AI-Driven Solution Architect — Hybrid (Auckland)

AI Chopping Block, Inc.; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Propellerhead in Auckland, New Zealand, seeks a Technical Strategist to lead the design and delivery of resilient software platforms. You will guide architecture and bring hands-on engineering excellence, shaping the technical strategy for a portfolio of client products.

You will work with our Chief Technologist and Engineering Principal to apply standards and tooling, spearheading AI-enabled development across requirements, testing and code generation in a hybrid Auckland-based role.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience developing multi-tier and distributed applications.
• Agentic-first: leveraging AI to rapidly prototype and direct AI-assisted delivery pipelines.
• Strong communicator and presenter to senior client stakeholders.
• Experience with React UIs and services written in C#, with exposure to Typescript, Java, Go and Rust.
• Hands-on Azure design, CI/CD pipelines, and operations instrumentation.
• Experience with streaming/messaging systems like Kafka or NATS.
• Proven leadership in designing complex software for enterprise contexts.

Responsibilities

• Authoring and communicating solution architecture and specifications with development teams.
• Championing Propellerhead's technical strategy and aligning designs with that vision.
• Building trusted relationships with client decision-makers and translating technical requirements.
• Serving as the go-to technical expert for client solutions and facilitating prerequisites for delivery.
• Developing strategies to ensure quality measures around speed, security, reliability and maintainability.
• Guiding evolution of codebase from C# to Rust and associated tooling, with AI at the core of requirements, testing and code generation.

Skills

AI-assisted delivery

Architectural design

Client communication

Multi-tier distributed apps

C# & React proficiency

Azure design & CI/CD

Leadership

Technology leadership

Tools

React

C#

Typescript

Java

Go

Rust

Azure

Kafka / NATS

Job description

Propellerhead in Auckland, New Zealand, seeks a Technical Strategist to lead the design and delivery of resilient software platforms. You will guide architecture and bring hands-on engineering excellence, shaping the technical strategy for a portfolio of client products.

You will work with our Chief Technologist and Engineering Principal to apply standards and tooling, spearheading AI-enabled development across requirements, testing and code generation in a hybrid Auckland-based role.