Senior Software Engineer

Fuel50

full-time

Posted on: 1/21/2026

Location Type: Remote

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About the role

Implement new features and track down difficult-to-find bugs
Tackle challenging scaling issues and implement high-quality engineering practices and tooling
Collaborate across teams and work closely with customer support to track down bug reports
Work independently to rapidly make huge improvements to the software platform
Write quality code and review others’ code
Contribute to architectural decisions and work on challenging problems across the technology stack as they arise

Senior-level experience in full-stack software engineering, with a strong understanding of SaaS architecture
Strong proficiency in writing clean, maintainable, and testable code, with a solid grasp of software development best practices
Proven ability to understand complex systems, track down and resolve production issues, and create effective regression tests
Experience delivering complex engineering work safely, such as zero-downtime migrations and improving CI/CD pipelines
Hands-on experience with core backend technologies such as Java and the Spring ecosystem, and relational databases (e.g. MySQL)
A strong bias toward action, ownership, and delivering outcomes
Knowledge of cloud-based infrastructure and modern DevSecOps principles
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
Strong remote-working skills, including the ability to work autonomously and collaborate asynchronously
Willingness to travel to our Takapuna office as required for planning and team collaboration
Frontend experience with Angular or similar modern frameworks (nice-to-have)
Experience with Docker and Linux in production environments (nice-to-have)
Good command of shell scripting and Python (nice-to-have)
Passion for AI-enabled products, automation, and improving engineering efficiency (nice-to-have)
Demonstrated ability to mentor other engineers and support a culture of continuous learning (nice-to-have)

Benefits

Day off on your birthday, your Fuel50 anniversary and a company wide celebration day.
A "Refuel Day" once a quarter to relax and refuel
Employee Stock Options Plan (ESOP)
Remote working and flexible working times - we're very supportive of school commitments, traveling in off-peak hours, looking after family and attending to life's events
Investing in you with career and development planning, using our very own Fuel50 software and online Fuellie University
A very progressive parental leave policy - get extra flexibility and time off on top of what your local government already mandates
Comprehensive fully subsidised Health Insurance with Southern Cross

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-stack software engineeringSaaS architectureclean codemaintainable codetestable codeJavaSpring ecosystemMySQLDockerPython

Soft Skills

communication skillscollaboration skillsownershipdelivering outcomesremote-working skillsautonomymentoringcontinuous learning