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Principal Engineer

Pushpay

Auckland, New Zealand

Category IT Jobs

Own the tech strategy at Pushpay Define the future of our stack Your next big impact starts here About Us Pushpay is a high-growth Kiwi-founded SaaS business with teams in the United States and Auckland, NZ. We help organisations and communities come together and stay connected through our online giving technology, donor management software, and suite of mobile apps. Our teams of Software Engineers, SREs, QAs, UX, and Product Managers work closely together to deliver value to our customers as a leading provider of technology solutions to churches, schools, and non-profit organisations.

Who We Are Looking For You have built, scaled, and optimized complex distributed systems . You thrive in an environment where technical vision meets execution, and youre ready to define a roadmap that scales our product for the next five years. You dont just follow industry trendsyou drive innovation that shapes the future of technology.

If you love solving deep architectural challenges while mentoring and inspiring teams, this is the role for you. At Pushpay, were looking for a visionary leader who can drive innovation and inspire change. Someone who can take a long-term vision and turn it into a strategic roadmap that excites engineers and aligns with business goals.

Whats in It for You? Own the tech vision. Youre not just another engineer; youre setting the strategy that will scale us for years. Code, architect, mentor, and lead.

Whether its building microservices, guiding teams, or solving high-level architectural challenges, youll be at the forefront. Build things that matter. Our product impacts thousandsyour work will shape the experience of every user.

Work with brilliant minds. Collaborate with top-tier engineers, product leaders, and designers who challenge and inspire you every day. Stay ahead of the curve.

Cutting-edge tech, real-world problems, and a team that values experimentationthis is where you grow. What Youll Be Doing Architect & Scale Design and optimize a cloud-native, microservices-based architecture that processes millions of real-time transactions per day. Define Strategy Own and execute a long-term technology roadmap, balancing scalability, performance, and product innovation.

Solve Deep Tech Problems Improve database scalability, distributed caching, event-driven workflows, and latency optimization for a high-performance platform. Drive Best Practices Champion code quality, security, and performance, ensuring our platform remains resilient, secure, and scalable. Guide & Influence Collaborate with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to shape our engineering strategy, support professional growth, and foster a culture of technical excellence.

What Youll Bring Extensive experience (typically 10 years) building high-scale distributed systems, microservices, or cloud-native applications. Proven expertise in C#, .NET Core, NodeJS, AWS, and event-driven architectures.

Front-end experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript (bonus: UI/U.

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