Senior Full Stack Developer
Position Description
About this role
Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role
We're looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer to join our high-performing agile squads in a permanent role. You'll work across the full software development lifecycle—designing, building, testing, and supporting impactful digital solutions for Aotearoa. You'll apply modern development practices such as Domain-Driven Design, Microservices, Feature Flagging, and CI/CD. As a cross-functional squad member, you'll help co-own the product alongside developers, testers, and product owners—from ideation to deployment and support.
You'll also contribute to technical strategy and collaborate with your Scrum Master (as work lead), Product Owner, architects, and fellow developers and testers. Strong communication and problem-solving skills will help you influence direction, build consensus, and drive continuous improvement across our SAFe delivery model.
If you've worked in multi-squad agile environments (ideally using SAFe) and bring a continuous improvement mindset, we'd love to hear from you.
He pūkenga tou - Skills & Experience
- Full stack development using modern development methods
- ReactJS and TypeScript (or similar)
- Kotlin or Java with Spring Boot (or equivalent frameworks)
- Building APIs and web apps following best practices (REST, OpenAPI)
- Git and GitHub for source control
Desirable skills:
- CI/CD tooling (e.g., GitHub Actions)
- AWS CDK or CloudFormation
- Docker and containerised microservices
- Domain modelling and enterprise microservices
- E2E testing with Playwright
- Component testing using Storybook
- Spatial/geospatial tools like GeoServer
The annual full-time salary range for this role is $110,000 to $150,000 depending on skills and experience.
Ngā mea e tukuna ana e tātau – What we offer our employees
- Interesting work which impacts Aotearoa as we care for whenua, moana and arawai.
- Eye & ear care reimbursements
- Annual Flu Vaccinations
- Reduced Health Insurance Premiums
- Diverse groups and networks
- If eligible for paid parental leave, you will be entitled to a top up payment for the first 18 weeks of the 26 weeks.
- A minimum of four weeks and three days annual leave
Te Tākinatanga - Our Story
Toitū Te Whenua plays a vital role in understanding, developing, and caring for New Zealand's whenua, moana and arawai (land, sea and waterways). Whether you're developing our products and services to support our customers, managing the Crown estate, engaging with our iwi partners, or helping us be an effective regulator, your contribution can make a difference. Our mahi helps New Zealanders have confidence that the development of our land, communities and country is being planned from an informed and expert position that balances environmental, social, cultural, and economic considerations, now and for future generations.
Our Kia Toipoto Intentions - Public Service Gender, Māori, Pacific and Ethnic Pay Gap Action Plan
Toitū Te Whenua is a diverse team of individuals with different experience and perspectives. This drives our culture and high performance. We know that people from underrepresented groups and women in particular don't apply for roles if they're not a 100% match, but we're not looking for perfection, we're looking for potential. As an inclusive and supportive employer, we value difference and want to encourage anyone interested to apply, regardless of whether you tick all the boxes or not. As an organisation we embrace diversity, encourage work life balance and have a flexible approach to the way we work which means you will quickly feel connected and valued.
Tono mai - How to Apply
If you're eyeing up this role and believe you've got what it takes, please apply, or get in touch with the team.
To apply, please click “Apply Online.” You'll be taken through to our Toitū Te Whenua Careers Centre where you'll be able to review further information about the responsibilities and accountabilities of this role in the Position Description. You'll be able to complete your online application form and upload a copy of your CV/Cover Letter.
Please note, we may be reviewing applications as they are received and may progress with suitable applicants prior to the application closing date of 3 July 2025. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible if you are interested in this position.
For tracking and evaluation purposes, all applications must be submitted via our on-line process. You must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand to be eligible for this position.
You may notice that the Position Description title for this role Senior Digital Specialist L3 doesn't match the advertised title. At Toitū Te Whenua we design our roles around shared capabilities (rather than focusing on tasks). This means our position descriptions are broad, one position description can cover many roles, this is known as Broad Based Role (BBR). Using BBR allows us to be responsive to our customers and to strengthen the connections across our organisation. It also gives us the flexibility to provide wider opportunities to our people, to further their careers.
If you have any questions about this role or working at Toitū Te Whenua, please email opportunities@linz.govt.nz and our People Services Team will be in touch with you.
