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Engineering ManagerAssurant • Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Assurant • Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
5 days ago
Job description

Why work with Assurant?

When you join Assurant, you will be part of a community that cares. A diverse and supportive team culture will see you challenge yourself and motivate you to think out of the box.

We come from a variety of countries, cultures, and backgrounds, but we are united by our enduring values ofcommon sense,common decency,uncommon thinking,anduncommon results.

So, connect with us. Bring us your best work and your brightest ideas, and we’ll bring you a place where you can thrive.

Some of the benefits we offer to our team members are :

  • Development programs and study grants and support for higher education
  • Cultural day off to celebrate what’s important to you
  • International and local mentoring programs
  • Diversity panels and employee resource groups
  • Hybrid work model
  • 2 mental health recharge days per year
  • Annual health & wellbeing allowance to contribute to your overall wellbeing
  • Volunteering opportunities to give back to a cause that is important to you

What’s the role about?

Based in our Auckland offices and reporting to the IT Operations Manager (NZ), the Engineering Manager will lead our cross-functional engineering team and take ownership of our software development practices, driving the delivery of high-quality solutions. This role is primarily operational, with a strong focus on day-to-day operations such as the execution of engineering practices, as well as :

  • Provide day-to-day leadership, mentoring, and coaching to a small-medium sized engineering team across web development, infrastructure and platform support.
  • Define, implement, and continuously refine engineering best practices and software development processes.
  • Ensure DevOps pipelines and automation processes are robust, scalable, and continuously optimized.
  • Support structured delivery processes, from an engineering perspective, including planning, estimation, release management, and reporting.
  • Collaborate closely with the Delivery Manager to ensure incoming work is well-prioritised, clearly defined, and ready for development.
  • Partner with senior leadership to ensure engineering execution aligns with strategic business goals and ANZ product priorities.
  • About you

  • Proven experience as an Engineering Manager, Development Manager, or Senior Technical Lead leading a team.
  • Strong engineering background across the full software development lifecycle of web applications.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and scale multidisciplinary teams (including development, QA, DevOps).
  • Experience implementing and improving modern software delivery practices (Agile, CI / CD, automation, continuous improvement).
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to bridge technical and business needs.
  • Strong operational leadership skills - comfortable managing day-to-day delivery while driving ongoing improvements.
  • Proficiency in modern programming languages (e.g., JavaScript / TypeScript, C#, React, Node.js) and experience with web frameworks such as React, Angular, .NET API.
  • Experience in supporting or developing solutions on Azure cloud services preferred.
  • Solid understanding of RESTful API design, event drive services, and integration patterns.
  • Exposure to automated testing frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright) and test strategy development across unit, integration, and end-to-end levels.
  • DevOps & Automation : Experience integrating or overseeing implementation of CI / CD tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
  • Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, DataDog, Dynatrace) and experience supporting production systems, including incident management and root cause analysis.
  • To apply

    Please submit your resume accompanied by a cover letter detailing your suitability for the role. Don't miss your opportunity to be part of this successful team, apply now!

    The successful applicant will be subject to relevant background checks such as reference checks and a Ministry of Justice Criminal Record Check.

    At Assurant, we celebrate the differences that make us who we are. By assembling extraordinary teams from a variety of races, religions,sexualorientations,gender identities,ages,experiences,and abilities, we’re able to better reflect the global communities where we live and work.By working to remove barriers, we ensure equity for everyone.The pursuit of inclusion rests with each of us. Because it’s only by listening toand representing the unique voices of every individual that we can innovate for all.

    For further information about Assurant, please visit our website :

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