Senior Software Engineer

About Devoli and Role Overview

Devoli is a unique and rapidly expanding company in Auckland, New Zealand, transforming from a traditional telecommunications firm into a dynamic software platform business. Leveraging its established revenue base, it is building a comprehensive software platform that will eventually define the core of its business operations. The software engineering team is engaged in critical platform development, not just supplementary product maintenance.

Your Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and development of a distributed, service-oriented platform encompassing areas such as CPQ and pricing, billing, subscription management, authentication and authorization frameworks, and customer portals.
• Help transition and modernize legacy systems including a PHP monolith by defining boundaries and building distributed services with Go, Python, Next.js, and TypeScript technologies.
• Integrate AWS, Postgres, and MongoDB into the infrastructure with responsibility for cloud production environments.
• Drive innovation by incorporating advanced agentic AI tooling and frameworks into both the development process and the product platform to enhance productivity and enable agent consumption of services.
• Own long-term mission areas with operational autonomy and contribute actively to shaping overall platform strategy.

Candidate Profile and Requirements

• Proficiency in one or more of the following technologies: Python, TypeScript, Go, Next.js, AWS, Postgres, MongoDB.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles including object-oriented design, event-driven architecture, and distributed service design.
• Demonstrated experience in engineering distributed systems with evolving boundaries and complex integrations.
• Experience managing AWS production environments, including deployment and maintenance responsibilities.
• Background working in B2B software product organizations, preferably dealing with domains such as telecommunications, ERP, billing, subscription management, or complex B2B integrations.
• In-depth engagement with agentic AI beyond basic code generation, with practical implementations involving agent coordination, context management, workflow optimization, and parallelism.

Work Environment and Culture

• Be part of a senior engineering team with three principal engineers among nine members.
• Enjoy genuine ownership of ongoing projects beyond short-term deliverables.
• Work in a collaborative, open-office setting located in a historic Victoria Park building in Auckland.
• Benefit from a friendly social atmosphere including Friday lunches, beer on tap, and cultural events such as South African braais.

Additional Benefits

• $50 weekly public transport allowance.
• Annual learning and development budget of $2,000, fully self-directed.
• Birthday leave to celebrate your special day.
• A financially stable, self-funded business with strong board support and no reliance on external funding.

Ideal Traits

We seek curious, adaptable professionals who are comfortable with ambiguity and complexity. Ideal candidates take a holistic approach to understanding challenges, prioritize the best ideas over personal opinions, and actively engage across the organisation. Experience in scale-up environments and B2B product domains is highly valued, especially if you are accustomed to full ownership within evolving codebases and undefined workflows.