Lead Engineer – Dev & Integrations (18‑Month, NZ)

Kiwibank; Auckland, Wellington; Remote; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kiwibank is seeking a collaborative Lead Engineer, Development & Integrations to shape the engineering for critical platforms. You will combine hands‑on C#/.NET expertise with people leadership, guiding distributed teams to deliver scalable API and integration solutions.

You will drive architectural direction, enforce best practices in CI/CD and data migrations, and transform complex requirements into practical technical outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead, coach and develop engineers in Agile and DevOps environments, building high‑performing teams.
• Deep expertise in C#/.NET and cloud‑based architecture, with a strong understanding of scalability, resilience and modern engineering principles.
• Strong track record of delivering and supporting complex enterprise API and system integrations, including interface‑first contract design.
• Experience with event‑driven architectures and Kafka event streaming to enable reliable, scalable integration patterns.
• Excellent communication skills, translating complex technical concepts into clear outcomes for technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to shape and deliver solutions from ambiguous requirements, bridging business needs with engineering execution.
• Experience acting as a technical authority, setting direction on architecture, standards and best practices across a domain.
• Solid experience with SQL, data migration and modern CI/CD practices, including automated deployment pipelines.
• Proven ability to lead remote and distributed teams across locations and time zones, establishing effective communication, clear ownership and well‑documented decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering direction for critical development and integration platforms.
• Balance hands‑on C#/.NET work with technical and people leadership.
• Own architecture decisions, code reviews and tackling technical debt.
• Drive complex platform integrations and modernise legacy data and systems.
• Champion interface‑first contract design, reliable event‑driven integrations and CI/CD practices.
• coach engineers, establish ownership and document decisions across distributed teams.
• Translate ambiguous requirements into practical technical outcomes for stakeholders.

Skills

C#/.NET

People leadership

Agile & DevOps

Cloud architecture

API integrations

Kafka

CI/CD

SQL

Data migration

Remote teams leadership

Communication

Tools

Kafka

AWS/Azure

Job description

Kiwibank is seeking a collaborative Lead Engineer, Development & Integrations to shape the engineering for critical platforms. You will combine hands‑on C#/.NET expertise with people leadership, guiding distributed teams to deliver scalable API and integration solutions.

You will drive architectural direction, enforce best practices in CI/CD and data migrations, and transform complex requirements into practical technical outcomes.