AI-Driven Technical Strategist — Auckland Hybrid

Propellerhead Limited; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fortnightly knowledge sharing sessions

Employee Share Purchase Scheme

Hybrid office/home work model

Job summary

Propellerhead Limited is seeking a Technical Strategist in Auckland to lead the design of complex software systems and guide AI-assisted delivery pipelines. You will shape technical specifications alongside Product Strategists and ensure client platforms align with the company’s strategy.

You will combine architectural insight with hands-on engineering, confident communication with senior stakeholders, and leadership across multiple languages (C#, TypeScript, Java, Go, Rust) and cloud/CI/CD

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience developing multi-tier and distributed applications.
• Agentic-first approach: comfortable using AI to prototype and guide delivery.
• Strong communicator and presenter to senior stakeholders.
• Experience with React UIs and services written in C#; familiarity with TS, Java, Go, Rust.
• Hands-on Azure design experience, CI/CD and operational instrumentation.
• Experience with streaming/messaging platforms (Kafka or NATS) is desirable.
• Proven software architecture leadership for enterprise solutions.

Responsibilities

• Author and communicate solution architecture with development teams.
• Champion Propellerhead's technical strategy and align portfolio design.
• Build trusted relationships with client decision-makers and explain designs.
• Be the go-to technical expert for client solutions and prerequisites.
• Develop strategies for quality: speed, security, reliability, maintainability, performance.

Skills

8+ years experience

Agentic-first AI

Communication skills

React

C#

Typescript

Java

Go

Rust

Azure

CI/CD

Kafka

NATS

Leadership/Architecture

Tools

React

C#

Azure

Kafka

NATS

CI/CD

Job description

Propellerhead Limited is seeking a Technical Strategist in Auckland to lead the design of complex software systems and guide AI-assisted delivery pipelines. You will shape technical specifications alongside Product Strategists and ensure client platforms align with the company’s strategy.

You will combine architectural insight with hands-on engineering, confident communication with senior stakeholders, and leadership across multiple languages (C#, TypeScript, Java, Go, Rust) and cloud/CI/CD