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21 open roles, 5 posted this week. Apply directly with the employer, and tailor your CV to each one.
Partly · 51-200 employees
A company building AI infrastructure to make anything repairable, starting with the automotive market.
Building product prototypes · Observing customer workflows · Shipping production code
3+ yrs3+ years building and shipping software in production; solid full-stack engineering
Trimble Inc.
Developing core firmware · Supporting board bring-up · Contributing automated testing
3+ yrsBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field; 3+ years embedded firmware experience in C, C++, and embedded Linux; real-time OS, compiler, and debugger experience; Jira, GitHub, and CI tools familiarity; legally entitled to work in New Zealand
Trimble Inc.
Leading engineering teams · Directing firmware development · Mentoring technical staff
Legally entitled to work in New Zealand; bachelor’s degree in Software, Electronics or Mechatronics Engineering, or equivalent education and experience; engineering-team leadership; proficiency in C, C++ and Python; hands-on Embedded Linux, Yocto Project and hardware bring-up/debugging; familiarity with Git, Jira and CI methodologies.
Trimble Inc.
Developing system features · Writing embedded software · Building web applications
Relevant tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or Mechatronics, or equivalent practical experience; professional embedded C++ experience; hands-on TypeScript and Angular (or modern JavaScript framework) experience; full-lifecycle software engineering experience; legally entitled to work permanently in New Zealand
Seequent · 201-1000 employees
A Bentley Subsurface Company building world-leading technology at the forefront of earth sciences, helping organizations understand the underground.
Developing software · Designing services · Collaborating with teams
5+ yrs5+ years software engineering experience, solid Python, some cloud platform experience, CI/CD and DevOps practices, degree in Computer Science or equivalent, collaborative approach.
Building frontend applications · Architecting frontend solutions · Mentoring fellow developers
8+ yrs8+ years building production software; Vue 3+ or strong React or Angular experience and willingness to switch; TypeScript; frontend architecture and OOP/OOD; code reviews; developer mentoring; Tailwind CSS; unit testing with Vitest or Jest; build tools and bundlers; HTML5, CSS3 and responsive design; UX/UI collaboration; Agile/Scrum; written and verbal communication
Partly · 51-200 employees
A company building AI infrastructure to make anything repairable, starting with the automotive market.
Architecting scalable products · Implementing software solutions · Testing software products
Enrolled in and working toward a BS in Computer Science or related field; able to be based in Christchurch, New Zealand for the duration of the internship
Komodo Wellbeing · 11-50 employees
A global EdTech business helping schools lead with wellbeing through insight, education, and a scalable platform.
Owning technical implementation · Contributing to architecture · Conducting code reviews
5+ yrs5+ years professional experience building and scaling customer-facing web applications; experience architecting systems for a global user base; proficiency with the company's technology stack; strong problem-solving and collaboration skills.
Tait Communications · 201-1000 employees
A global leader in critical communications, designing and supporting networks for public safety, transportation, and utility customers.
Designing software applications · Testing software systems · Mentoring fellow engineers
Extensive software application development experience; strongly typed language experience (C++ or similar); system integration experience; cloud application development and deployment familiarity; automated testing experience; experience leading architecture development in a team; SDLC management experience
Seequent · 201-1000 employees
A Bentley Subsurface Company building world-leading technology at the forefront of earth sciences, helping organizations understand the underground.
Designing software features · Developing desktop applications · Integrating cloud services
5+ yrs5+ years software engineering experience; Python knowledge; Rust advantage; systems integration and APIs; data pipelines and schemas; CI/CD and DevOps; bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Optimal
Building scalable systems · Shaping engineering strategy · Managing engineers
Experience mentoring or managing engineers; experience with React, Ruby on Rails, AWS, infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD technologies or similar
Optimal
Leading projects end-to-end · Building research features · Shaping product direction
Deep hands-on full-stack engineering experience with React, Ruby on Rails and AWS; strong React experience and UI skills
Building full-stack features · Owning production services · Modernizing platform services
3+ yrs3 to 6 years building production web applications; frontend proficiency with Vue.js, React or equivalent; backend proficiency in an OOP language; SQL and relational database fundamentals; writing and maintaining tests; daily use of agentic coding tools; production AWS experience
Seequent · 201-1000 employees
A Bentley Subsurface Company building world-leading technology at the forefront of earth sciences, helping organizations understand the underground.
Developing applications · Fixing bugs · Testing code
Currently in the second or third year of a BSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a similar degree including software development courses; hands-on programming experience through class projects
Dawn Aerospace · 51-200 employees
A space transportation company enabling sustainable and scalable access to space.
Building business-critical software · Owning internal systems · Collaborating across teams
3+ yrsBachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline; 3+ years' professional experience in full-stack software development; experience designing, building and maintaining production software systems
Alliance Group Limited · 1001-5000 employees
A values-driven organization in the meat industry focused on developing people and continuous improvement.
Designing integrations and APIs · Automating testing and deployment · Troubleshooting integration incidents
Experience developing and supporting enterprise integrations, APIs and web services; programming and scripting skills; knowledge of REST, JSON, XML, SQL and integration security; AWS experience; Terraform familiarity; CI/CD, automated testing and DevOps experience; NZ residence and work eligibility.
Comrad Medical Systems
Designing software solutions · Testing software applications · Applying AI workflows
2+ yrsTertiary qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field, or equivalent practical experience; typically two or more years of commercial software development experience, or equivalent capability; hands-on experience with AI-assisted software development tools
Building frontend applications · Architecting scalable solutions · Reviewing code quality
8+ yrs8+ years building production software; proficiency in Vue 3+ or strong React/Angular experience and willingness to switch; TypeScript; frontend architecture and OOP/OOD; mentoring developers; Tailwind CSS; unit testing with Vitest or Jest
Trimble Inc.
Developing system features · Building embedded software · Architecting distributed systems
Relevant tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or Mechatronics, or equivalent practical experience; professional experience developing embedded software in C++; experience building web applications using TypeScript and Angular or another modern JavaScript framework; full lifecycle software engineering experience including specification, automated testing, CI/CD and technical documentation; legally entitled to work permanently in New Zealand
RWA People
Building ai-powered applications · Developing scalable applications · Developing apis and integrations
5+ yrs5+ years' software development experience; hands-on expertise in C# and modern .NET; experience building AI-enabled applications, agents or integrations; experience with Microsoft Azure, including App Services, Azure Functions and Service Bus
Building production AI solutions · Integrating enterprise systems · Leading technical delivery
Production software, data, integration or AI delivery experience; customer-facing experience; production LLM-agent design, coding and operation; agent integration, evaluation, security, retrieval or orchestration; API, cloud security, identity, authorisation and CI/CD knowledge; coding in one language; technical leadership, code review and mentoring
There are 21 roles open for software development jobs in Canterbury on the SmartCVs job board, 5 of them posted in the last week, all from employers' own career sites.
Of these, 20 full time and 2 hybrid or remote.
That's 21 of the 255 software development jobs across New Zealand.
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