Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand · Hybrid
Join Gallagher’s Global Growth Journey Our purpose at Gallagher is ‘Protect what matters most’ and we live it every day, whether that’s protecting the world’s highest security environments or agricultural businesses, we …
Skills: Technical Leadership, Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cloud-Native Development, Solution Architecture
Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC)Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand · Hybrid
LIC is a farmer-owned co-operative that’s been supporting herd improvement in New Zealand’s dairy sector for more than 115 years. We’re focused on providing superior genetics, reliable testing and diagnostics, integrated…
Skills: People Management, Mentoring, Coaching, Business Analysis, Stakeholder Management
Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand · On-site
Company Description Octane Systems has over 20 years’ experience in the fuel industry, developing an end-to-end ERP platform for customers across New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. Our strength lies in building deeply i…
Skills: .NET, C#, SQL, API Integration, ASP.NET
Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand · Hybrid
About Gallagher Our purpose at Gallagher is ‘Protect what matters most’ and we live it every day, whether that’s protecting the world’s highest security environments or agricultural businesses, we care deeply about our p…
Skills: Test analysis, Manual testing, Automated testing, Test case design, Agile methodologies
Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand · On-site
Why Join Us At eShepherd, you’ll be part of a fast-moving team building smart livestock technology used by farmers around the world. We’re solving real problems with real hardware - and your work will directly influence …
Skills: Hardware Testing, Embedded Firmware Validation, MCU-based Systems, C#, C++
Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand · Hybrid
Company Description More4apps builds MS Excel-based tools that let Oracle EBS and Cloud ERP users load large volumes of data quickly and accurately. Founded in Hamilton, NZ in 2000, we’re a small team of approx. 50 with …
Skills: Oracle EBS, Oracle Cloud ERP, Financial Analysis, AP/AR/GL, Fixed Assets
Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand · Hybrid
Company Description The purpose of the Digital Services Unit is to support business units to improve customer service, community outcomes and organisational performance. They committed to enabling community and organisat…
Skills: SharePoint Development, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Microsoft Copilot
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Provide technical leadership across the Platform Portfolio to influence architecture, engineering practices, and technology strategy. Mentor engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-quality software solutions.
Requires a highly experienced engineer with deep technical expertise in software or platform engineering and a proven track record of guiding others through influence. Candidates must possess strong architectural thinking and the ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, complex environments.
Our purpose at Gallagher is ‘Protect what matters most’ and we live it every day, whether that’s protecting the world’s highest security environments or agricultural businesses, we care deeply about our people, their families, and our wider communities.
Gallagher Security is on a mission to unlock more value for our customers through the power of our people and solutions - and right now is a pivotal moment in our evolution. We’re scaling with intent, driving an incredible growth trajectory with innovation and customer impact at the heart of everything we do. With operations across New Zealand, Australia, Asia, Africa, the USA, Canada, and Europe and exports to over 140 countries we’re building globally focused career pathways right here in New Zealand.
As we expand our Hamilton-based teams, this is your chance to be part of a true Kiwi tech success story making a global impact. If you’re driven by passion and purpose to protect what matters most, come help shape the future of what’s possible with us.
Gallagher Security is entering an exciting chapter of growth as we continue to scale our world-leading software, product development, and engineering capability. As a global technology company headquartered in Hamilton, New Zealand, we design and build cyber-secure solutions that protect some of the world’s most sensitive environments.
We are looking for three Principal Engineers with strong full-stack development experience to help shape the future of our customer-facing products and digital platforms. One of these roles will require particularly strong front-end web development experience, while all three will provide technical direction across modern software delivery.
Across these roles, you will provide technical direction across full-stack development, influencing architecture, modern web practices, performance, scalability, and product quality. You will work closely with Product, UX/UI Design, Architecture, Platform, DevOps, Security, and engineering teams to deliver robust, intuitive software used by customers around the world.
You will bring hands-on credibility, a passion for exceptional user experiences, and the ability to lift engineering standards through influence, mentoring, and sound technical judgement.
