About First Cape | Mo FirstCape
FirstCape is one of New Zealand’s largest and best resourced wealth advisory and asset management business, creating an enhanced and broadened product offering to help our clients achieve their goals at whatever stage of their investment life cycle. Here at FirstCape, we believe that our people are our greatest asset. Our success is dependent on the collective talent, expertise, and dedication of each and every one of our team members. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive, grow, and contribute to their fullest potential.
At FirstCape, technology is central to how we deliver great client outcomes. We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our Technology team and help build new digital products and client experiences on a modern, scalable platform. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys building new functionality within an established environment - balancing innovation, quality, and long-term sustainability.
About the opportunity | Mo te whai waahi
You’ll be part of a team focused on delivering a new client experience, working across web and mobile technologies to bring product ideas to life. This role blends hands-on engineering with product thinking - contributing to how features are designed, built and evolved over time. You’ll collaborate closely with Product, UX and platform teams, with real ownership of what you deliver.
Key Responsibilities | Ngā Kawenga Mahi
- Software engineering & code quality: Writing clean, maintainable, well-tested code aligned to engineering standards, with a strong focus on quality and reliability.
- Modern front-end development: Building intuitive, high-quality client experiences using React and modern JavaScript frameworks.
- Technical design & collaboration: Contributing to design discussions, code reviews and shaping how solutions are structured and delivered.
- Product development & evolution: Helping design and deliver new functionality, ensuring it integrates effectively with existing platforms and shared services.
- API integration & performance: Working with APIs and distributed systems, balancing usability, performance and scalability.
- Release, support & continuous improvement: Supporting the release process, resolving issues and proactively improving solutions over time.
- Security & sustainability: Embedding secure design principles and considering long-term maintainability in all solutions.
- Cross-team collaboration: Partnering with Product, UX and engineering teams to deliver high-quality outcomes and contribute to a positive team culture.
We work with a modern, evolving stack including:
- Frontend: React, React Query, Ant Design, React Native
- Testing & tooling: Vite, Vitest, Playwright, Mock Service Worker
- Platform: .NET APIs, ASP.NET identity services
- Cloud & delivery: Microsoft Azure, GitHub Actions (CI/CD)
What you will bring to the role | He aha ka kawea e koe ki te mahi
- Strong software engineering experience - Around 5+ years’ experience, with a solid grounding in front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
- React & modern JavaScript expertise - Experience working with React and modern JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks.
- Product delivery experience - Proven experience building and enhancing functionality within existing platforms or products.
- API & system integration capability - Comfortable working with APIs and distributed systems in real-world environments.
- Quality and delivery focus - Ability to meet deadlines while maintaining high standards of code, testing and documentation.
- Clear communication skills - Strong written and verbal skills, with the ability to articulate trade-offs and technical decisions.
- A pragmatic, solutions-focused mindset - Comfortable working with evolving product requirements and making sound engineering decisions
And ideally....
- Mobile development exposure - Experience with React Native or mobile app development.
- Full-stack capability - Familiarity with .NET or wider full-stack environments.
- Cloud & DevOps tooling - Experience with Azure, CI/CD pipelines and automated testing practices.
- Regulated environment experience - Background working in financial services or other high-trust environments.
Why work at FirstCape? | He aha mahi i te FirstCape?
We offer a competitive compensation package commensurate with experience. Additional benefits include wellbeing support, volunteer days and a great company culture. We pride ourselves on offering our employees outstanding development and learning opportunities to support career growth, and the opportunity to work alongside the best talent in the market.
We are an inclusive employer and want our workforce to reflect a rich and diverse way of thinking and working. We know people are more than a single identity and the qualities that make each one of us unique need to be valued and embraced. So regardless of your gender, age, background or how you choose to identify, there's room for you to realise your potential here. And importantly, there's room to be yourself.
We’re also committed to providing equal opportunities to all candidates. Let us know if you have any accessibility requirements so we can work with you to make adjustments where possible to support your application. Alternatively, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role but think you would be a great candidate, please apply explaining why you want the role, how you think your skills or background are transferable, and how you plan to upskill where needed (we will support you with this, but want to know you have thought about this too).
To be eligible to apply, you must have the right to work in New Zealand. Please note candidate screening and interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date of the job advert.
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