AI-First Tech Lead & Data Engineering Manager
Vista Group
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Job summary
Vista Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Team Lead focused on AI-first delivery in Auckland, NZ. You will translate complex operational problems into clear requirements and AI-enabled systems, while leading the Data Engineering team through regular coaching and performance conversations.
You will collaborate with stakeholders and the data engineering team to connect systems, design data pipelines, and deliver production-grade AI solutions, guided by lightweight coordination and high
Qualifications
- Strong software engineering fundamentals.
- Experience with Python, TypeScript, APIs, integrations, data pipelines, or distributed systems.
- Strong experience using AI tools to design, generate, test, review, and operate software.
- Experience leading, mentoring, or coaching software engineers.
- Ability to build trust, provide clear feedback, and support meaningful career-development conversations.
- Ability to set clear expectations while enabling engineers to work with a high degree of autonomy.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to articulate problems clearly and precisely.
- Strong analytical and problem-framing skills.
- Experience translating business needs into technical solutions and prioritised engineering work.
- Confidence working independently in ambiguous and fast-moving environments.
- Ability to manage several workstreams in parallel without significant management overhead.
- Familiarity with relational databases, data modelling, cloud platforms, and data quality principles.
- Sound judgment around security, privacy, governance, and access control.
- A practical, outcome-focused approach to AI and emerging technologies.
- Experience with AI orchestration, agents, event-driven systems, analytics platforms, data engineering, or automated workflows would be valuable.
Responsibilities
- Understand business outcomes and translate needs into clear requirements and data points.
- Design and deliver data ingestion pipelines, services, integrations, and tooling.
- Use AI-first engineering practices to orchestrate production systems.
- Build AI-enabled solutions including copilots, agents, automation, and decision-support workflows.
- Lead, coach, and develop the Data Engineering team and manage performance conversations.
- Ensure data quality, security, access, auditability, and responsible AI practices.
- Collaborate with data engineering, product, support, security, and business teams to build reusable, scalable solutions.
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Job description
Vista Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Team Lead focused on AI-first delivery in Auckland, NZ. You will translate complex operational problems into clear requirements and AI-enabled systems, while leading the Data Engineering team through regular coaching and performance conversations.
You will collaborate with stakeholders and the data engineering team to connect systems, design data pipelines, and deliver production-grade AI solutions, guided by lightweight coordination and high
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