Lead Engineer

4 days ago

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Loan Engine Full time NZ$120,000 - NZ$200,000 per year

Founding Lead Engineer

Auckland (preferred)

Loan Engine is a funded SaaS startup building the AI-native operating system for non-bank lenders. We're re-imagining how loans are originated, funded, and serviced with a modern fully containerised multi-tier architecture orchestrated by Kubernetes. Primarily Golang based containers with Postgres as the RDBMS.

We're looking for our
Founding Lead Engineer
– hands-on, ambitious, and full of energy – who wants to grow into our
CTO role
as we scale.

What you'll do

  • Ship product features across backend + frontend (Go, HTML/CSS/JS, Material).
  • Scale our multi-tenant, multi-tier SaaS architecture on GKE with Cilium / service mesh.
  • Own key technical decisions and evolve our platform architecture.
  • Work directly with the Founder on product direction and customer needs.
  • Interact with early users/customers to deeply understand their problems.
  • Hire and mentor the first engineering team as we grow.

What we're looking for

  • At least 5 years
    of hands-on software engineering and cloud infrastructure experience.
  • At least 2 years
    working in a fast-paced team where customer needs were as important as the tech.
  • At least 1 year
    leading others (formally or informally).
  • Strong Go + distributed systems background.
  • Confident with Kubernetes, Postgres, and modern service meshes.
  • Startup mindset: move fast, solve problems, own outcomes.
  • Must be hands-on — coding and shipping are central to this role.

How we'll work together

  • Location: Auckland preferred.
  • Reporting: Directly to the Founder.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with the founder on product priorities, and engage directly with early customers and advisors.

What you'll get

  • ESOP participation
    – join our employee share option pool.
  • Competitive salary.
  • Clear trajectory:
    Founding Engineer → CTO.
  • A chance to help build a vertical SaaS company from the ground up.

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