Junior Software Engineer

Contact Energy Ltd; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Contact Energy Ltd in Wellington is seeking an early‑career software engineer to do meaningful work while learning your craft. You’ll join our Software Engineering chapter, contribute to live applications as part of an agile squad, and help with code reviews and maintenance.

There’s breadth across Retail, Generation and Trading, so you’ll gain experience across front end, back end and cloud, with mentors to support you as you progress from junior to intermediate and beyond.

Qualifications

• Recent graduate or ~1 year of software development experience.
• Strong problem solving and curiosity.
• Knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript and web stack.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to live applications as part of an agile squad.
• Write code, participate in code reviews and help maintain systems.
• Learn across front end, back end and cloud.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

CSS

HTML

AWS

.NET

Python

Tools

AWS

.NET

Python

Job description

Company Description

Te Tākinatanga | Our Story

At Contact, home is the most important place in the world. That belief has shaped the business for more than 25 years, and today Contact is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest energy companies, generating and selling electricity and helping hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses stay connected through energy, broadband and mobile.

There’s never been a more exciting time to be part of our story. Contact is growing and changing at pace, transforming how work gets done, and investing in major renewable generation to help build the energy system Aotearoa needs for the future.

Behind all of that are people who genuinely care about making a difference. Ours is a culture that’s been recognised among the best, with Contact named one of New Zealand’s Top 3 Inspiring Workplaces and among the Global Top 100 in 2026.

Our ambition is simple: leave Aotearoa better than we found it. Whatever part you play here, you'll help power homes, businesses and communities today, while shaping a more sustainable tomorrow.

This role is part of how we’re building the next generation of capability in our Software Engineering chapter. You’ll work alongside experienced intermediate and senior engineers in an agile squad, contributing to live applications while building strong engineering foundations of your own. The work isn’t locked into one corner of Contact either. As our priorities change, you could gain experience across Retail, Generation or Trading, giving you the chance to understand different parts of our business while growing your skills across front end, back end and cloud.

Job Description

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

If you’re early in your software engineering career and looking for somewhere you can do meaningful work while genuinely learning your craft, this could be a great next step.

You’ll join our Software Engineering chapter and work as part of an agile squad, writing code, contributing to code reviews and helping build and support applications that are being used for real. You won’t be sitting off to the side doing "junior work". You’ll contribute alongside the team, with experienced engineers around you to help when you need it.

There’s good breadth here too. Our engineers support different parts of Contact, including Retail, Generation and Trading, and the role isn’t intended to keep you in one domain forever. That means you can build your technical capability while also getting a much better understanding of how technology supports different parts of an energy business.

We’re also realistic about what being junior means. You won’t need to know everything already, and we don’t expect you to. What matters is that you’re curious, prepared to build the fundamentals properly, willing to ask questions and able to learn when something doesn’t work the first time. There’ll be problems you haven’t seen before and moments where you get stuck. That’s part of it.

Qualifications

Ko wai koe | About You

You don’t need heaps of commercial experience to be a great fit for this role. You might be a graduate who’s built some substantial university or personal projects, or you may already have around a year of software development experience. What matters more to us is what you’ve worked on, the part you personally played, how you approached problems and what you learned along the way.

For the technical foundations, we’re looking for:

• Some hands‑on experience with JavaScript and TypeScript
• Exposure to React, CSS and HTML
• A practical approach to problem‑solving and checking your own work

It’d be useful, but definitely isn’t essential, if you’ve also had some exposure to:

• .NET or Python
• AWS or another cloud platform
• Full‑stack or end‑to‑end development through a startup, internship, graduate role or meaningful project work

Just as importantly, you’ll be someone who enjoys figuring things out. You’re curious enough to ask why, comfortable asking for help when you need it, and willing to take feedback on board. When something goes wrong, you can step back, learn from it and have another go rather than racing straight to the next answer.

You’ll have experienced engineers around you to learn from, with the opportunity to broaden your capability over time across front end, back end and cloud. The longer‑term pathway within Software Engineering can take you from junior through to intermediate and senior roles as your capability grows and opportunities become available.

Additional Information

We support flexible working where it works for the individual, the team and the business. Our main hubs are in Wellington, Auckland and Tauranga, and this role is best