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Senior Software Engineer - 4-6 Month Contract

Auckland CBD, Auckland
remote
Contract/Temporary
100 - 120 NZD / Hourly
The Company Fast growing Auckland based SaaS product looking for an experienced Senior software developer. Team is small and work across things cross functionally. Due to increase in customer acquisition and rapid growth, they are looking to bring in an experienced operator for the next 4-6 months, to help with strategy, subject matter expertise, and workload sharing. The Role Senior software engineering experience - enterprise/ product/ consulting. Stack is C#/ .NET 10/ SQL server/ Vue3/ JavaScript Lead development on a robust test suite - define testing strategy. Develop strategy for refactoring parts of legacy codebase. Provide technical expertise and guidance to juniors in the team. Your Profile 5+ years of experience with C#/ .NET/ SQL stack. Extensive experience working with legacy codebases. Proven examples of refactoring legacy code. Proven experience of creating robust test suites. Ability to take ownership of a metric/ entire code strategy for a product. Excellent at communicating with leadership and reportees alike. Apply Today This is an excellent role for someone who is a senior pro with proven experience across all listed stack elements. Interviewing candidates ASAP Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button. For enquiries, call through 098704116, or email [email protected]. Reference Number: 06900-0013428239By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.roberthalf.co.nz/privacy-statement&data=05|01|[email protected]|2df93a725f1c43601e5308daa1051e08|16532572d5674d678727f12f7bb6aed3|0|0|637999340615419831|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|3000|||&sdata=cIixo6zjvDZ9MDPYy+jEU0wsYA/yRNDEHRQ4pRKx8Eg=&reserved=0">https://www.roberthalf.co.nz/privacy-statement</a>. Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.<img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/bWFuaXNoLnJhdmlrdW1hci44NjQxMi4xMDkxOEByaGluei5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
2026-04-29T01:58:03Z

Lead Front-End Engineer

Auckland CBD, Auckland
remote
Permanent
150000 - 165000 NZD / Yearly
Description You'll play a key role in shaping the future of a large-scale customer-facing digital platform, leading the development and evolution of modern web applications used by thousands daily. Working closely with product, design, and engineering teams, you'll drive technical excellence, mentor engineers, and help deliver exceptional user experiences.<ul><li>Lead the design, development, and evolution of modern frontend applications.</li><li>Drive engineering standards, best practices, and technical consistency across teams.</li><li>Improve website performance, accessibility, discoverability, and customer experience.</li><li>Mentor and support engineers to grow technical capability across the organisation.</li><li>Champion modern engineering practices, observability, and continuous improvement.</li></ul>The Company A well-established digital business operating a high-traffic online platform with a strong national presence. The organisation is recognised as a market leader within its sector and continues to invest heavily in technology, product innovation, and engineering excellence.<ul><li>Operates a large-scale, customer-facing digital platform.</li><li>Strong focus on modern web technologies and cloud-native engineering.</li><li>Collaborative, product-led culture with cross-functional teams.</li><li>Values continuous learning, innovation, and technical excellence.</li><li>Investing in modern engineering practices, AI-assisted development, and platform evolution.</li></ul>The Role This is a hands-on Lead Front-End Engineering position responsible for driving frontend architecture, technical leadership, and delivery across a suite of modern web applications. You'll work across the full software development lifecycle while helping shape long-term platform strategy and engineering standards.<ul><li>Lead development using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Node.js.</li><li>Design scalable, performant, secure, and maintainable frontend solutions.</li><li>Drive improvements across Core Web Vitals, performance, accessibility, and technical SEO.</li><li>Enhance observability through monitoring, analytics, and performance tooling.</li><li>Contribute to architecture decisions, technical planning, and engineering roadmaps.</li><li>Partner closely with Product, Design, QA, Platform, and Engineering teams; Champion AI-assisted development practices to improve productivity and code quality.</li></ul>Your Profile You're an experienced Senior or Lead Front-End Engineer with a passion for building high-quality digital products, solving complex technical challenges, and helping engineering teams succeed.<ul><li>7+ year's professional software engineering experience with expert-level experience with React, Next.js, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript.</li><li>Strong understanding of frontend architecture, rendering strategies, and web performance.</li><li>Proven success building and scaling customer-facing web applications.</li><li>Experience improving Core Web Vitals, technical SEO, and user experience outcomes.</li><li>Strong Node.js knowledge and experience integrating with APIs and distributed systems.</li><li>Exposure to cloud environments and modern CI/CD delivery practices.</li><li>Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as New Relic, Datadog, Grafana, or similar.</li><li>Demonstrated mentoring, technical leadership, and stakeholder engagement capabilities.</li><li>Experience leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, or ChatGPT.</li></ul>Desirable Experience<ul><li>Experience operating high-traffic digital products or platforms.</li><li>Exposure to GraphQL, CDN optimisation, caching strategies, or edge delivery.</li><li>Experience modernising legacy applications and platforms.</li><li>Background within marketplace, eCommerce, search-driven, or digital product businesses.</li><li>Contributions to technical communities, open-source projects, or engineering content.</li></ul>Apply Today Please submit your application in Word format by clicking on the apply button. Reference Number: 06900-0013450777By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.roberthalf.co.nz/privacy-statement&data=05|01|[email protected]|2df93a725f1c43601e5308daa1051e08|16532572d5674d678727f12f7bb6aed3|0|0|637999340615419831|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|3000|||&sdata=cIixo6zjvDZ9MDPYy+jEU0wsYA/yRNDEHRQ4pRKx8Eg=&reserved=0">https://www.roberthalf.co.nz/privacy-statement</a>. 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2026-06-08T04:28:03Z

