Smartly Full Stack Engineer
A bit about Smartly, a Datacom company
We exist to make it simpler for Kiwi businesses to look after their people. We’re known as the simple way to sort your payroll for over 20,000 businesses. Our slick software, combined with our awesome support team, helps businesses pay their people on time, accurately and in line with legislation. As a fast-growing FinTech expanding into adjacent markets, Smartly offers a fast-paced, fun work environment with great opportunities for personal and professional development.
About the Role (your why)
As a Full Stack Engineer, you will work on our Smartly Payroll System. Smartly is a SaaS Online Payroll Product helping more than 20,000 clients to with their payroll needs. Our ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience working on the front end and back end; also have a strong ability to solve problems, design & write clean code; and mentor junior engineers.
What you’ll do
· Owning the day-to-day delivery of assigned work, including clarifying feature-level ambiguity, managing tasks effectively, supporting release, and verifying outcomes in production.
· Contributing to team-owned delivery by giving realistic input into effort, raising risks or blockers early, communicating progress clearly, and helping the team deliver work predictably.
· Contributing to team-owned quality through appropriate testing, code review participation, safe change practices, and disciplined attention to correctness, maintainability, security, and performance.
· Using modern tooling, automation, and AI-assisted development in a practical and controlled way to improve delivery efficiency, feedback loops, and code quality while remaining accountable for the output.
· Supporting less experienced engineers through constructive collaboration, review feedback, and strong day-to-day engineering practice.
What you’ll bring
· 2+ years’ experience working on IT projects across multiple phases of the SDLC.
· Recent C# .NET experience with at least 2 years of .NET development.
· Experience with web front-end technologies, including HTML, JavaScript, CSS, React, or ASP.NET Razor.
· Good understanding of software architecture, design patterns, SOLID principles, and object-oriented programming.
· Knowledge of software configuration management using tools such as Git.
· Familiarity with service-oriented frameworks.
· Ability to implement features, unit tests, and fix complex bugs.
· Excellent communication skills, with a strong focus on helping create cohesive, collaborative, and productive teams.
· Strong problem-solving and conceptual thinking skills.
· Public cloud exposure (Azure) is a bonus.
What You'll Get
Flexible working with a hybrid model, and fully remote options elsewhere in New Zealand.
Wellness allowance and birthday leave
Access to Datacom employee benefits and development opportunities
A collaborative and supportive Product team
The opportunity to work on products that make a real difference to thousands of businesses and employees
An awesome company culture where we love a massive morning tea, an epic work party, and the occasional rolling lunch
A team that genuinely cares about its people and wants to see them thrive
Why Smartly?
We're a team of smart, curious, and passionate people who care deeply about our customers and each other.
If you're excited about building great products, exploring new ideas, leveraging emerging technologies like AI, and helping shape the future of payroll and people management software in New Zealand, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now with your CV and a cover letter telling us why you'd like to join Smartly.
Skills Required
- 2+ years experience working on IT projects across multiple SDLC phases
- Recent C# .NET experience with at least 2 years of .NET development
- Experience with web front-end technologies (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, React, or ASP.NET Razor)
- Good understanding of software architecture, design patterns, SOLID principles, and object-oriented programming
- Knowledge of software configuration management using tools such as Git
- Familiarity with service-oriented frameworks
- Ability to implement features, write unit tests, and fix complex bugs
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate in teams
- Strong problem-solving and conceptual thinking skills
- Support and mentor less experienced engineers
- Public cloud exposure (Azure)
Datacom Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Datacom and has not been reviewed or approved by Datacom.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare support includes complimentary health insurance packages in Australia and New Zealand alongside employee assistance programs. Wellbeing resources and on‑site meditation rooms are highlighted as part of the offering.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Flexible and remote work support, plus discounts on gyms, travel, and selected retailers, are prominently featured. The package emphasizes work–life balance and lifestyle support alongside core benefits.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible working is promoted across locations, with hybrid/remote arrangements positioned as standard practice where feasible. Benefits are framed as locally tailored by country and business unit, reflecting adaptability to context.
Datacom Insights
What We Do
Datacom is Australasia's largest home-grown tech company. Drawing on the experience of over 6500 staff in 24 locations around the globe, we work with a full range of clients, from small start-ups through to government agencies and multinational corporations, to explore and extract the hidden value in their systems. We bring together over half a century of know-how, the right technology and the knowledge and creativity of our people, to deliver sustainable solutions to our customers’ greatest challenges. With our team of dedicated professionals, we work with leading partners to deliver the solutions that are right for our customers – that solve their issues and enhances their businesses. We design, build and run IT systems and processes across operations, cybersecurity, cloud, digital platforms, payroll and enterprise applications. We deliver customer care services and operate mission-critical infrastructure with best-in-class data centre facilities – Datacom delivers on the promise: practical imagination.
