The Role
Ko waimātou – About us
Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square, right? That’s us!
With 300+ stores and over 24,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life. Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.
Our Support Centre is 1,000+ people strong, which includes 300+ IT employees, who all play a vital role in ensuring the cogs of our Co-op stay turning and our systems stay ‘byte’-sized and ‘bug’-free.”
Te Tūranga – About the role
Are you ready to build the future of retail with one of New Zealand’s most iconic brands? As a Senior Software Engineer in our Digital Engineering team, you'll be part of an ambitious transformation journey as we evolve Foodstuffs North Island into a truly digital, customer-led co-op. We’re blending the digital and physical worlds to create new value for our customers—fast, scalable, and seriously impactful.
You won’t just write beautiful code (though we’ll expect plenty of that!)—you’ll also shape the way we work, mentor others, solve complex challenges, and be a key player in bringing our tech vision to life. This is your chance to leave a real mark while building solutions that reach millions of Kiwis. And because we build it, we own it—so you will also participate in our on-call roster to help support the software you create.
In this role, you will:
- Craft high-quality, high-performance, and well-tested code that scales with ease
- Lead by example—mentoring others, reviewing code, and promoting engineering best practices
- Work closely with product and business stakeholders to understand and deliver what matters most
- Help drive continuous improvement, reducing technical debt and streamlining our tech stack
- Collaborate across squads and with DevOps to deliver smart, secure, and reliable software
Ngā painga - What we offer
We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits:
- Free carparking -we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including 36 free EV plugs
- Southern cross health insurance, Foodies superannuation scheme
- Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
- Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
- Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).
He kōrero mōu - About you
You’re an experienced software engineer who’s passionate about building high-quality, scalable solutions that make a real impact. With a strong technical foundation and a sharp eye for detail, you take pride in delivering clean, maintainable code and designing systems that stand the test of time. You thrive in collaborative environments, love solving complex problems, and bring a mindset of continuous improvement to everything you do.
Whether you’ve worked in enterprise settings, fast-paced start-ups, or consulting gigs, you know how to adapt, deliver across the full software lifecycle, and bring real value to the table. You're also someone who takes ownership—of your code, your craft, and your contribution to the team.
You’ll bring:
- A bachelor’s degree in software development or equivalent practical experience
- 7+ years of hands-on programming experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and React Native
- A strong commitment to high-quality engineering standards and practices
- Proven experience delivering software from idea to production across a range of settings
- A collaborative, solutions-focused mindset with a passion for continuous learning
Experience awesome. Achieve Awesome. Be awesomely you.
We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.
We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity.
If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to [email protected]. Accessibility support could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.
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The Company
What We Do
Foodies is a cooperative, made up of 22,000 kiwis just like you, working hard to make sure New Zealanders get more out of life. Chances are you have been one of our customers, we serve more than 1.4 million kiwis each week through our PAK’nSAVE, New World, Four Square and Gilmours stores.
We have more than 350 stores up and down the North Island, from Houhora in the far north, to Island Bay in the coolest little capital in the world. And we have support centres in Auckland, Palmerston North and Wellington.
Check out www.foodstuffs.careers to hear our people talk about what they do, why they do it, and to hear about some of the coolest career opportunities in NZ.
