Lead engineer

Author-it is the leading provider of on-premise and cloud-based products for authoring technical publications and pharmaceutical information. Their software is a component authoring solution, enabling enterprises to create content components, that are assembled into documents and reused across the organization. Component authoring reduces costs and Author-it is venture funded, and they have a number of opportunities after restructuring to grow the engineering team in New Zealand with product planning and sales and marketing in international markets.

What you'll do

The ideal candidate would possess strong analytical, design, problem solving skills and experience in building SaaS applications. You'll help ensure execution by collaborating with program managers, UX designers, testers and developers on other teams. In coordination with their CTO and other senior technical staff, you'll influence the technologies they use and the way they apply them in solving complex problems at an enterprise scale. A successful candidate will have an established background in building scalable, performant, production-quality software, a can-do attitude and a desire to continuously improve and take ownership when opportunities arise.

Key responsibilities

• Managing, mentoring and leading a team of 5+ engineers.
• Implement new product functionality and enhancements to existing behaviours.
• Collaborate with program managers, architects, and other engineers across Author-it's offices in Seattle, New Zealand and the Netherlands to define the user experience and technical architecture for Author-it software and services.
• Collaborate with functional leads to improve design, development and quality processes.
• Participate heavily in Scrum planning/grooming, providing input on required testing tasks, process and associated effort for the selected user stories.
• Lead the growth of Author-it's NZ R&D office by working with management to attract top technical talent.
• Lead and mentor junior developers across the company, regardless of team or geographic boundaries.

  Skills & Requirements

  What you bring

  • 5+ years professional software development experience, preferably with SAAS applications.
  • Experience managing, mentoring and leading a development team of 5+ developers
  • Experience with JavaScript as a main application language, or a language that compiles to JavaScript such as TypeScript or CoffeeScript.
  • Experience using Backbone, Angular, React, or a similar front-end JavaScript framework.
  • Experience using Node.js as a platform for developing web applications.
  • Experience building or consuming REST and GraphQL APIs.
  • Familiarity with relational and non-relational databases (SQL Server, Postgres, MongoDB etc.)
  • Familiarity with some of the AWS platform offerings.
  • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum/Kanban development methodology.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and concisely (both written and orally)
  • Demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines in an agile/iterative software development process without losing sight of longer-term goals or the big picture.

    If you would to join this forward moving company, act now and apply on-line with a Cover Letter outlining your suitability and an updated CV. For further information, please call Sarah Wright at Adecco of 06 357 2020.