. It's very important to us that you submit a cover letter with your application - it's your chance to tell us more about who you are and what you value.

Please Note:

Accredited Employer:

We are an Accredited Employer with Immigration New Zealand. This means that if you’re not from New Zealand and want to move here and work for us, you can apply for the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV). These visas are easier to get, are often much faster, and are a direct path to residency.

In-Person Interview

The final stage of our interview process is an in-person interview, and if you make it to this stage, it’s essential that we meet you in person. To do so, you will need to travel to New Zealand or meet with our recruitment team in Europe or Asia in 2024.

Any travel to meet with our team is at your cost and arrangement.

If you are selected for the role after your in-person interview, you'll then receive a job offer from us.

Moving to New Zealand

We’ve collated information about Propellerhead and moving to New Zealand here.