Job Description

Trade Me is seeking a motivated Lead Software Engineer to join our dynamic Jobs team! This is a permanent position where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of our mobile initiatives and mentoring a talented team.

Why Trade Me?
At Trade Me, we believe in fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where you can thrive. We offer:

• Flexible work options: We support various work arrangements for this role, including part-time work, job sharing, and flexible working hours to help you achieve a healthy work-life balance. This includes a home office setup and utilities allowance.
• Invest in your family: We offer comprehensive parental leave policies to support parents.Dedicated 10% Learning & Development time: Enjoy 10% dedicated time for ongoing learning and skill enhancement.
• Wellness resources: We prioritize your physical and mental wellbeing, providing access to various resources.
• Strong social culture: Company-paid shared lunches, regular social events, annual awards, employee networking groups, social sports clubs and more.

What you'll do: 

• Provide direct support to the Jobs team, collaborating on key projects.
• Offer overall Mobile LSE support across Jobs and Marketplace as part of a collaborative, combined team.
• Actively contribute to and be a valued member of our supportive mobile community/guild.
• Create a long-term vision for the mobile platform, ensuring it's relevant, forward-looking, and aligned with our organizational strategies.
• Lead the advocacy and implementation of engineering best practices, including coding standards, design principles, testing methodologies, and development workflows.
• Collaborate with Principal Software Engineers and Technical Product Owners to develop and implement technical roadmaps.
• Work with product development teams to effectively communicate technical innovations.
• Contribute to Trade Me's lightweight governance process by drafting and implementing Guardrails, Guidelines, ADRs, and Tech Radar.
• Mentor engineers, providing guidance and objective feedback to support their career progression.
• Embed within software delivery teams to plan, develop, test, and release complex solutions.
• Collaboratively manage and reduce technical debt, working with the Technical Product Owner to prioritize solutions.
• Implement, maintain, and drive remediation plans for your platform's Service Level Objectives (SLOs).