Ko wai mtou About us
Kia ora. Were Foodies. You know New World PAKnSAVE and Four Square right Thats us!
With 300 stores and over 24000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life. Locally owned we reflect the communities we serve and we celebrate our people - our taonga every day for being uniquely them.
Our Support Centre is 1000 people strong which includes 300 IT employees who all play a vital role in ensuring the cogs of our Co-op stay turning and our systems stay byte-sized and bug-free..
Shape the Future of Integration Build Lead and Inspire.
Te Tranga About the role
If youre passionate about building exceptional backend systems and leading teams to do their best work this is your stage. As an Integration Tech Lead within our Customer Domain Services Team youll play a key role in shaping the future of our integration stack designing scalable high-performing microservices mentoring a talented team of engineers and setting new standards for engineering excellence. Youll work with modern tools and practices bring big ideas to life and help drive real impact across the business.
In this role youll:
- Lead the design and development of robust scalable microservices that deliver outstanding customer experiences.
- Lead and manage a skilled team of Software Engineers supporting their growth performance and other day to day line management activities.
- Define and evolve our integration technology roadmap staying aligned with industry best practices and innovation.
- Turn high-level concepts into smart sustainable solutions with a focus on quality scalability and speed.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement with strong engineering practices like monitoring automated testing and resilience baked into everything we build.
Ng painga - What we offer
Were committed to providing awesome experiences for our people including offering a range of benefits:
- Free carparking -weve got over 1000 carparks including 36free EV plugs
- Southern cross health insurance Foodies superannuation scheme
- Onsite caf with subsidised meals mini mart 5% discount at our retail stores
- Flexible working options a day off on your birthday long service leave
- Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses flu vaccinations and social network groups (we call them Tribes).
He krero mu - About you
Youre not just a tech expert youre a natural leader who knows how to build smart solutions and bring people along for the journey. You have a passion for crafting scalable high-performing integrations thrive in fast-paced environments and know how to turn big ideas into real working systems. Whether youre deep in code coaching your team or solving a tough integration challenge you bring energy curiosity and a drive to deliver your best every day.
Youll thrive in this role if you have:
- A tertiary degree in Technology and plenty of hands-on experience across integration microservices and cloud-native environments.
- A passion for automation BDD/TDD practices and building out rock-solid CI/CD pipelines that keep delivery fast and smooth.
- Real-world leadership experience you know how to mentor guide and lift a team of Senior Software Engineers while keeping standards sky-high along with being responsible for their development having regular catchups and conducting midyear and annual reviews
- Solid experience with tools like Git Docker Kubernetes and monitoring platforms like Grafana Splunk or New Relic.
- Proven ability to collaborate influence and drive outcomes in a true Agile/SCRUM environment even when things get complex.
This is your opportunity to lead from the front and grow alongside a team thats ready to change the game. Join us and help redefine what great integration looks like for today and for the future.
Experience awesome. Achieve Awesome. Be awesomely you.
Were proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour encourage togetherness inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whnau.
We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background including any disability additional health and mental health needs and/or neurodiversity.
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