The organisation is now undertaking a significant uplift and modernisation effort—transitioning a legacy system into a modern cloud-native, AI-driven environment. They’re committed to taking the best components of the existing technology and making them “plug and play” within their contemporary platform.
The Opportunity:
This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys real-world problem solving, modernising legacy systems, and balancing deep technical delivery with clear communication to clients and internal stakeholders. You will:
- Own the uplift and integration of a long-standing legacy platform into a modern cloud ecosystem
- Build new integrations and resolve existing issues across the system
- Work with clients, explaining technical concepts in accessible, non-technical language
- Rebuild and enhance parts of the AI engine as the company moves toward an automation- and AI-forward model
- Collaborate closely with a globally distributed engineering team, receiving remote support and upskilling on tools, documentation, and modern engineering standards
- Operate autonomously as the local technical point person while influencing future engineering capability in NZ
What You’ll Do:
Platform Ownership & Integration
- Lead the integration of the NZ legacy system into the organisation’s modern cloud platform
- Take responsibility for platform reliability, maintainability, and system evolution
- Improve data flows into cloud-based environments for analytics and reporting
- Contribute to the redesign and rebuild of AI decisioning components
- Develop and maintain complex system integrations, including government and industry APIs
- Drive automation initiatives, ideally using tools such as n8n
- Resolve technical issues across the platform, ensuring stable and scalable performance
- Adhere to global engineering, security, and deployment standards
- Liaise with clients, translating technical concepts into practical, business-aligned outcomes
- Gather requirements, understand operational needs, and design scalable solutions
- Participate in discussions around onboarding, performance uplift, and system improvements
- Onsite in West Auckland 5 days per week
- Supported remotely by a large global engineering team
- Onsite car parking provided
- A culture that genuinely respects work–life balance
- 6+ years’ software engineering experience, ideally with backend or integration-heavy systems
- Strong programming experience with Go, Python, .NET, or Node.js
- Solid understanding of AWS, serverless technologies, DevOps, and Terraform
- Experience with system integrations, APIs, and event-driven design
- Ability to speak confidently with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Comfortable being the primary engineer locally while working with a global team
- Experience in regulated sectors or financial services
- Exposure to legacy-to-cloud migration projects
- Familiarity with n8n or other automation/orchestration platforms
- Experience with data engineering or ETL pipelines
- Interest in AI-driven system design and platform evolution
- First engineering hire in NZ — real ownership and autonomy
- Blend of engineering, integration, client engagement, and technical problem solving
- Major transformation: cloud uplift, AI engine rebuild, automation, and modernisation
- Opportunity to influence architecture and technical direction locally
- Flexible culture
- Onsite parking provided