Lead Software Engineer

Sport New Zealand

  • Auckland
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Join us for the charge to LA and Brisbane!Following an extremely successful Olympic Games this is your chance to join our world leading innovation team and develop bespoke software solutions enhancing New Zealand's sporting competitive advantage! High Performance Sport New Zealand's (HPSNZ) vision is to inspire the nation through more New Zealanders winning on the world stage. To help make this happen our dedicated team of professionals are providing world leading support to our country's elite athletes and coaches.The HPSNZ innovation programme has a world leading reputation within the Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth High Performance Sporting Systems. One of the innovation programme's points of difference internationally is our in-house engineering team.We're seeking a visionary Lead Software Engineer to shape the future of digital innovation in high performance sport. This role is ideal for a strategic thinker and hands-on technologist who can set a long-term technical direction, modernize legacy systems, and deliver cutting-edge solutions that empower athletes, coaches, and performance teams.Reporting to the Head of Innovation, the Lead Software Engineer is responsible for leading the Software team in the delivery of many and varied Innovation projects designed to positively impact the performance of NZ Athletes on the world stage.The role will suit candidates that demonstrably understand how technology can enhance performance in sport and have the skill sets required to deliver the software component of the process within a multi-disciplinary engineering team. Significant software development experience is required (8+ years), with a sharp focus on interaction with hardware devices (e.g. data loggers) and delivering excellent user experience. The role requires someone who will excel in creating novel solutions to varied problems and is able to bring ideas through concepts and into reality.As a leadership role the successful candidate will also need to display excellent team leadership, problem solving and communication skills.This is an exciting time to be joining HPSNZ as we look to take the momentum from Paris into Milan and then the LA and Brisbane cycles supporting our athletes in delivering once again on the world stage. You will be part of a world leading organisation and working alongside a highly professional, committed, passionate team with an absolute focus on that goal.Applications Close: Monday, 28 Jul 2025Job Details Reference # 29237
Posted on 07 Jul 2025
Closes on 25 Jul 2025 12:00
Location (s) Auckland
Expertise Innovation, Strategy
Job level (s) Management
Work type (s) Permanent full-time
Organisation High Performance Sport New Zealand
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