Lead Software Engineer

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About Us

We're a not-for-profit organisation on a mission to transform ourselves and empower New Zealanders to live their healthiest lives. With almost a million members in our care, we are New Zealand's leading health insurer. We have an unstoppable focus, delivering outstanding experiences to our members in their time of need. This is an exciting time to be part of our journey and in return for your extraordinary talent, we’ll provide a high performing values-based team environment where people are at our heart.

About The Role

As a Lead Software Engineer , you’ll drive technical decisions for your squad, turning customer needs into reliable, high-quality software. This is a hands‑on role : code, review, architect, and make smart trade‑offs to keep delivery flowing.

What You’ll Do

• Own engineering quality and delivery speed — ship small, frequent, confident changes.
• Build clean, testable, reusable solutions across the stack.
• Keep services reliable, observable, and maintainable; pipelines fast and green.
• Manage technical health and debt while balancing delivery priorities.
• Collaborate with Product, Platform, and Architecture teams to guide decisions.
• Coach developers and testers, fostering autonomy and technical craft.
• Champion responsible AI use to accelerate development and share insights.

What You’ll Bring

Benefits

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