Title:  Web Development Team Lead

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Web Development Team Lead

This is a pivotal senior role underpinning our New Zealand web development capability. You’ll play a key part in shaping how we design, build, and deliver digital solutions, while working closely with our Australian web development leadership to ensure alignment across markets.

Combining hands-on development with technical leadership, this role will suit someone who enjoys setting engineering direction, mentoring developers, and influencing best practice — while still getting their hands dirty building high-quality web solutions.

As the NZ team grows, you’ll help establish a strong local engineering culture, ensure scalable and maintainable solutions, and act as a trusted technical voice across both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Job Description

  • Lead the technical direction for the NZ web platform, aligned with AU architecture and standards.

  • Set and maintain engineering best practices, coding standards, and development workflows.

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure web applications and integrations.

  • Provide hands-on technical leadership through code reviews, solution design, and mentoring.

  • Collaborate with AU and NZ teams to improve shared platforms, performance, and delivery.

  • Support Agile delivery through clear estimation, prioritisation, and continuous improvement.

  • Troubleshoot production issues and proactively identify technical risks.

  • Communicate technical decisions, progress, and risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

About You

  • Proven experience as a Senior Web Developer, Technical Lead, or similar role.

  • Strong communicator who can confidently bridge technical and non-technical discussions.

  • Experience working with remote or cross-country teams.

  • Comfortable balancing hands-on development with leadership and architectural responsibility.

  • Passionate about engineering quality, scalable solutions, and continuous improvement.

  • A collaborative leader who builds trust, supports colleagues, and contributes positively to team culture.

Skills

Leadership & Delivery

  • Proven experience leading or mentoring development teams while staying hands-on.

  • Skilled in defining or improving engineering standards, practices, and processes across teams or markets.

  • Comfortable working within established frameworks while driving local technical improvements.

  • Experienced in Agile delivery and adapting processes to team and business needs.

Technical Expertise

  • Core stack: C#, ASP.NET, .NET Core, HTML5/CSS3/JS/TypeScript, SQL Server, Web Services/API, Git, Azure DevOps/GitHub.

  • Enterprise experience: N-tier web apps, performance tuning, DevOps workflows, cloud platforms (Azure/AWS).

  • Future-ready / Nice to have: .NET 6+, React, Node.js, Next.js, serverless/microservices, REST/GraphQL, Docker, CI/CD, automated testing.

Domain knowledge (preferred)

  • E-Commerce experience.

  • Understanding of SEO, SEM, or CRO practices is a plus.

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