Senior Software Engineer, NZ

JobSpace; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthy lunches

Wellness allowance

Parental leave (3 months)

Parking or commuting allowance

Office-first with flexibility

Modern offices and social spaces

Job summary

Partly is seeking a skilled software engineer to join our core SaaS and API platform team. You will work with other developers on mission-critical systems, focusing on scalability, fault tolerance, and accuracy to deliver a top-tier experience for our business users.

You will help establish software best practices, mentor teammates, and grow your expertise in the automotive parts domain while collaborating across offices globally.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Work on mission-critical systems for core SaaS and API platform.
• Ensure features are highly scalable, fault-tolerant and accurate.
• Provide a great experience to businesses using the Partly platform.
• Develop and share software best practices with the team.
• Grow to become an expert in the auto parts domain.

Skills

5+ years experience

CS fundamentals

Databases NoSQL

Distributed systems

Rust

Automotive parts knowledge (bonus)

Job description

Jora New Zealand will close on 9th September 2026. Thank you for being with us, we are cheering you on as you continue your career journey.

Partly is connecting the world's parts, and we're doing that by building the AI infrastructure layer for the global repair industry, starting with the $2tn automotive market. Our frontier model, Interpreter, is the world's first AI purpose-built to understand vehicle damage and the parts needed to fix it. Thousands of businesses across the global repair supply chain already rely on it.

Founded by ex-Rocket Lab engineers, we've tripled in size in the last 18 months and have recently raised a $50m Series B led by DST Global (Anthropic, Airbnb, Meta, TikTok, Spotify) and including Blackbird Ventures (Canva, CultureAmp etc.), WNDR, Activant Capital, Icehouse Ventures, Square Peg, Airtree, and Ecliptic Venture Capital. We're headquartered in Austin, with offices in New Zealand and London.

We're continuing to build a world-class team ensuring Partly is a place where people can do the best work of their lives. We're proud of the culture we've built, and our values are lived throughout every experience.

This Role

In 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’ll 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
• Healthy, Catered Lunches - Enjoy fresh, healthy lunches every workday in our Auckland, Christchurch, London, and Austin offices. With no meal prep needed, you can eat, connect, and refuel with your team. (And yes, snacks and drinks are always on hand.)
• Healthy Body, Healthy Mind - We care about performing at our peak. Every team member gets a $1,500 annual wellness allowance (or local equivalent) on a Partly-branded card. Use it on things such as gym memberships, rock climbing, physical therapy, massage, doctor visits, prescriptions-anything that you or your family need!
• Family Comes First - Primary caregivers receive 3 months of fully paid parental leave, plus a flexible return-to-work plan (four days a week at full pay for your first three months back).
• Getting Here Is On Us - If you commute to a Partly office or coworking space, choose from a paid 24/7 parking spot or a commuting allowance. One less thing to think about!
• Workspaces That Inspire - Our brand-new, architecturally designed offices are built for collaboration and creativity, with great coffee, social spaces, and some of the best cafes just a few steps away.
• Office-First with Flexibility - In cities where we have an office (Christchurch, Auckland, London, and Austin), we default to working from the office every day. This lets us move faster, make better decisions, and build strong relationships. We also operate with a high-trust environment, so you can manage your time around your life and flex your schedule to do your best work.
• We Celebrate Together - From weekly happy hours and monthly lunches to quarterly season openers and an annual global offsite, we make time to connect, celebrate, and have fun as one team.

Relocation

If you're relocating to Partly HQ, whether from overseas or within the country, we offer a generous relocation allowance to help support your move.