Staff Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New Zealand.

📋 Description

• Develop technology that enables retail teams to identify risks and take action when it is crucial.

• Transform intricate recognition signals into dependable, valuable experiences for safer retail environments.

• Define the technical vision for the Auror Subject Recognition product.

• Collaborate with Product and Design teams to validate assumptions and enhance enrolment, detection, and real-time alerts.

• Oversee complex projects from design and implementation through to production.

• Decompose open-ended challenges into manageable increments and adjust priorities based on customer feedback and roadmap alterations.

• Prepare ASR for enterprise-level scalability across in-store edge systems and cloud services.

• Enhance observability, resilience, security, privacy, and production incident investigation processes.

• Mentor engineers on system design, scoping, and technical decision-making.

• Refine team practices through approach reviews, documented decisions, and collective learning.

• Report directly to Richard Brookes, Senior Engineering Lead.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven Staff-level impact, including driving technical outcomes, tackling complex issues, and guiding teams in making informed technical decisions; prior Staff title is not mandatory.

• Experience in product development amidst uncertainty, including validating assumptions with customers and adjusting technical strategies.

• Technical proficiency and hands-on experience in delivery.

• Capability to analyze architecture, service boundaries, event flows, and potential failure modes.

• Experience in converting technical methodologies into maintainable production software.

• Ability to make intentional, practical trade-offs and adjust plans based on new insights.

• Background in coaching engineers and enhancing team practices.

• Experience in anticipating scalability limitations and applying testing, observability, and incident learning to boost reliability.

• Familiarity with distributed cloud services, edge deployments, or systems handling sensitive data would be advantageous.

• Strong alignment with Auror’s Guiding Principles.

• Eligibility to work in Australia/New Zealand: must possess Australian or New Zealand citizenship/permanent residency or appropriate work authorization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus: Eligible for a NZD $5,500 bonus at the end of the financial year if revenue targets are achieved.

• Employee share scheme.

• Flexible work/life balance.

• Friday afternoons off with full pay.

• Wellness Days.

• Up to $750 NZD annually for expert health and wellness sessions.

• Health care coverage through nib health insurance, with Auror covering 100% of the premium.

• Paid parental leave: 12 weeks for birth parents and 6 weeks for non-birth parents following birth, adoption, or surrogacy, available from day one.

• Support for courses, conferences, or events aimed at professional development.

• Regular team lunches and social events, predominantly during work hours.