Lead Engineer — Cloud-Native Platform & Tech Leadership

Southern Cross Health Insurance; Auckland; On-site; NZD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five days of wellbeing leave per year

Health insurance for you and your whān

Life insurance cover and discounts on…

Extra parental leave benefits and ...

Participation in our workplace Wellbe…

Flexi leave for study, volunteering,…

Annual volunteer day

Job summary

Southern Cross Health Insurance in Auckland is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to drive technical decision‑making within one squad behind a new member health platform. You will work with the Technology Lead and Product Manager to ensure stability, scalability and alignment with Southern Cross standards.

This hands‑on leadership role combines coding, design reviews and coaching to raise team capability while delivering reliable, secure digital products for members and live services.

Qualifications

• Significant software engineering experience in modern cloud native environments.
• Strong technical leadership and decision‑making capability.
• Experience designing and building scalable, secure digital products.
• Deep understanding of code quality, testing, operability and release practices.
• Track record of coaching engineers and lifting team capability.
• Excellent problem‑solving, communication and stakeholder skills.
• Comfort working with a product that’s live, evolving and still taking shape.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical decision-making within the squad.
• Partner with the Technology Lead and Product Manager on priorities and trade‑offs.
• Guide solution design and implementation approaches.
• Drive engineering excellence, code quality and testing standards.
• Coach engineers and lift technical capability across the team.
• Improve delivery flow, reliability and developer experience.
• Align technical decisions with engineering standards and golden paths.
• Surface technical risks early and help the squad make informed trade‑offs.

Skills

Cloud native

Technical leadership

System design

Code quality

Coaching

Communication

Stakeholders

Job description

Southern Cross Health Insurance in Auckland is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to drive technical decision‑making within one squad behind a new member health platform. You will work with the Technology Lead and Product Manager to ensure stability, scalability and alignment with Southern Cross standards.

This hands‑on leadership role combines coding, design reviews and coaching to raise team capability while delivering reliable, secure digital products for members and live services.