Senior Software Engineer - Team Lead

JobSpace; Auckland; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Movio is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Team Lead in Auckland to lead a squad of full-stack engineers, owning design, development and architecture while collaborating with the Engineering Manager.

You will drive high-performance, fault-tolerant systems, ensure test coverage and CI, and mentor teammates in an autonomous, diverse environment with strong prioritisation.

This hands-on role offers influence over technical interviews, onboarding and strategic objectives as the team scales.

Responsibilities

• Motivate and lead the team, guiding Engineers to own their work
• Foster continuous improvement, share ideas and technologies with the team
• Support learning and growth, lead by example
• Collaborate with Engineering Manager to encourage code reviews and design discussions
• Guide Engineers to deliver high-quality software architecture and code
• Assist Engineering Manager with technical interviews, induction and mentoring
• Provide reviews, coaching, and cross-squad communication
• Act as a communication point to team and stakeholders when timeframes are at risk
• Report progress to Engineering Manager and refine strategic objectives

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.

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

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