Product Engineer (AI Native)

Auckland CBD, Auckland
remote
Permanent
120000 - 150000 NZD / Yearly
The Company This organisation is a well-established, Auckland based technology business with a strong engineering and product focus, currently investing heavily into modern software platforms and AI-enabled ways of working. The environment is fast-paced, collaborative, and geared towards engineers who enjoy solving real-world problems and contributing across the full product lifecycle. The Role You'll join a highly collaborative engineering pod environment focused on building and evolving modern AI-enabled products. The role suits a product-minded engineer who enjoys solving problems end-to-end, experimenting with new technologies, and operating in fast-moving environments where AI tooling forms part of the daily development workflow. The team is looking for engineers who are naturally curious, commercially aware, and capable of delivering features with a high degree of autonomy. Key areas of exposure may include:<ul><li>AI-assisted software engineering workflows</li><li>API and backend feature development</li><li>Modern frontend applications</li><li>Cloud-native engineering environments</li><li>Event-driven systems and scalable architectures</li><li>AI tooling, orchestration, and experimentation</li></ul>Tech environment includes:<ul><li>Python</li><li>TypeScript / Next.js / Vue.js</li><li>PostgreSQL</li><li>Redis</li><li>Elasticsearch</li><li>AWS</li><li>Kafka / distributed queueing systems</li></ul>Your Profile You're likely someone who:<ul><li>Enjoys building and shipping products, not just completing tickets</li><li>Has experimented with AI tools, LLMs, agents, copilots, or automation workflows</li><li>Learns quickly and adapts well in evolving technical environments</li><li>Takes initiative and enjoys solving problems independently</li><li>Has delivered meaningful software features in commercial environments</li><li>Thinks beyond code and understands product impact</li></ul>Apply Today If you're excited by the idea of AI-augmented engineering and want to work in an environment embracing modern software delivery practices, apply now or reach out for a confidential discussion with Manish on 098704116, or [email protected].Reference Number: 06900-0013439994By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.roberthalf.co.nz/privacy-statement&data=05|01|[email protected]|2df93a725f1c43601e5308daa1051e08|16532572d5674d678727f12f7bb6aed3|0|0|637999340615419831|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|3000|||&sdata=cIixo6zjvDZ9MDPYy+jEU0wsYA/yRNDEHRQ4pRKx8Eg=&reserved=0">https://www.roberthalf.co.nz/privacy-statement</a>. Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.<img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/bWFuaXNoLnJhdmlrdW1hci44OTI5OC4xMDkxOEByaGluei5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
2026-05-19T04:45:40Z