Full-Stack Software Engineer

Summary

Join Fuel50's New Zealand-based engineering team as a Staff Full-Stack Java Engineer, a technical leadership role focused on developer experience (DX). Drive improvements in developer efficiency, tooling, and best practices while building high-quality software. Collaborate across teams to enhance development workflows, mentor engineers, contribute to architectural decisions, and tackle challenging problems. This role requires 8+ years of software engineering experience with expertise in Java, Spring, Angular, and other technologies. Flexible working hours are offered, with occasional calls outside standard business hours and on-call rotation. The position is based in New Zealand, requiring the right to work there. Fuel50 offers various benefits, including flexible work arrangements, paid time off, health insurance, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong understanding of SaaS architecture and hands-on experience in some of the following technologies: Java, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Angular, MySQL, CI/CD, Docker, and Linux
• Good command of shell scripting and Python
• Excellent knowledge of cloud-based infrastructure
• Well versed in DevSecOps principles and best-practices
• Extraordinary ability to understand complex systems, track down bugs and resolve them and create regression tests
• Experience in addressing complex engineering challenges, such as zero-downtime migrations, microservices, and implementing robust CI/CD processes
• Proven experience as a full-stack developer, with expertise in front-end development workflow using Angular or a related JavaScript framework
• Strong proficiency in writing clean, maintainable, and testable code, with a solid understanding of software development best practices
• Demonstrated ability to participate in code reviews, open pull requests, and contribute to the improvement of pipelines and tooling
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
• Ability to mentor and coach junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
• Excellent remote-working skills, and willingness to travel to our Takapuna office as required for planning and team collaboration
• This role requires a security clearance against the Singapore Governments Official Secrets Act to allow for access to customer data for engineering and configuration purposes
• Candidates must hold the relevant right to work in NZ i.e. Citizenship or a work visa at the time of application

Responsibilities

• Drive improvements in developer efficiency, tooling, and best practices
• Build high-quality, scalable software solutions
• Collaborate across teams to enhance our development workflow including our automation and pipelines
• Mentor engineers
• Contribute to architectural decisions
• Work on just about any challenging problem across our technology stack as they arise
• Participate in our after-hours on-call rotation
• Collaborate with our NZ-based teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Passion for AI, automation, efficiency, and improving engineering processes
• High levels of developer empathy and laser-focus on developer productivity
• Pragmatic approach to designing, building, and maintaining scalable and reliable software systems
• Unrelenting bias toward action and results

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Day off on your birthday, your Fuel50 anniversary and a company wide celebration day
• A "Refuel Day" once a quarter to relax and refuel
• Employee Stock Options Plan (ESOP)
• Remote working and flexible working times - we're very supportive of school commitments, traveling in off-peak hours, looking after family and attending to life's events
• Investing in you with career and development planning, using our very own Fuel50 software and online Fuellie University
• A very progressive parental leave policy - get extra flexibility and time off on top of what your local government already mandates
• Comprehensive fully subsidised Health Insurance with Southern Cross