Sr. Software Engineer

At Advantive, we make purpose-built software for specialty manufacturing and distribution businesses that streamline complex processes, optimize operations visibility and throughput, and drive improved quality, profitability, and revenue growth. Deeply embedded in our customers’ businesses, Advantive’s software solutions add value along the full manufacturing and distribution lifecycle.

Our customers, who include corrugated and packaging manufacturers, equipment and supply wholesale distributors, and automotive and other specialty manufacturers, benefit from our solutions that have been honed over decades in the marketplace. We know our customers’ businesses intimately and deliver software to address their needs.

**Position**:
Senior Software Engineer (Java)

**Reporting To**:
Development Manager

**Group**:
Kiwiplan NZ

**Team**:
TBC

**Location**:
East Tamaki, Auckland

**Staff Responsibility**:
N/A

**Date**:
January 2025

**Position Purpose**

The general purpose of this role is to deliver software that meets our customers’ needs within the assigned timelines.

This position may include taking ownership in project leadership roles, and lead and mentor others in the development team.

**Key Accountabilities & Result areas**

**Software Design**

**Objective**

**Means for Achieving the Objective**

The completed software fulfils that users’ requirements, and the user interaction is simple, attractive and intuitive

Participate in Requirements Analysis discussions.

Prepare screen mock-ups and descriptions of user interaction/workflows.

Consider an appropriate range of implementation options and make recommendations of best approaches.

Prepare technical specifications.

Development time is accurately estimated to facilitate reliable project schedules

Identify units of work and determine estimated development time.

**Software Development**

**Objective**

**Means for Achieving the Objective**

Solutions are developed with a minimum of defects and completed on-time

Complete the development of new functionality and modifications to existing functionality.

Write unit tests and conduct an appropriate level of manual testing prior to handing the work over to the Testing team.

Code can be easily understood and is well structured to allow for efficient future maintenance

Write clean, carefully documented, object-oriented code.

Adhere to the established Kiwiplan standards and processes.

Obtain peer review of design specifications and completed code.

Conduct peer reviews of other Engineer’s specifications and code.

**Knowledge Transfer**

**Objective**

**Means for Achieving the Objective**

Learning outcomes are applied to future development tasks across the entire development team

Involve team members in design and development discussions.

Present tutorials and information sessions.

Development tasks can be readily shared among team members.

Lead Functional Reviews of completed software.

Other departments have sufficient knowledge to complete their responsibilities (such as testing and release documentation)

Participate in discussions with staff in other departments.

Contribute to internal knowledge bases.

**Leadership**

**Objective**

**Means for Achieving the Objective**

Technical challenges are resolved effectively

Contribute to training and mentoring of team members.

Provide technical advice and problem-solving assistance.

Processes are efficient and the team is productive

Drive Process Improvement initiatives.

Development decisions are of a high quality

Assist in supervising and approving technical specifications and participate in architectural and technology decision making

Provide technical, domain and thought leadership within the development team

May be required to provide development leadership for a given development or project.

Provide domain expertise in at least one product area for Kiwiplan.

**Support**

**Objective**

**Means for Achieving the Objective**

Internal and external customers receive the assistance that they need

Act as a point of contact for the Testing Team and Support Teams.

**Health & Safety / Compliance**

**Objective**

**Means for Achieving the Objective**

Compliance

Ensure a sound understanding of, demonstrate commitment and comply with all legislation and Kiwiplan policy relevant to the role and activities undertaken in the role.

Health & Safety

Undertake all work in a safe manner and follow all company and workplace health and safety procedures.

Identify new hazards and advise manager or workplace Health and Safety representative within 24 hours of identification.

Accurately report incidents and accidents to manager or workplace Health and Safety representative as soon as possible.

RELATIONSHIPS**:
**Development Manager**

Direct Manager

**Product Owners**

Supervise / Lead the team and assign the workload. Provide help in eliciting requirements & defining and refining scope. Discussion of proposed development solutions.

**Technic