Technical Lead

eRoad; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 213,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive benefits package

AI tooling support

Continuous learning

Job summary

EROAD seeks a Tech Lead for a Manila delivery squad, staying close to code while shaping how the team works with AI-native practices.

You will lead developers, unblock work, decompose tasks between AI agents and humans, and review AI-generated code to maintain quality. Stay hands-on across EROAD's SaaS platform in a fast-growing tech environment.

Qualifications

• Real-world AI coding tools or agents in production engineering work.
• Production experience with Java and/or C#.
• Cloud-native development on AWS with Java/Spring or Azure with .NET.
• Microservice design and RESTful APIs.
• Experience with MongoDB, PostgreSQL or SQL Server.
• Automated testing across unit, component, and integration levels.
• Git, trunk-based development and CI/CD.
• Monitoring and observability basics.
• Exposure to agentic workflows and multi-step agent use is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead developers through design, implementation, review and delivery.
• Unblock engineers and keep design decisions moving.
• Decompose tasks between AI agents and human judgement.
• Review AI-generated code and catch failures before production.
• Coach squad on using AI tools without lowering quality.
• Stay hands-on with implementation across the SaaS platform.

Skills

AI tooling experience

Java/C# production

Microservices design

RESTful APIs

Databases (MongoDB/PostgreSQL/SQL)

Automated testing

Git + CI/CD

Monitoring/observability

Agentic workflows

AWS/Azure cloud

Kubernetes/Terraform

Front-end integration (JS/React)

Event-driven AWS (Kinesis/SQS/DynamoDB

Distributed systems

Tools

Java

C#

Spring

.NET

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

ABOUT THE COMPANY

EROAD is a global fleet management technology company, providing GPS tracking, video telematics, compliance automation and driver safety tools to fleet operators, and this Tech Lead role is opening within a Manila delivery squad as the team builds AI-native ways of working into its engineering practice.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

As Tech Lead you'll sit inside a delivery squad and stay close to the code while shaping how the team works.

• Lead developers through design, implementation, review and delivery
• Unblock engineers and keep design decisions moving
• Decompose engineering tasks between AI agents and human judgement
• Review AI-generated code and catch failure modes before they reach production
• Coach the squad on using AI tools well without lowering the quality bar
• Stay hands-on with implementation across EROAD's SaaS platform

WHAT YOU NEED

To thrive in this role you'll bring hands-on technical leadership plus real depth in modern backend engineering.

• "Real-world experience using AI coding tools or agents in production engineering work"
• Production experience with Java and/or C#
  Cloud-native development experience on AWS with Java/Spring, or Azure with .NET
• Microservice architecture and RESTful API design experience
• Experience with MongoDB, PostgreSQL or SQL Server
• Automated testing design and implementation across unit, component and integration levels
• Experience with Git, trunk-based development and CI/CD

Beyond the essentials, we'd love to see basic monitoring and observability experience, and any exposure to agentic workflows such as task decomposition, context management or multi-step agent use is a genuine plus. JavaScript or React front-end integration, event-driven AWS services like Kinesis, SQS or DynamoDB, GIS, payments or high-throughput transactional systems, and Kubernetes or Terraform would all round out the profile nicely, though none of these are essential.

WHY JOIN

This is a genuine individual-contributor technical leadership track, not a people-management role, giving you scope to shape design and delivery while staying hands-on.

• Work at the leading edge of AI-native engineering, with real influence over how the squad adopts AI tools and agents
• Be part of a high-growth, publicly listed technology company operating across New Zeland, Australia, the Philippines and the USA
• Work alongside a talented and collaborative engineering team
• Continuous learning support, EAP offerings and AI tooling to help you grow
• Competitive benefits package
• Hybrid work arrangement: 4 days onsite (Monday to Thursday) and 1 day work from home (Friday)
• 6:00 AM to 3:00 PM PHT shift with a semi-flexible start and end time , subject to team and business requirements.