Are you Ready to engineer global impact?
At Valocity, we’re redefining how the world makes property decisions for people and planet. With cutting-edge AI, smart data, and a passion for sustainability, we empower banks, brokers, valuers, insurers, and governments to make faster, smarter, and greener decisions across 3,000+ cities globally.
Recognised as Scale-Up of the Year (India) and 2024 Future of Living Challenge Winner (Saudi Arabia), we’re scaling fast, and we’re just getting started.
Your mission as Engineering Lead
We’re looking for someone exceptional to join our team as an Engineering Lead—someone who loves solving complex problems, thrives in cross-functional collaboration, and wants to shape technology that genuinely makes a difference.
At Valocity, we’re a global team (with hubs in Wellington, Auckland, Australia, and India), and this role is based in our Wellington office, working hybrid with 3 days a week on-site in our fantastic workspace. We’re building AI-driven, cloud-native platforms that are transforming how property decisions are made—for people and for the planet.
Our core tech stack includes .NET (C#) and Angular, hosted on Microsoft Azure. We’re looking for someone with strong hands-on technical knowledge and leadership experience in these technologies who’s ready to help guide and grow a team building high-impact SaaS products.
You’ll be hands-on, deeply technical, and focused on outcomes (from design to deployment) with an eye on security, scalability, and sustainability.

What you’ll do

• Lead the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for a key product
• Make pivotal technology choices that shape future growth
• Guide and grow a cross-functional team of engineers and testers
• Oversee the entire software development lifecycle: analysis, design, delivery, and support
• Ensure the product excels in performance, security, reliability, and cost-efficiency
• Drive DevOps practices, automation, and continuous delivery
• Lead incident response, mitigation strategies, and reliability improvements
• Collaborate across Valocity’s global tech leadership to align on standards and innovation
• Champion engineering culture, continuous learning, and team developmentFoster innovation and experimentation in your domain

What we’re looking for

Experience and skills

• 5+ years in software engineering with deep hands-on expertise
• Leadership of cross-functional tech teams in SaaS environments
• Proven experience with microservices, APIs, and domain-driven design
• Deep understanding of non-functionals - performance, security, availability, reliability

• Track record of shipping scalable SaaS products in fast-paced environmentsFamiliarity with modern CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and observability tools

Attributes that set you apart

• Passion for innovation, sustainability, and delivering real-world impact
• Collaborative and empathetic leader with strong communication skills
• Growth mindset - always learning, always sharing

• Curious, adaptable, and excited by big challengesA strong belief in “done once, done right”

• “At Valocity, I’m empowered to challenge the status quo. We build, learn, and improve every day—with support from an incredible global team.” – Senior Engineer
  What it’s like to work at Valocity
  We’re a global team with local heart. Our culture is collaborative, innovative, and purpose-driven. You’ll join a group of curious minds who love solving big problems and having fun doing it. We value autonomy, continuous learning, and helping each other thrive.

Perks and benefits

• Hybrid work: Flexibility to work from home + vibrant office collaboration
• Birthday leave: Take your special day off, on us
• Parental leave: Generous leave for both primary and secondary caregivers
• Long service leave: Extra annual leave after 5 years
• $100 wellbeing gift: For whatever keeps you healthy and happy
• Funded growth plans: Fuel your learning and developmentGlobal innovation days: Connect, create, and celebrate with teammates worldwide

Join us
Bring your vision. Bring your voice. Help us build the future of sustainable property technology.
Applicants must have NZ work rights and ideally be based in New Zealand

• Lead the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for a key product
• Make pivotal technology choices that shape future growth
• Guide and grow a cross-functional team of engineers and testers
• Oversee the entire software development lifecycle: analysis, design, delivery, and support
• Ensure the product excels in performance, security, reliability, and cost-efficiency
• Drive DevOps practices, automation, and continuous delivery
• Lead incident response, mitigation strategies, and reliability improvements
• Collaborate across Valocity’s global tech leadership to align on standards and innovation
• Champion engineering culture, continuous learning, and team developmentFoster innovation and experimentation in your domain