Senior Developer

About The Company

Join a respected government organisation that delivers meaningful work with real impact across Aotearoa.

You will be part of a collaborative, small scale tech team supporting secure, high availability systems used by thousands of people nationwide.

This is a great opportunity to contribute to a stable, community focused environment that values teamwork, integrity, and technical excellence.

About The Role

We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Java Developer to join a small product delivery team maintaining and improving critical business applications.

You'll work closely with another developer, enhancing an external facing customer portal and a supporting backend system.

The work spans software development, deployment, and continuous improvement, ensuring both systems remain robust, efficient, and user friendly.

Develop, maintain, and enhance applications across frontend and backend systems

Participate in agile ceremonies, planning sessions, and code reviews

Write high quality unit and integration tests

Manage deployments and ensure documentation is complete and accurate

About You

This will suit you if you are an experienced and adaptable developer who enjoys working across the full stack.

You're collaborative, proactive, and happy to get stuck into all aspects of development from coding to deployment.

You'll Bring

Extensive experience with Java (v8+), Spring, and Spring Boot

Solid frontend skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript (experience with Wicket or JSP is a bonus)

Strong understanding of SQL (DB2 desirable)

Experience with Web Services, XML, and familiarity with WebSphere or OpenShift

A pragmatic approach, comfortable maintaining existing systems while identifying improvements

Apply Now!

To find out more, please get in touch with Lauren Foster on

• for a confidential chat.

To apply for this vacancy you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.

At the appropriate stage we will request your references, we ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.

At Tribe we have our guiding light to show us the way.

We bring our whole selves to work.

We encourage inclusion in every single interaction.

We genuinely care about people and are curious about their stories.

We celebrate all points of view.

We'll help you find your tribe, the same way we have.

We're all on a journey together so come along...

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