Senior Software Engineer - Remote within New Zealand

Fuel50 is seeking an ambitious Senior Software Engineer to join our NZ engineering team! 

About Fuel50 

Fuel50 is an award-winning skills intelligence platform and AI-driven talent marketplace. We help organizations around the world build agile, future-ready workforces by connecting people with personalized career pathways, internal mobility opportunities, mentors, and learning – all grounded in validated skills data and people science.

Our platform drives measurable gains in engagement, retention, and internal talent mobility, and we're passionate about creating more human, future-focused career development experiences. Our AI is independently audited for fairness, and our skills frameworks are designed by I/O psychologists – because we believe talent decisions should be defensible, not just data-driven.

About the Role 

This is a senior individual contributor role with strong technical influence. You will implement new features, track down difficult-to-find bugs, tackle challenging scaling issues and implement high-quality engineering practices and tooling.  

You will collaborate across teams, work closely with customer support to track down bug reports, and also work independently to rapidly make huge improvements to the software platform.  You will write quality code, review others’ code, contribute to architectural decisions, and work on challenging problems across our technology stack as they arise.    

This position reports to the Engineering Manager and offers flexible working hours, collaboration with our New Zealand based engineering team and the ability to work remotely from anywhere in New Zealand! 

This role will require a background check under the Singapore Government’s Official Secrets Act due to the nature of some customer environments we support. We’re happy to discuss what this means during the interview process. 

Must-have requirements 

• Senior-level experience in full-stack software engineering, with a strong understanding of SaaS architecture 

• Strong proficiency in writing clean, maintainable, and testable code, with a solid grasp of software development best practices 

• Proven ability to understand complex systems, track down and resolve production issues, and create effective regression tests 

• Experience delivering complex engineering work safely, such as zero-downtime migrations and improving CI/CD pipelines 

• Hands-on experience with core backend technologies such as Java and the Spring ecosystem, and relational databases (e.g. MySQL) 

• A strong bias toward action, ownership, and delivering outcomes 

• Knowledge of cloud-based infrastructure and modern DevSecOps principles 

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams 

• Strong remote-working skills, including the ability to work autonomously and collaborate asynchronously 

• Willingness to travel to our Takapuna office as required for planning and team collaboration 

Nice-to-have requirements 

• Frontend experience with Angular or similar modern frameworks 

• Experience with Docker and Linux in production environments 

• Good command of shell scripting and Python 

• Passion for AI-enabled products, automation, and improving engineering efficiency 

• Demonstrated ability to mentor other engineers and support a culture of continuous learning 

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Join us and help shape the future of engineering at Fuel50!  

All Fuellies are a core part of growing our culture and making Fuel50 an inspirational and amazing place to work. Some additional benefits are: 

• Day off on your birthday, your Fuel50 anniversary and a company wide celebration day. 

• A "Refuel Day" once a quarter to relax and refuel 

• Employee Stock Options Plan (ESOP) 

• Remote working and flexible working times - we're very supportive of school commitments, traveling in off-peak hours, looking after family and attending to life's events 

• Investing in you with career and development planning, using our very own Fuel50 software and online Fuellie University 

• A very progressive parental leave policy - get extra flexibility and time off on top of what your local government already mandates 

• Comprehensive fully subsidised Health Insurance with Southern Cross 

What is it like to be a Fuellie? 

We know that having the right people with the right attitude and behaviour is a big part of what makes us successful.  

Living our values is an important part of being successful in this role. 

• We have a culture around continuous and respectful feedback and recognition - be part of a team working towards a common goal and helping each other every step of the way. 

• We have #SuperheroAwards at quarterly planning meetings and spontaneous recognition and shout-outs across the business. 

• We'll have your back when you need help - your colleagues want to see you succeed and work hard to help you do so. 

• We work hard and deliver amazing results to our clients - when you see our amazing feedback, you'll be proud to be a Fuellie. 

Application Process 

If this sounds like you, then please apply. If you’re not sure you're ready or perhaps you don't meet all requirements yet, please apply anyway. We'll review every application that we get. 

This role is based in New Zealand, candidates must hold the relevant right to work in NZ i.e. Citizenship or a work visa at the time of application.