Move to New Zealand - Senior Software Engineer
Propellerhead8 hours ago
Lyon, FranceSenior
Responsibilities
- Define technical solutions through research and team investigation in alignment with CTO-directed vision.
- Design and build software across the full stack, including code structure, deployment architecture, DevOps, automated testing, and third-party integrations.
- Guide proofs of concept into production and mentor team members on technologies and practices.
- Collaborate with clients and internal teams on solution design and roadmap delivery within agreed budgets.
- Migrate existing polyglot solutions to standardized Rust and TypeScript and develop portable deployment architectures.
- Design and construct distributed and asynchronous systems, including microservices and messaging solutions.
- Use LLMs extensively to accelerate software delivery and produce design documentation.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience as a software developer or engineer, including enterprise-level complexity.
- High proficiency in at least one enterprise-quality programming language and ecosystem, such as C# with .NET or Java with Spring.
- Experience with a lower-level application or systems language such as Rust or C++.
- Experience with TypeScript, React or similar frontend frameworks, and web application development.
- Hands-on experience deploying to Azure and/or AWS, building CI/CD pipelines, and using infrastructure scripting frameworks such as Terraform.
- Demonstrable experience designing and constructing distributed and asynchronous architectures, including microservices and messaging.
- Experience using LLMs in place of hand-coding and explaining their effect on delivery speed and system safety.
- Ability to produce clear and concise design documents with LLM assistance.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for translating requirements into technical tasks.
- Applicants progressing in the process may need to complete police background checks, credit history checks, other assessments, and provide qualification evidence.
- A cover letter is required.
Benefits
- Innovative, learning-focused, collaborative team culture.
- Interesting and diverse commercially focused work for respected clients.
- Professional growth and development opportunities.
- Fortnightly knowledge-sharing sessions with lunch.
- Employee Share Purchase Scheme and competitive salary.
- Auckland-based hybrid work from the office and home, with regular in-person attendance required.
- International applicants may relocate to Auckland; the final recruitment stage is an in-person interview in New Zealand.
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About Propellerhead
Propellerhead is a New Zealand software consultancy that designs, builds, and maintains large-scale custom digital platforms for enterprises and public‑sector clients. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Auckland, it is a privately held technology partner focused on open‑source development, agile delivery, and emerging identity standards such as verifiable credentials and self‑sovereign identity. The team also works with linked open data and decentralized web technologies.