In this role you will:
•Provide technical leadership across full-stack engineering, including front-end, back-end, integration, quality, and scalable delivery practices, influencing architecture, design decisions, engineering practices, and technology strategy for customer-facing products
•Act as a trusted technical advisor, helping teams make sound decisions across usability, accessibility, scalability, security, reliability, performance, risk, and maintainability
•Drive excellence through modern standards, frameworks, patterns, design systems, reusable components, testing approaches, and best practices
•Partner with Product, UX/UI Design, Architecture, Platform, DevOps, Security, and engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure, high-quality software products
•Identify technical opportunities, challenges, and risks early, helping teams navigate complexity and make informed trade-offs
•Mentor and support engineers across all levels, fostering technical growth, knowledge sharing, and a strong engineering culture
•Act as a leader of leaders, growing leadership capability across teams by coaching technical leaders, creating space for others to lead, and building confidence in decision-making
•Influence technology roadmaps and strategic initiatives, ensuring solutions align with both current needs and future aspirations
•Champion contemporary frameworks, cloud-native development, automation, AI-assisted development, observability, and platform engineering practices
•Drive continuous improvement by evaluating emerging technologies, industry trends, and engineering practices that can strengthen Platform Portfolio capabilities
You are a highly experienced software engineering leader who enjoys solving complex product challenges, shaping technical direction, and enabling others to do their best work. You will bring strong full-stack development experience, hands-on credibility, and the ability to collaborate effectively across product, design, architecture, and engineering teams. For one of the three roles, we are also looking for particularly strong front-end web development experience and the ability to guide modern web delivery.
You will have a strong background in a software engineering and product development environment, with proven experience guiding complex, scalable products. Across all three roles, full-stack capability is essential, including front-end, back-end, integration, cloud, quality, and scalable delivery practices. For one role, strength in modern front-end web development, design systems, performance, accessibility, testing, and product-led delivery will be especially important.
You'll be someone who:
•Brings strong full-stack engineering capability, with sound judgement across architecture, front-end, back-end, performance, quality, and maintainability
•Has experience working in a software engineering, product development, or technology-led environment where customer experience, usability, and scalable delivery matter
•Enjoys mentoring and coaching engineers, including lifting capability and leadership across teams
•Can balance technical excellence, delivery, quality, risk, cost, and long-term sustainability
•Is comfortable operating in ambiguity and solving complex organisational and technical challenges
•Builds strong relationships and influences stakeholders across technical and non-technical audiences
•Has a passion for engineering excellence, product innovation, continuous improvement, and modern delivery practices
•Remains curious about emerging technologies, automation, AI, engineering standards, and industry trends
At Gallagher, you’ll join a collaborative, forward-thinking environment where great people are trusted to do meaningful work.
We also offer:
This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of Platform Portfolio through technical leadership and influence. You'll help define engineering direction, solve complex challenges, elevate engineering capability, and contribute to an environment where both people and technology can thrive.
If you're excited by the opportunity to influence at scale, drive engineering excellence, and make a meaningful impact across Platform Portfolio, we'd love to hear from you.
Working to protect what matters most throughout the world.
Gallagher is a global technology leader in the Animal Management and Security industries. Led by Chief Executive Officer & Director Kahl Betham, with President Sir William Gallagher as an ambassador, the company’s creative approach has been known to protect what matters most for customers since 1938. One of the most successful private companies in New Zealand, Gallagher employs over 1700 people worldwide building enduring partnerships across 160 countries. Their success can be credited to a customer-centric approach to research and development with a strong focus on end-user needs. This philosophy is endorsed with almost 15 percent of the Group’s total revenue invested in research and development each year.
Offices: 181 Kahikatea Drive, Hamilton, Waikato 3206, NZ
There are currently 26 open software positions in Hamilton, New Zealand listed on Clera. New openings are added daily as companies post roles.
Companies currently hiring include Gallagher, Zero Fire, Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC), Hamilton City Council, Tuatahi First Fibre, among others. Browse the listings above to see every active employer.
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