Software Engineer - Financial Statements

Phocas Software; Christchurch; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A software company specializing in financial solutions seeks a full stack engineer to design and build core financial reporting frameworks. The ideal candidate has strong experience in building data-rich applications using React and Typescript. Join a supportive team environment that values technical challenges and offers hybrid working options.

Benefits

10% PD Time for learning and development

Flexible hours and hybrid working policy

Comprehensive insurance benefits

Qualifications

• Experience building data-rich or calculation-heavy applications.
• Strong skills in React/Typescript.
• Familiarity with financial concepts or a keen interest in finance.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core foundations for financial reporting.
• Enhance platform for multi-currency support.
• Contribute to migration to a new data platform.
• Build tools for finance teams.

Skills

React

Typescript

Data-rich applications development

Understanding of financial concepts

Job description

What will you work on?

You’ll design and build the core foundations that power financial reporting for thousands of users, including:

• Scaling multi-currency suppport: Enhancing our platform to handle more flexible and powerful multi-currency scenarios, including support for forecasting and scenario analysis.
• Migration to our new data platform: Contributing to our move towards a faster, more modular architecture that unlocks performance, flexibility, and a more intuitive experience for users.
• Serving the Office of the CFO: Building tools that speak the language of finance teams - precise, reliable, and designed for scale.

What skills do you need?

You’re a full stack engineer with a strong front end lean, ideally including:

• Experience building data-rich or calculation-heavy applications
• Strong skills in React/Typescript
• Familiarity with financial concepts or interest in learning how finance teams work

You’ll thrive in this role if you’re:

• Motivated by interesting technical challenges
• Comfortable contributing to architectural decisions and evolving workflows
• Curious, collaborative, and eager to learn how real finance teams operate

If you love building high-trust, high-impact software for users who really care about the numbers, we’d love to hear from you.

Why work at Phocas?

• The people: Supportive, capable, no-ego teams who care deeply about what they build.
• 10% PD Time: One day a fortnight dedicated to learning and development.
• Social culture: Optional silliness + regular food bribery.
• Spacious Sydenham office: Lots of natural light and even more parking.
• Benefits: Southern Cross, Life, TPD and Income Protection Insurance, extra paid parental leave, educational reimbursement and more.
• Flexibility: Hybrid working policy, flexible hours.

Phocas is an Accredited Employer and we support international talent, however due to current visa settings we can only consider applicants with current NZ working rights. Fully remote roles are not currently available.

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