Some engineers ship features. Others change how features get shipped.
At Phocas,
we've
spent 20+ years building financial planning and analytics products that are powerful yet simple to use.
We've
grown to
nearly 300
people across the globe, and our Product & Technology team in Christchurch is at the heart of it. We move fast, we learn from failures, and
we're
deliberate about how we build, including how we use AI to accelerate the way we work.
Now
we're
looking for an engineer to join our Engineering Enablement team: the people who make every other team faster.
What
you'll
do
You'll
shape how our engineers work every day, removing the friction between great ideas and shipped features. Your solutions
don't
help one team; they multiply the output of the entire engineering org.
Identify
and remove the
patterns
slowing teams down: tooling, automation, documentation, or simply a better way of doing things.
Improve and
maintain
our CI/CD pipelines, observability stack, and infrastructure-as-code.
Consult across every product team at Phocas (plus platform, security, and operations) to understand their pain points and find the highest-leverage fixes.
Help engineering teams adopt AI tools
effectively, and
explore forward-thinking ways we can use AI to improve how we build software.
Write clearly: documentation that actually gets read and followed.
Switch between problems and technologies fast. This role has more variety than most.
What
you'll
bring
3-4 years of software development experience, ideally including time on a platform, enablement, or
shared-services
team.
Solid application development skills: the core of this role is writing good software.
Some DevOps experience: CI/CD, observability, infrastructure-as-code. You
don't
need to be a specialist, but you need to be comfortable here.
Experience with cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS.
A pragmatic, outcome-oriented mindset: you measure success by what engineers can
actually deliver, not by the elegance of the solution.
Strong communication
and writing skills:
you'll
be consulting across teams and producing documentation others rely on.
The kind of person who gets more satisfaction from unblocking someone else than from shipping your own work.
Security-thinking
is a plus.
You've
worked in a small team where
there's
been no room to
hide, and
thrived.
Why work at Phocas?
The people:
when
we ask what people love most about working here,
it's
always the same answer.
High-leverage work:
improvements you make multiply across every team in the org; the impact is visible and real.
Variety:
you'll
work across more technologies, teams, and problem spaces than almost any other role here.
10% PD time:
one day a fortnight dedicated to learning and development, no questions asked.
AI-forward culture:
we're
deliberate and enthusiastic about using AI to improve how we build; this role will be at the
centre
of that.
Sunny Sydenham office:
spacious, central, with parking for cars, bikes, and scooters.
Benefits:
Southern Cross health insurance, life, TPD and income protection, extra paid parental leave, and more.
Flexibility:
hybrid working and flexible hours.
Phocas is an Accredited Employer and we support international talent, but due to current visa settings and processing times, we can only consider applicants with current New Zealand working rights.
Phocas is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race,
colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.
Recruiters, please note: We
don't
accept unsolicited agency resumes.
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More About Phocas: Phocas Software is a profitable, growing SaaS company with a loyal customer base and a category-leading product. With a clear path toward scaling from $70M to $250M and a reimagined GTM structure, this is a prime moment to join and shape the future of how we deliver value to customers.
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