Lead Full-Stack Engineer - Hybrid & Mentorship Lead

Placements24; Queenstown; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement contributions

Performance-based bonuses

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Software Engineer (Full-Stack) to guide a talented development team in Queenstown. You will architect and implement scalable web applications using modern front-end and back-end technologies, and mentor engineers to improve code quality and processes.

You will drive technical strategy, collaborate with product managers, and ensure delivery of robust digital solutions in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in CS or Software Engineering.
• 7+ years of professional software development with full-stack focus.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring software teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, fostering high performance.
• Architect, design, and implement scalable full-stack web applications.
• Write clean, well-documented code for front-end and back-end systems.
• Oversee the software development lifecycle from design to maintenance.
• Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure quality and standards.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to translate requirements.
• Address performance, security, and technical debt challenges.
• Drive CI/CD adoption and automated testing best practices.
• Contribute to technical strategy and roadmap planning.
• Troubleshoot complex issues reported by users or monitoring tools.

Skills

Team leadership

Full-stack development

React

Angular

Vue.js

Node.js

Python

Java

.NET

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

Cloud platforms

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Software Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Software Engineer (Full-Stack) to guide a talented development team in Queenstown. You will architect and implement scalable web applications using modern front-end and back-end technologies, and mentor engineers to improve code quality and processes.

You will drive technical strategy, collaborate with product managers, and ensure delivery of robust digital solutions in a hybrid work environment.