About the company
Our client is a world leading property data and valuation platform, proudly built in New Zealand and now making waves across international markets. As they continue scaling, we’re partnering with them to find a Software Engineering Lead, someone who can inspire, architect, and lead from the front.

About the role
This is a critical technical leadership position, responsible for guiding two high-performing squads (approx. 8 developers) through a period of exciting modernisation. You’ll play a hands-on role in technical decision-making, people leadership, and cross-functional collaboration particularly across microservices architecture, containerization, and the implementation of new tooling.

While you’ll lead engineers, you'll also be seen as a trusted technical advisor across the business, occasionally contributing to client meetings to tailor platform enhancements. This is a chance to shape real impact in a product-led, data-driven, and customer-focused environment.

Responsibilities 

• Lead, empower and mentor two engineering team, driving best practices in coding, testing (TDD), and delivery
• Architect and guide the transformation of microservices and containerized systems
• Champion DevOps, CI/CD, secure coding, and cloud-native practices
• Engage with internal stakeholders and external clients to understand custom requirements and co-design scalable solutions
• Collaborate closely with Product, Architecture, and QA teams to ensure consistent quality and agility
• Help building and developing a culture of continuous learning, technical curiosity, and innovation

What do you need?

• Proven experience in a technical leadership role across agile software teams
• Strong development expertise in C#/.NET, plus exposure to at least one other modern language (e.g. Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript)
• Deep understanding of TDD, automated testing, and clean coding principles
• Working knowledge of both AWS and Azure is a major advantage
• Solid grasp of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and secure SDLC
• Hands on experience with GitHub for source control, code reviews, and workflow automation
• Experience with microservices architecture, Docker/Kubernetes, and containerised environments
• Impeccable communication skills, with the ability to influence, present, and align tech strategy across teams and stakeholders
• A passion for mentoring, inclusive team culture, and driving engineering excellence

Benefits

• An opportunity to join a rapidly growing software product company
• Banking benefits with ANZ (reduced mortgage rates, waived CC fees etc)
• Annual well-being contribution
• Bday leave
• Epic modern offices, centrally located
• Collaborative, supportive, and empowering work environment
• Regular social events, and recognition sessions 
• Meaningful work and interesting projects
• Hybrid work with lots of flexibility, 3 days in the office 2 days from home

Need more information? Please contact yaman@84recruitment.co.nz Unfortunately, no sponsorship available for this position. All applicants must have existing legal working rights.