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Software development jobs in Wellington.

38 open roles, 16 posted this week, most paying $132k to $138k a year. Apply directly with the employer, and tailor your CV to each one.

  • Software development23 days ago

    Lead Engineer

    Westpac New Zealand · 1001-5000 employees

    A New Zealand bank focused on building a fairer and stronger New Zealand for its people, customers, and communities.

    Wellington
    Full time

    Leading application development · Mentoring developer teams · Defining engineering standards

    3+ yrsAt least 8 years’ professional app development experience; at least 3 years in a leadership or senior developer role; Java-based full-stack and microservices experience; application architecture design and implementation experience; Agile experience; experience mentoring and leading developers

    Generous leave
  • Software development25 days ago

    Senior API Developer

    Bank of New Zealand · 5001+ employees

    A fintech company building payment and digital asset infrastructure for businesses.

    Wellington
    Full timeSenior

    Leading technical delivery · Designing scalable systems · Providing production support

    Strong software engineering experience; deep expertise in one or more of Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Kafka, microservices, Kubernetes or AWS; proven track record leading complex technical delivery

    Generous leave
  • Software development25 days ago

    Senior Developer

    Bank of New Zealand · 5001+ employees

    A fintech company building payment and digital asset infrastructure for businesses.

    Wellington
    Full time

    Designing software services · Developing automated tests · Investigating complex defects

    Modern Java and Spring Boot; experience building enterprise RESTful services and event-driven architectures; API automation and performance, load, and resilience testing; familiarity with PostgreSQL, CI/CD, infrastructure, and observability tools

    Generous leave
  • Software development25 days ago

    Senior Software Engineer - Cards and Payments

    Kiwibank · 1001-5000 employees

    A New Zealand bank focused on making Kiwis better off.

    Wellington
    Full timeSenior

    Designing enterprise APIs · Building cloud platforms · Developing CI/CD pipelines

    5+ yrs5+ years of recent, hands-on C# and .NET Core development; experience designing, building and deploying cloud-native microservices at scale in containers orchestrated on Kubernetes; API design and development skills; CI/CD experience; unit and integration testing experience; Agile and DevOps experience

    Generous leave
  • Software development28 days ago
    Wellington
    $50-$100 a monthContract

    Developing applications · Debugging software · Evaluating AI-generated code

    Python; React; JavaScript; Java; Node.js; Rust; Go; TypeScript; strong full-stack development experience; experience with APIs, databases, application architecture, and debugging

  • Software development29 days ago

    Intermediate Software Engineer

    Pro-Skills Group of Companies (Pty) Ltd

    Lower Hutt, Wellington
    Full time

    Delivering software features · Collaborating with stakeholders · Supporting customers directly

    2+ yrs2–4 years’ experience designing, building and deploying multi-tenanted systems on the Microsoft stack; C# and TypeScript; REST APIs with a modern JavaScript front end; experience with a modern front-end framework

  • Software development30 days ago

    Principal Software Engineer

    Transpower New Zealand

    Wellington
    Full time

    Designing critical applications · Leading software development · Mentoring engineering teams

    10+ yrs10+ years' experience in software analysis, design and development; experience leading application development initiatives and building engineering capability; expertise in Java and modern Spring frameworks; full New Zealand work rights

  • Software development30 days ago
    Wellington
    Full timeSenior

    Analysing business requirements · Designing technical solutions · Developing analytics applications

    Experience in analytics and software development; working knowledge of Python and R; package management practices and tools

    Generous leaveStudy support

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About software development jobs in Wellington

There are 38 roles open for software development jobs in Wellington on the SmartCVs job board, 16 of them posted in the last week, all from employers' own career sites.

Of these, 34 full time and 3 hybrid or remote.

Where the ad shows a salary, most pay $132k to $138k a year.

That's 38 of the 255 software development jobs across New Zealand.

1 ad says the employer will support a visa.

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There are 38 roles open for software development jobs in Wellington on the SmartCVs job board, 16 of them posted in the last week, all from employers' own career sites.

How much do software development jobs in Wellington pay?

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Software development jobs in Wellington: 38 open roles | SmartCVs