Senior Software Engineer

Partly Group; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthy, Catered Lunches

Annual wellness allowance of $1,500

3 months of paid parental leave

Paid car park or commute allowance

Architecturally designed offices

Flexible work schedule

Weekly happy hours and monthly lunches

Job summary

Partly Group in Christchurch is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their development team. You will tackle complex problems and build robust software solutions for the Partly platform.

This role requires 5+ years of experience in software development and strong communication skills. The position offers a dynamic work environment with excellent benefits, including catered lunches and a wellness allowance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with complex applications.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Firm foundation in data structures, architecture, and design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Work on mission-critical systems for our core SaaS and API platform.
• Ensure features are scalable, fault-tolerant, and accurate.
• Provide a great experience to businesses using the Partly platform.

Skills

5+ years of experience developing complex applications

Strong knowledge of databases and data models

Strong communication and collaboration skills

Experience building reliable, distributed systems

Firm grounding in computer science fundamentals

Experience with automotive parts (Bonus)

Experience with Rust (Bonus)

Job description

Senior Software Engineer

Location: Christchurch

Employment Type: Full time

Department: Product & Engineering

Partly's mission is to connect the world’s replacement parts by building the first global platform for replacement parts, starting with auto parts. We are a global team spanning Europe and Australasia, using bleeding‑edge technology to solve challenging problems in a $1.9 trillion industry.

This role

You will work alongside other members of our development team to tackle hard, exciting problems and build beautiful software.

What will you do

• You will be working on mission‑critical systems for our core SaaS and API platform.
• You will be ensuring these features are highly scalable, fault‑tolerant and accurate.
• You will be working to provide a great experience to businesses using the Partly platform.
• You will be helping to develop and share software best practices with the team.
• This is an opportunity to become an expert in the extremely complex and underserved auto parts domain.

Your skills

• 5+ years of experience developing complex applications.
• Firmly grounded computer science and engineering fundamentals, including data structures, concurrency, architecture, APIs, testing, and design patterns.
• Strong written and verbal communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong knowledge of databases and data models, relational and NoSQL.
• Experience building reliable, distributed systems.
• (Bonus) Experience with automotive parts.
• (Bonus) Experience with Rust.

Please note: if you don’t have all the skills/experience listed above but believe you could be outstanding in this role, please still consider applying. We encourage people from underrepresented or marginalised groups to apply.

Our Benefits

• Healthy, Catered Lunches – Fresh, healthy lunches every workday in our Christchurch office; snacks and drinks always on hand.
• Healthy Body, Healthy Mind – Every team member receives a $1,500 annual wellness allowance on a Partly‑branded card for gym memberships, physical therapy, GP visits, etc.
• Family Comes First – Primary caregivers receive 3 months of fully paid parental leave, plus a flexible return‑to‑work option (four days on full pay for your first three months back).
• Getting Here Is On Us – Paid 24/7 car park or commute allowance for those commuting to an office or co‑working space.
• Workspaces That Inspire – Brand‑new, architecturally designed offices built for collaboration and creativity, with great coffee and nearby cafes.
• Office-First with Flexibility – In cities with an office, we default there daily; we also operate a high‑trust environment so you can manage your time and schedule flexibly.
• We Celebrate Together – Weekly happy hours, monthly lunches, quarterly season openers, and an annual global offsite to connect, celebrate, and have fun as one team.