Octopus Deploy sets the standard for Continuous Delivery, empowering software teams to deliver value in an agile way. Over 4,000 organizations globally – including Ubisoft, Xero, Stack Overflow, NASA, and Disney – rely on our Continuous Delivery, GitOps, and release orchestration solutions.
This role is part of the Cloud Platform team, which owns the Cloud Portal, Dynamic Workers , and cloud infrastructure. Our mission is to provide best-in-class cloud environments for Octopus Cloud customers.
We are looking for Senior and Intermediate Software Engineers with experience across cloud infrastructure, application development, and operations. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you’ll form part of a team of up to 10 engineers, plus a Principal Engineer and Product Manager distributed across Australia and New Zealand for easier time zone collaboration.
At full capacity, our engineers break down into three streams. You’ll start in our Maintain Quality Service (MQS) stream, providing operational support for customers and peers; it’s a great place to build your confidence before moving into other streams. Here are examples of work these other streams have released , planned , and are considering next .
This is a remote role based in Australia or New Zealand; we are unable to sponsor work visas at this time.
Why this job is exciting
What you’ll do
You’ll be a great fit if
A typical day might also include
On-call (paid, supported, and humane)
This role includes joining our paid on-call program (5% of base salary) once you’re confident in our systems, typically after 3 to 4 months of onboarding, with training and documentation provided. On-call coverage is 24×7 , and teams usually roster no more than ~2 weeks in every 8 per person.
Level 3 (Senior) : Maturing : $145k AUD / $155k NZD, Performing : $165k AUD / $175k NZD
Level 2 (Intermediate) : Maturing : $115k AUD / $125k NZD, Performing : $135k AUD / $145k NZD
Salaries exclude Super and KiwiSaver.
Benefits include a minimum of 25 days annual leave, up to 10 days of paid sick and carers leave, 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave with flexible return options, and stock options. Learn more .
Below is the interview process you can expect for this role. We know interviewing can seem daunting, but rest assured we designed our interview process to move quickly while still getting you all the information you need.
(30 min) Talent acquisition screen : Meet with your Talent Acquisition team and get a feel for what it would be like to be an Octonaut!
(2-4 hours) Technical assessment : Complete a bespoke technical challenge at your own pace. This is evaluated by our Software Engineers to determine if we progress to the Live Code interview
(75 min) Live Code Interview : Discuss your solution with two of our Software Engineers. Pair program to extend your solution in the final 15 minutes.
If you join Octopus, you’ll be joining a high trust ,remote-first team that helps over 150,000 peoplearound the world to deliver working software to production.
We’ve been around since 2012 and we’re used by over 25,000 companies, including ASOS, Xero, StackOverflow, NASA and Disney.
Growing, sustainable company
We’re profitable and long-term oriented . And yet we’re growing quickly .It’s a unique opportunity to join a growing company without all the craziness. With that growth comes allkinds of opportunities for career progression and professional and personal development.
What to expect
What’s it really like here? We’ve made our internal handbook public, so you can see for yourself. It will answer many of the questions you might have.
Trust and autonomy to do the best work of your life, in work that makes a meaningful difference.
Along with a pro-active salary review and feedback system.
Learn more .
As we grow, new opportunities to learn, advance and contribute are continuously opening.
Laptop & home office
Choose your own laptop and home office program.
Learn more .
Excellent health care, dental and vision.
(US only)
Retirement
Work / life harmony
No crazy hours or arbitrary deadlines.
Paid parental leave for primary & secondary carers.
Don’t see a role you’re interested in?
If you share our core values but none of the roles above seem quite right, but you think you can bring something unique that might help,we’d love to hear from you. Just talk to us .
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Software Engineer • WorkFromHome, New Zealand