Engineering Manager

About the role

The Advisor Platform (TAP) is our platform for financial advisers, built for the realities of regulated advice in New Zealand. We're looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to set the technical direction for TAP while spending most of their time building. You'll own the architecture, lead our front-end modernisation from Angular to React, and help the team ship quickly, safely and well in an AI-assisted delivery model.

What you'll do

Technical leadership

• Own TAP's technical direction and architecture, making pragmatic calls on design, trade-offs and technical debt
• Act as the technical counterpart to the TAP Product Manager, shaping roadmap items into well-scoped plans and flagging risk early
• Set and uphold our engineering minimums across system design, testability, observability, security, performance, data integrity, compliance and operability
• Lead how the team uses AI in delivery, including context files, workflows and review standards, so AI speeds us up without lowering the bar

Hands-on delivery

• Design, build and own features end-to-end: database schema, secure C#/.NET APIs, and React/Angular UI
• Build scalable services using RESTful and event-driven patterns, plus integrations with third-party platforms
• Plan the work, use AI coding agents to speed up implementation, and take full accountability for what ships
• Drive automated test coverage across backend and front-end, reducing our reliance on manual QA
• Take on the hardest problems yourself when it makes sense, and pair on them when it's better for the team

Team

• Set the standard for code review, particularly for AI-generated code, and help others catch subtle bugs, security gaps and design drift
• Mentor engineers and support their growth, with scope to take on line management as the team develops
• Work closely with product, design, QA and the wider engineering team to deliver cohesive, user-centred experiences

Our Tech Stack

• Backend: C# / .NET (Core/5+), RESTful and event-driven APIs
• Data: SQL Server, plus other data stores
• Frontend: React (primary, going forward), Angular (existing modules), TypeScript, HTML, CSS/SCSS
• Cloud & DevOps: Azure, Github CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform etc)
• Observability: Datadog
• AI Tooling: Copilot

What you bring

• 6+ years building customer-facing applications across the full stack, including at least 1-2 years in a technical lead or senior role setting direction for a team
• Deep proficiency in C# and .NET, with a strong track record of designing secure, well-documented APIs
• Strong SQL and data modelling skills
• Solid modern TypeScript and front-end experience, with real React depth and enough Angular to lead a migration off it
• Experience leading or significantly contributing to a large-scale modernisation or framework migration
• Hands-on experience using AI coding tools in real delivery work, and a clear view on where they help and where they don't
• Excellent code-reading and review skills, and comfort owning code you didn't write line by line
• The ability to turn ambiguous product problems into clear technical plans, and explain trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders
• A product mindset: you care about the "why" behind a feature, not just the "how"

We Offer

• Competitive remuneration that reflects your experience
• Hybrid model - 2 days per week in our Auckland/Christchurch office
• A supportive and collaborative team environment

Apply Now!

If this sounds like you, apply now with your CV and cover letter. We’d love to hear from you.

Please note: While all applications are reviewed, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applicants must be New Zealand Citizens or Permanent Residents.