Fortune favours the brave

Icehouse Ventures
217
companies
176
Jobs

Staff Engineer

Sharesies

Sharesies

Software Engineering
Wellington, New Zealand
Posted on Jul 3, 2024

We’re a workplace that truly values people and everything they bring to the table. We strive for industry-leading thinking and we’re well on our way to creating financial empowerment for everyone with over 600,000 people across Aotearoa and Australia choosing Sharesies to invest, save and work toward their long-term wealth with KiwiSaver. Want to join us?

We’ve had an exciting opportunity open up in Central Technology and Risk as a Staff Engineer. This role reports to the Engineering Manager and belong to the Staff+ team made up of Staff Engineers, Principal Engineers and Technical Directors. You'll enjoy a varied role with a diverse set of responsibilities, from solving complex problems to pioneering innovative solutions and mentoring a dynamic team of engineers. We're on the hunt for exceptional talent who embody innovation, creativity, and a drive to excel. Your passion for excellence aligns perfectly with our purpose so that together, we can achieve remarkable

Please click here to read a full Job Description.


While these are important, we know that every role at Sharesies is so much more than just a list of qualifications. If you’re super keen but not sure you fit the bill, we’d love to hear from you anyway.

This job closes on the 19th of July 2024 at 5pm. If this job sounds like you, we're keen to learn a bit more about you and your interest in this role! We're passionate about our purpose at Sharesies and are really interested to hear how that aligns (or doesn't) with you and what sense of purpose is important to you at work. We'd also love to understand how you approach technology - what three technical principles do you live by? Don't worry about writing us the next New Zealand novel or whipping up a beautiful slide deck, we're pretty informal so a few paragraphs are all we're after. Please include this in your cover letter and send it through along with your CV, and we’ll be in touch!

We’ll be in touch via email after applications close, typically our process looks like:

  1. A quick phone call to get to know you and understand why you’re keen to work for Sharesies
  2. A 60 minute interview where we’d love to hear about your experience and ask a few questions on how you approach various problems
  3. A 60 minute technical interview
  4. A “meet the team” casual conversation (a great chance for you to ask other team members about what it’s like to work at Sharesies)

At Sharesies, we believe in the power of belonging and we're committed to a culture of inclusion. We are building a diversity program to increase the diversity of underrepresented groups in our talent pipeline. As part of this diversity program, we've included a few questions in this application to better understand candidate experiences and keep improving our equitable outcomes. It's completely up to you whether you answer any or all of these questions. If you decide to participate, we'll only use the information you provide for the purposes of our diversity program. If you choose not to participate, it won't affect your application. The hiring managers do not have access to this data. If you have any questions about how we'll manage and store your data, please email [email protected]

We’ve been a proud certified B Corp since April 2019. We’ve become a carbon-neutral company, introduced volunteer leave, created a process for donations, introduced a responsible search filter for sustainable investing through our platform and we continue to provide education and workshops to create financial empowerment for everyone! We always strive to make positive impacts in all things we do and this certification guides and confirms our work!

The successful person will be required to obtain a Ministry of Justice Criminal Convictions check and all applicants must be legally entitled to work in New Zealand.