Senior Frontend Software Engineer

Ko wai mātou - About us
Kia ora.  We’re Foodies.  You know New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square right?  That’s us!  With 300+ stores and over 24,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life.  Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.

Our Support Centre is 1,000+ people strong, which includes 300+ IT employees, who all play a vital role in ensuring the cogs of our Co-op stay turning and our systems stay ‘byte’-sized and ‘bug’-free.

Te Tūranga – About the role
As a Senior Frontend Software Engineer in our Digital Engineering team, you’ll release software in-time that meets highest quality standards, is easy to deploy, low on memory, starts fast, scales well and never breaks.

To do this, some of your responsibilities will be to:

• Write high quality code that is accompanied by high level of automated testing, performance and health monitoring as well as comprehensive technical documentation
• Ensure thorough understanding of application portfolio to support optimal technical design decisions
• Coach and mentor junior and intermediate developers
• Provide feedback to other team members during design reviews, code reviews and during pairing and swarming activities
• Liaise with business stakeholders to ensure a correct understanding of business requirements and priorities
• Ensure correct alignment of implementations to the strategic technological roadmap
• Perform regular code reviews within and across squads to ensure we own a healthy code base
• Collaborate with the DevOps team to ensure high level of CI/CD automation
• Perform application analysis, code modifications and functional testing to troubleshoot application production issues

Ngā painga - What we offer
We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits:

• Free carparking - we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including EV plugs
• Southern Cross health insurance
• Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
• Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).

He kōrero mōu - About you
You’re an experienced software engineer who’s passionate about building high-quality, scalable solutions that make a real impact. With a strong technical foundation and a sharp eye for detail, you take pride in delivering clean, maintainable code and designing systems that stand the test of time. You thrive in collaborative environments, love solving complex problems, and bring a mindset of continuous improvement to everything you do.

You’ll also have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a software development related subject, or equivalent experience
• At least 7 years of professional experience in programming in the relevant languages – Javascript, Typescript, React, and React Native
• Experience delivering software across the full lifecycle and in various settings whether it be enterprise, medium- sized businesses, start-ups or consulting
• A strong commitment to high-quality engineering standards and practices
• A collaborative, solutions-focused mindset with a passion for continuous learning

We’re interested in your diverse experiences, your strengths and how adaptable you are to learn and grow.  If you don't meet every requirement, but feel this role could be for you, we’d still love to hear from you!

Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you.

We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.

We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity.

If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to [email protected]. Accommodations could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.

Are you ready to be part of our bunch – apply now!

Ko wai mātou - About us
Kia ora.  We’re Foodies.  You know New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square right?  That’s us!  With 300+ stores and over 24,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life.  Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.

Our Support Centre is 1,000+ people strong, which includes 300+ IT employees, who all play a vital role in ensuring the cogs of our Co-op stay turning and our systems stay ‘byte’-sized and ‘bug’-free.

Te Tūranga – About the role
As a Senior Frontend Software Engineer in our Digital Engineering team, you’ll release software in-time that meets highest quality standards, is easy to deploy, low on memory, starts fast, scales well and never breaks.

To do this, some of your responsibilities will be to:

• Write high quality code that is accompanied by high level of automated testing, performance and health monitoring as well as comprehensive technical documentation
• Ensure thorough understanding of application portfolio to support optimal technical design decisions
• Coach and mentor junior and intermediate developers
• Provide feedback to other team members during design reviews, code reviews and during pairing and swarming activities
• Liaise with business stakeholders to ensure a correct understanding of business requirements and priorities
• Ensure correct alignment of implementations to the strategic technological roadmap
• Perform regular code reviews within and across squads to ensure we own a healthy code base
• Collaborate with the DevOps team to ensure high level of CI/CD automation
• Perform application analysis, code modifications and functional testing to troubleshoot application production issues

Ngā painga - What we offer
We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits:

• Free carparking - we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including EV plugs
• Southern Cross health insurance
• Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
• Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).

He kōrero mōu - About you
You’re an experienced software engineer who’s passionate about building high-quality, scalable solutions that make a real impact. With a strong technical foundation and a sharp eye for detail, you take pride in delivering clean, maintainable code and designing systems that stand the test of time. You thrive in collaborative environments, love solving complex problems, and bring a mindset of continuous improvement to everything you do.

You’ll also have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a software development related subject, or equivalent experience
• At least 7 years of professional experience in programming in the relevant languages – Javascript, Typescript, React, and React Native
• Experience delivering software across the full lifecycle and in various settings whether it be enterprise, medium- sized businesses, start-ups or consulting
• A strong commitment to high-quality engineering standards and practices
• A collaborative, solutions-focused mindset with a passion for continuous learning

We’re interested in your diverse experiences, your strengths and how adaptable you are to learn and grow.  If you don't meet every requirement, but feel this role could be for you, we’d still love to hear from you!

Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you.

We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.

We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity.

If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to [email protected]. Accommodations could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.

Are you ready to be part of our bunch – apply now!