Kaipūhanga Pūmanawa Software Engineer

Kaipūhanga Pūmanawa Software Engineer

Full-time

**Company Description**:
Z has a clear purpose: Powering better journeys, today and tomorrow. As one of New Zealand’s largest transport energy companies, we have a commitment to delivering safe, secure, and reliable transport energy - with the opportunity to deliver new journeys, with new energy solutions in a changing world.

We are proud to be the Kiwi contingent in the Ampol Group, an independent Trans-Tasman energy company, with trading offices across the globe, which are united behind our shared purpose. While many of the challenges and opportunities we face go beyond national boundaries, together we have the scale, influence, and capability to deliver for our customers, communities, and our people.

Technology, Digital and Data at Ampol are dedicated to empowering our business through technology-enabled differentiation, strengthening our foundations to build sustainable value for the future. Our team thrives on the challenge of innovation—dreaming up big ideas, questioning the norm, and tackling complex problems. Together, we are shaping a future that not only meets the needs of today but anticipates the demands of tomorrow.

Our approach is anchored in data-driven decision-making and advanced technology integration, allowing us to create seamless and personalized customer experiences that truly resonate. By prioritizing value-based decisions and outcomes, we ensure that TDD drives meaningful impact and measurable outcomes for the Ampol Group, leaving a lasting impact on our business and our customers.

Unifying our customer experience across physical and digital channels, our Digital team build and deliver products where technology meets our customers - web, app, and retail.

As a Software Engineer, you’ll design, develop, enhance, and support solutions that power Ampol’s digital assets and customer-facing technology. You’ll work closely with business users and team members in the TDD team to ensure our solutions are reliable, effective, and meet business needs. You’ll contribute to the continuous improvement of our software engineering practices and collaborate with others to deliver high-quality, maintainable solutions.

You will have the opportunity to:

- Contribute to the design and development of components for larger solutions
- Take responsibility for delivering assigned technical components through to production
- Support the development and adoption of coding standards and best practices
- Stay up to date with new technologies and industry trends, and share ideas for improving existing solutions
- Collaborate with and provide guidance to peers and junior engineers when needed
- Participate in the Software Engineering Community of Practice and DevSecOps initiatives to share knowledge and align with organisational goals

**Qualifications**:
What you’ll bring to Z:

- Strong software development experience with a focus on back-end integration within enterprise environments
- Demonstrated experience with.Net, with exposure to mentoring peers and contributing to best practises
- Understanding of integration design and architecture principles, including trade-offs, resiliency and reliability considerations
- Experience working with Azure Cloud Services
- Well-developed troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, including debugging, performance optimisation and root cause analysis
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical team members
- Experience working in Agile software development environments
- Familiarity with secure coding practises (e.g. DevSecOps), participation in code reviews, source code management (GitHub) and infrastructure as code tools (e.g. Terraform)

And of course, you’ll be passionate about what matters to Z, embracing and living our values to help us deliver on our aspirations and broader commitment to Aotearoa New Zealand.

**Additional Information**:
What we can offer you
- A competitive remuneration package including short-term incentive plan, medical insurance for you and your family, enhanced employer contribution for KiwiSaver
- Generous leave provisions including enhanced sick leave, parental leave benefits and the option to buy additional leave
- The balance of hybrid working, enjoy some of your week at home and some in our welcoming office space
- The opportunity to contribute and be part of a supportive team that is here to make a difference
- A chance to build your own capability through learning from some of the industry’s most knowledgeable people who have a desire to share their insights along with access to upskilling opportunities and career development across the organisation
- Two days a year to do Good in your Hood, though our volunteering scheme, a chance for you to help others in your community in a meaningful way to you

The base salary range for this role is $115k to $130K per annum, plus 15% STI based on company performance, a 5