Lead Software Engineer - AI & Automation
First FocusAuckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Posted May 25, 2026
170000 - 170000 NZD
Full Time
About the Company
First Focus is a leading Australian Managed Service Provider offering comprehensive IT solutions and support.
Job Description
Join First Focus as a Lead Software Engineer - AI & Automation to build practical AI and automation products that actually get used. You'll have real technical ownership, work with modern AI-assisted development tools, and balance greenfield builds with sustaining engineering. Our team cares about outcomes over optics, and we're looking for someone who asks why, owns problems properly, and keeps learning.
Requirements
- Strong commercial software engineering experience across modern application stacks
- Experience delivering and supporting production-grade applications or services
- Solid understanding of secure development, CI/CD, testing, source control, deployment, code review, and operational readiness
- Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools and workflows
- Strong problem-solving skills and a systems-thinking mindset
- Good communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Enough judgement to know when'move fast' is useful, and when it is just a polite way to create future rubble
Benefits
- Competitive salary package including up to $170,000 + Kiwisaver
- Free access to Uprise, including 1:1 coaching with qualified psychologists or counsellors
- Flexible working for work-life balance
- 10 paid study days per year, exam fees paid, and pay rises for certifications
- Weekly internal training and access to a learning library
- FastTrack mentoring program
- Tesla company car option, conditions apply
- Regular social events and a genuinely supportive team culture