Development Manager

Job Description

About the Role

Bluecurrent is a leading provider of innovative smart metering services and solutions in New Zealand and Australia. As a B2B company, we partner with leading energy retailers and distributors in New Zealand and Australia.

Want to help drive innovation, empower teams, and deliver impact for Bluecurrent customers? We have an exciting opportunity for a Development Manager to join our dynamic Software Engineering team. In this role, you will support and lead our software development team to deliver high-quality, cutting-edge software solutions.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Lead, mentor, and support a talented team of software developers. Build a collaborative, inclusive culture that encourages innovation and continuous learning.
• Set clear goals and track progress. Manage resources, estimate project needs, and oversee contract requirements.
• Guide the development and management of key business platforms, including Data Management, Field Service Management, and CRM.
• Provide expert guidance to overcome complex technical challenges.
• Focus on internal and external customer needs to ensure outstanding business and customer outcomes.

What we are looking for

To be successful in this role, you will have a bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field—or 10+ years of experience in software development preferred. Proven experience successfully leading and mentoring high-performing software engineering teams is essential.

As the Development Manager, you will be able to prioritise tasks effectively, maintain organisation, and oversee multiple high-impact projects simultaneously. Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities are required to navigate challenges, implement change, and deliver results within established deadlines.

Experience with Agile and traditional IT delivery, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), CI/CD pipelines, version control, containerisation, cyber assurance frameworks (NIST/ISO 2700x), and full-stack development (Java/Python) is highly valued.

If you have a continuous improvement mindset and strong problem-solving skills, apply today to help shape our software engineering future

About Us

Bluecurrent is jointly owned by Vector and QIC. We are a highly successful smart metering and data services company that operates in New Zealand and Australia. With 18 years' experience behind us we are a new company, with strong foundations and ambitious goals.

It's a great time to join the highly dynamic energy sector, with consumers and energy companies driving rapid change. Changes that can make a difference are often informed by the data we provide.

Bluecurrent's team is made up of people with diverse skills, values, backgrounds and experiences.

We respect people's differences, including gender, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, race and religion.

Our values reflect how we do things together and for our customers.

They are:

• Collaborate – we are a tight knit group that works best when we work together.
• Innovate – we are stepping up to solve challenges in new ways.
• Deliver – what we say we do. It's what we've always done and always will do.

Additional information

As we continue to grow there are many future career pathways for our people.

We offer:

• Opportunities for career progression
• A fun and collaborative environment
• Hybrid working
• Potential for flexible work hours
• Health and wellbeing support
• Subsidised life and income protection insurance
• An annual wellbeing grant
• Study support

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As part of the recruitment process if we progress with your application, we will complete background and pre-employment checks, such as a drug and alcohol assessments, reference checks, immigration checks, criminal background checks, qualification checks, and additional checks required for the role.