Propellerhead
Propellerhead
11 – 50 Employees
Consulting
Propellerhead is a New Zealand IT services and consulting company that helps government, commercial, and non-profit organizations develop and improve technology solutions. Its work combines open-source software with Agile and Lean delivery, using practices such as Design Thinking to shape incremental, user-focused outcomes. The company’s operating culture emphasizes collaboration, clear communication, flexibility, and continuous improvement, with Holacracy among the frameworks that inform how its teams work.

Senior Technical Strategist and Solution Architect – Auckland Hybrid

Lead client-facing architecture, Azure engineering, and AI-assisted delivery at Propellerhead. Help evolve resilient platforms and guide the transition from C# to Rust.

Description

  • Deliver resilient software systems for complex infrastructure and innovative platforms.
  • Partner with Product Strategists to define technical specifications and product platform direction.
  • Lead the design of complex software systems.
  • Apply and strengthen programming and engineering standards.
  • Shape lean, evolutionary technical solutions through the AI-assisted delivery pipeline.
  • Keep client platforms aligned with Propellerhead’s technical strategy.
  • Apply standards, patterns, and tooling with the Chief Technologist and Engineering Principal in client environments.
  • Inform technical strategy with insights from client platforms and delivery work.
  • Write, review, and communicate solution architectures and specifications with Development and core Engineering teams.
  • Advocate for Propellerhead’s technical strategy across portfolio solutions.
  • Build trusted relationships with client decision-makers and explain solution designs to client technologists.
  • Act as the primary technical contact for client solutions, coordinating prerequisites and operational improvements.
  • Develop approaches that balance speed to value, security, reliability, maintainability, performance, and functional fit.
  • Guide the codebase transition from C# to Rust, using AI across requirements, testing, and code generation.

Requirements

  • At least eight years of experience developing multi-tier and distributed applications.
  • Strong practical ability to use AI for rapid prototyping, solution shaping, and directing AI-assisted requirements, testing, and code-generation workflows.
  • Confidence and credibility when presenting to senior client stakeholders.
  • Essential experience with React and C#.
  • Working confidence with TypeScript, Java, Go, and Rust services.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to connect technical solutions with business needs.
  • Essential hands-on experience designing solutions on Azure.
  • Experience building CI/CD pipelines and adding operational instrumentation.
  • Experience with streaming and messaging platforms such as Kafka or NATS is highly desirable.
  • A proven record of leading complex software application design, ideally in corporate enterprise environments.
  • Excellent interpersonal communication, with a professional presence and clear influencing style.
  • Experience or demonstrated interest in digital identity, verifiable credentials, open banking, AI agent authorization, or edge and device-based software deployment.
  • Candidates who progress may be required to complete police and credit checks, other assessments, and provide qualification evidence.
  • The final recruitment stage includes an in-person interview in New Zealand.

Benefits

  • Join a collaborative, learning-focused team.
  • Work on varied, commercially focused projects for respected clients.
  • Access opportunities for professional growth and development.
  • Attend fortnightly knowledge-sharing sessions with lunch provided.
  • Receive a competitive salary.
  • Participate in the employee share purchase scheme.
  • Use a hybrid working arrangement combining office and home working.
  • Work in an equal-opportunity environment free from discrimination.

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