Senior Software Engineer — Build Global Education Platforms

Crimson Academies; Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Crimson Academies is a global education organisation delivering live, real-time learning to ambitious students worldwide. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape technical direction, work across backend and infrastructure, and collaborate with product teams to raise the bar on what we ship.

You will design and build across cloud, backend, and infrastructure, own hard technical problems end to end, and ensure robust CI/CD, testing, and deployment practices while mentoring teammates and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong full-stack instincts with deep backend and infrastructure experience at a senior level.
• Fluency, or close to it, in our stack: HTML5/CSS, React, TypeScript, Node, Postgres, Docker, AWS, Terraform.
• A track record of shipping software you and your team are proud of in a strong CI/CD environment.
• Clear, honest communication and a team-first instinct - you back your teammates and deliver what you've committed to.
• Genuine interest in growing into technical leadership over time.
• Personal commitment to Crimson Academies' standards: unlocking potential together, rethinking and rebuilding, and raising the bar to compound impact.

Responsibilities

• Design and build Crimson Academies' products across the cloud, backend, infrastructure, and frontend where needed.
• Take ownership of hard technical problems end to end, from framing through to shipping, monitoring, and iterating.
• Test-drive your development so that once your work is done, it doesn't go backwards.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and help shape Crimson Academies' technical direction.
• Partner with Product Managers and stakeholders: give honest estimates, communicate clearly, and ship when you said you would.
• Follow and improve our CI/CD, testing, and deployment practices so the team ships faster and more safely.
• Monitor product health and respond when something needs attention.
• Mentor your colleagues, lift quality across the team, and model the standards we hold each other to.

Skills

Full-stack

Backend

CI/CD

React

TypeScript

Node.js

PostgreSQL

Docker

AWS

Terraform

Communication

Tools

Docker

Terraform

AWS

Job description

Crimson Academies is a global education organisation delivering live, real-time learning to ambitious students worldwide. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape technical direction, work across backend and infrastructure, and collaborate with product teams to raise the bar on what we ship.

You will design and build across cloud, backend, and infrastructure, own hard technical problems end to end, and ensure robust CI/CD, testing, and deployment practices while mentoring teammates and