Top Software Engineer Jobs in New Zealand

As a Software Engineer, you will design, develop, test, and deploy features, enhance existing functionality, collaborate with teams, and incorporate user feedback.

The Senior Software Engineer will design and develop cloud-based Analytics applications, collaborating with domain experts to optimize supply chain operations using Java, JavaScript, and SQL.

Design, develop, integrate, test and support embedded, mission-critical software systems. Contribute to architecture and solution design, produce technical documentation, work with multidisciplinary teams, ensure interoperability with hardware/sensors/control systems, and support delivery for highly regulated defence, aviation and maritime projects.

Lead a squad of engineers in delivering scalable cloud solutions for the veterinary sector, focusing on software design, architectural decisions, and mentorship while utilizing modern technologies and frameworks.

The Software Engineer will develop backend systems using Rust, manage multimodal data, and improve data infrastructure with a focus on performance and design ownership.

Canonical seeks open-source enthusiasts to optimize Ubuntu for new silicon technologies, collaborating with teams and customers to enhance software quality and performance across various platforms.

Architect and develop foundational edge-computing runtime and integration platforms for connected-home devices, spatial intelligence, and intelligent agents. Build prototypes and production systems, evaluate technical architectures, and guide scalability, reliability, performance, and portability decisions. Provide technical leadership through design and code reviews, mentor engineers, collaborate across software, IoT, mobile, and embedded teams, and shape R&D concepts from exploration through implementation.

Lead the platform team to design, operate, and scale Halter's cloud infrastructure. Own cloud architecture, developer experience (golden paths), security guardrails, IaC and CI/CD automation, observability and incident tooling, and AI-assisted engineering tools. Partner with backend, embedded, ML, and data teams, mentor engineers, participate in on-call rotations, and drive platform standards and operational reliability at global scale.

Develop scalable full-stack software for global enterprise customers using C#/.NET, REST APIs, TypeScript, and Angular. Build shared UI components, optimize performance and accessibility, integrate Azure services, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines. Apply secure coding and testing practices within Agile delivery. Mentor junior engineers, lead complex technical initiatives, collaborate with Product, Design, QA, Data, and customers, and use AI development tools to improve productivity and user outcomes.

Design, build, test, deploy, monitor, and improve CGA’s cloud products, backend, infrastructure, and frontend systems. Own complex technical problems end to end, contribute to architecture and technical direction, collaborate with product stakeholders, improve CI/CD and deployment practices, respond to production issues, and mentor engineers while raising engineering quality.

Join Canonical as a Go Software Engineer to enhance developer workflows and build tools integrated with Ubuntu and modern SDKs, focusing on performance and user experience.

You will build and maintain container images, automate CI/CD processes, engage with the community, and mentor junior team members in a collaborative environment.

The role involves building foundational services and tools for products, mentoring less experienced engineers, and collaborating with teams on platform design.

Lead architecture and development of flight and embedded software for spacecraft and hardware products. Conduct system trade studies, develop regression testing frameworks, resolve anomalies, define technical standards, guide cross-functional teams, and mentor junior engineers to deliver complex on-orbit systems.

The role involves designing and implementing features, debugging, maintaining documentation, and collaborating with the community in the Mir graphics stack.

Develop and deliver Android mobile banking software within an agile Scrum team. Responsibilities include technical design, prototyping, code-quality improvements, risk identification, DevOps practices, continuous improvement, mentoring junior developers, and supporting enterprise product delivery, deployment, localization, integrations, and client incidents.

Own Canva’s native mobile infrastructure, including Bazel build rules, iOS and Android build systems, React Native bundling and codegen, CI/CD quality gates, release tooling, and staged monorepo migration. Set technical direction, improve build and release reliability, align multiple platform teams, establish monitoring and health signals, and mentor engineers across the organization.

Own Canva’s native mobile infrastructure across iOS and Android, including Bazel build rules, React Native bundling and codegen, CI/CD, release tooling, staged rollouts, and monorepo migration. Set long-term technical direction, establish reliability and quality standards, align multiple platform teams, monitor build and release health, and mentor engineers. The role supports Canva’s transition to a native-grade mobile platform and provides shared foundations for teams shipping mobile applications.

As a Graduate Front-end Software Developer, you will build innovative web and mobile applications using React, leverage AI tools for development speed, and collaborate with teams to create user-friendly interfaces for fintech products.

Build and deliver SaaS product updates within an agile engineering team. Solve technical and delivery challenges, contribute to software design and strategic planning, address technical debt, support incident response and on-call operations, promote engineering standards, adopt AI-assisted development practices, and mentor junior engineers. The role emphasizes collaboration, DevOps principles, incremental delivery, feature flagging, and cloud infrastructure.

Lead research and define technical strategy; design and build full-stack enterprise software and deployment architectures (with heavy LLM assistance); migrate polyglot systems toward standardized Rust and TypeScript; mentor engineers; collaborate with clients; drive CI/CD, cloud deployments, and microservices/messaging-based distributed designs.

Lead technical delivery for assigned features: gather and document product requirements, design solutions, implement software, and manage build/test/integration/deployment and documentation to ensure customer success.

Own the technical direction of Canva’s hybrid mobile platform across React Native, iOS, and Android. Build and launch production platform foundations, establish performance and reliability standards, lead senior engineers through a large-scale architecture migration, and drive adoption across product teams. The role requires hands-on engineering depth, cross-platform architecture expertise, mobile performance knowledge, and organization-wide technical influence.

Lead the technical direction and implementation of Canva’s hybrid mobile platform across React Native, iOS, Android, and web. Build production platform foundations, migrate mature mobile architecture at scale, establish performance and reliability practices, and guide Staff and Senior engineers. Drive adoption across product teams while remaining hands-on with complex implementation details and influencing mobile architecture across the broader engineering organization.

Build and maintain Go-based backend services, APIs, microservices, and CLI tools for internal developer experience. Automate operational workflows, access management, governance, and infrastructure provisioning. Design scalable systems integrating SaaS platforms, systems of record, and internal infrastructure. Deploy and operate services on Kubernetes/EKS, while profiling and optimizing performance. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable platform capabilities and self-service tooling.