Tech Lead | React | Rails | Startup | SaaS | Wellington-based

Software Engineering

Full Stack Engineer

Wellington

Permanent

Dom Gunn-Taylor
Dom Gunn-Taylor

Executive General Manager

Posted

June 27, 2025

  • Lead a growing dev team and stay hands-on with development
  • Align tech work with business goals alongside leadership
  • Drive quality, architecture, and team culture in a fast-paced team
We’re a fast-moving startup building a modern software platform, and we’re looking for a Technical Lead who’s just as comfortable writing code as they are leading and supporting a team. You’ll be joining a high-impact environment where every team member plays a key role in shaping the product and engineering culture.

This may suit someone who's been a Senior Developer for a while and is looking for a step up into a Lead role.

What You’ll Be Doing
  • Be Hands-On: Actively contribute to the codebase, unblock developers, and maintain high standards across the stack.
  • Lead the Team: Guide and support a team of a team of developers, setting direction, mentoring individuals, and keeping morale high.
  • Own Roadmap Delivery: Work closely with leadership to ensure technical execution stays aligned with business goals.
  • Balance Execution & Architecture: Make smart technical decisions, manage technical debt, and shape long-term system design.
  • Champion Quality: Drive robust testing, scalable code, and ongoing improvements in performance and developer experience.
What You’ll Bring
  • Experience with either leading or mentoring, ideally in a startup or high-autonomy environment.
  • Strong full-stack development background, especially with Ruby on Rails and React.
  • A leadership style grounded in communication, autonomy, and accountability.
  • Comfort working directly with founders or senior leadership to help shape product and strategy.
  • A bias for action and the ability to keep complex projects moving without heavy processes.
  • A collaborative mindset and the ability to bring a team together around shared goals.
Why Join Us?
  • You’ll have a major influence on the direction of our technology, team, and product.
  • You’ll work closely with leadership and have full context behind decisions.
  • You’ll join a small, high-trust team that values simplicity, moves quickly, and enjoys the work.

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