Senior Software Engineer - Team Lead

Vista; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Medical insurance

Parental leave

Wellness benefits

Mentoring & career development

Team events

Job summary

Vista is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Team Lead in Auckland, NZ to lead a squad of full‑stack engineers, drive best practices, and shape the technical roadmap. You will design, develop and implement high‑quality software while maintaining performance and data processing efficiency.

You will mentor engineers, promote code quality, and collaborate with the Engineering Manager on interviews, onboarding, and cross‑squad communication. Strong leadership and backend expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience in a Team Lead or similar role.
• Strong mentorship skills and ability to build relationships with stakeholders.
• Senior level backend software engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Motivate and lead the team, guiding engineers to self-organisation and ownership.
• Foster continuous improvement and sharing of ideas, technologies and practices.
• Support team learning, mentor members, and participate in interviews and onboarding.
• Coordinate with Engineering Manager on collaboration, code reviews and design discussions.
• Deliver high-quality software architecture and solutions, in both autonomous and peer-led development.
• Provide progress updates and help refine strategic objectives.

Skills

People management

Team leadership

Mentorship

Tools

Golang

Python

Typescript

PostgreSQL

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

PostgreSQL

This hands-on Senior Software Engineer - Team Lead, will lead a team of full stack Software Engineers, with responsibility for the collaboration, coordination and communication for the squad. You'll be active in maintaining best practice code quality, design and architecture. Contributing to the larger codebase and technology roadmap, you'll be designing, developing and implementing solutions both on your own and in peer development style. Movio applications require high performance and process lots of data, giving our engineers experience with concurrency, fault-tolerant systems, and distributed cloud architectures. Testability and Continuous Integration are very important to us, and we have great test coverage. You'll need to be able to work well in an autonomous and diverse environment while being able to prioritise effectively.

About The Role

• Motivate and lead the team, encouraging, guiding and directing Engineers in your squad, assisting them to become self-organised and to take ownership
• Foster an environment of continuous improvement, sharing ideas, learnings and technologies with the team to help inspire, foster and encourage innovation
• Support team members' learning and growth, and lead by good example
• Work with the Engineering Manager to encourage healthy team collaboration and communication processes such as code reviews, test shares, design discussions etc..
• Help guide a team of Engineers to deliver high-quality and innovative solutions, acting as a Lead Engineer in the delivery of quality software architecture and code
• Assist the Engineering Manager with technical interviews, selection, induction and mentoring of new team members, ensuring they are well integrated, trained and supported
• Provide employee reviews, support, team-building, and cross-squad communication, providing coaching and mentoring, and recommending additional training where necessary
• Act as a communication point to the team and other stakeholders communicating early when timeframes are at risk
• Report team progress to the Engineering Manager, and execute and helping refine the Strategic Objectives

Requirements

We're looking for:

• Well-developed people management skills, with proven leadership experience in a Team Lead or similar role
• Ability to provide strong mentorship and establish and maintain key relationships with stakeholders
• Proven experience in a senior level back end Software Engineer role

Technologies

You'll be working with:

• Golang
• Python
• Typescript
• PostgreSQL
• AWS
• Kubernetes

About Vista

Vista is a world-leading company that makes software for the cinema industry. Started in Auckland, New Zealand, over 25 years ago, we now serve cinemas, film distributors, and moviegoers worldwide. Part of the Vista Group, Movio is the global leader in marketing data analytics and campaign management solutions for the cinema industry. Solutions are designed specifically with the challenges of movie marketing in mind, with an aim to connect all moviegoers to their ideal movie so everyone can experience the magic of cinema. Our love for cinema and film drives the purpose and foundations that generate innovation for our customers. Our HQ is in the City Works Depot in Auckland. We have offices and subsidiary companies in Sydney, Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam, Cape Town, Shanghai, Mexico City, and Kuala Lumpur. We use the latest technologies and offer a fun, agile and collaborative environment. We continue to innovate and build our reputation as one of the best Kiwi tech companies to work for.

Shared Standards

Our Shared Standards act as a compass for how we work together and reflect the behaviours we value at Vista Group. The way in which each member of our crew embodies these Shared Standards is an indicator for performance and success, as it aligns with our vision and strategy.

One Crew

• We’re a diverse team, in different places and functions, and we’re at our best when we connect, help and collaborate

Shine a Light

• We communicate openly, we explain the why, and we ask when we don’t understand. We don’t leave people in the dark

Make it Happen

• We make good things happen as people and as teams through our focus on delivery

Chase Great

• We challenge ourselves and each other to keep improving

Benefits

You will be supported to continually learn and improve your tech skills, share knowledge and ideas in the team, and be part of a dynamic and open culture. We have a range of benefits that include:

• Excellent work/life balance including a 4 ½ day working week
• Hybrid working (home and office-based split)
• Medical and Life insurance (after qualifying period)
• Volunteer day, enhanced paid parental leave and wellness benefits
• Strong mentoring & career development focus
• Fun team events including the Vista Innovation Cup

If you enjoy a challenge and working in a dynamic and collaborative team, you\'ll love working at Vista.

We value inclusivity celebrate diversity and are committed to offering equal opportunity to our staff and candidates — regardless of gender, age, race, ethnicity, marital status, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religious, ethical beliefs or political opinion. This commitment is reflected in all our employment policies and procedures.