Contract Senior Developer (Java, AWS, Terraform)

Salt Digital Recruitment; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm in Auckland is seeking a Senior Developer with extensive experience in Java and AWS. This contract role offers an hourly rate of NZ$100 - NZ$120 and requires immediate joining. The ideal candidate must have at least 10 years' experience and skills in full stack development, Terraform, and serverless architectures. This is an opportunity to work on complex projects in a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in full stack development.
• Ability to guide and mentor other team members.
• Hands-on coding experience with complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver commercial software projects as part of a cross-functional team.
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders.
• Support various projects in the domain as needed.

Skills

Java

AWS

Terraform

Serverless

SNS/SQS Lambda

DevOps / CICD tools

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

Contract Senior Developer (Java, AWS, Terraform)

• One of the leading IT services & Consulting organisation where contractors are also treated like part of the family with a history of long tenures with multiple extensions
• Work on complex, interesting, award-winning and market-leading projects
• Utilities domain
• Contract role with initial 6months with a possibility of extension
• Hourly rate: 100$ to 120$
• Auckland based
• Minimum 3days from office/New Market
• Immediate joining

The role:

Due to recent growth in our client’s capabilities in certain verticals, we are currently in need of 2 Senior Full Stack Engineering contracts.

We seek passionate engineers with an excellent understanding of full stack development design patterns, and experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver commercial software projects.

We are seeking applicants who are available to start as soon as possible.

This team has established rituals, mixed style of pairing & independent work. They highly value collaboration, with contractors expected to act as integral team members and potentially support other projects in the domain as well apart from their core project.

The ideal candidate:

• Ideally Senior Contract developers (with minimum 10yrs of experience) with below mentioned skillsets:

Senior/Lead Engineer level with expertise in

• Java (important)
• AWS (important)
• Serverless (important)
• Terraform (important)
• SNS/SQS Lambda (highly preferred)
• As a Senior, should be able to guide/coach/mentor/support other team members.
• DevOps / CICD tools (nice to have)
• Hands on in coding and experience of working with complex projects for blue chip brands. (preferred)

Other good to have skills:

• Work collaboratively with teams and other stakeholders
• Communication skills (clear comms with team, stakeholders)
• Documentation

Client needs immediate joining and this is an amazing opportunity in this competitive market, so do not waste time and apply immediately, Looking forward to close this asap!

Apply now! Should you have any questions, please call Swati @ 0220606355 or email – [e-mail] with your cv.

Pls note: A valid NZ work visa is a pre-requisite for all our positions as of now. In case any client is willing to sponsor an international candidate, we would mention that separately.

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Job Information

• Job Reference: JO-2509-356287
• Salary: NZ$100 - NZ$120.00 per hour
• Salary per: hour
• Job Duration:
• Job Start Date: 6/10/2025
• Job Industries: Technology
• Job Locations: Auckland
• Job Types: Temporary

Apply for this Job

To apply, please submit your CV. For questions, please contact the recruiter as listed above.