Software Engineer

Applications open 03/05/20205 - 03/06/2025

Multiple positions available

Full Time Permanent- 40 hours per week

$90,000 - 170,000

Based at Partlys Engineering HQ in Christchurch, NZ

🚀 Our story

Partly's mission is to connect the world's parts and we're doing that by building the first global platform for replacement parts, starting with auto parts. Our big vision is to accelerate the world towards a sustainable future where waste is eliminated and all replacement parts are universally searchable, accessible and available to all.

Founded by ex-Rocket Lab engineers, we utilise bleeding-edge technology to solve challenging but exciting problems that make a huge impact in a $1.9 trillion industry. We've more than tripled our team over the last 12 months and expect to double in size again over the coming 12 months. We're a global team spanning both Europe and Australasia.

We provide a scalable digital infrastructure solution to some of the world's largest businesses and the most exciting startups. Partly's solutions are integrated across hundreds of companies globally, providing the backbone for cataloguing and managing parts online.

Our investors in Blackbird Ventures (Canva, CultureAmp etc.), Square Peg, Octopus Ventures, Hillfarrance, Icehouse, Peter Beck (Rocket Lab), Akshay Kothari (Notion Co-Founder) and Dylan Field (Figma Co-Founder).

We're continuing to build a world-class team and ensuring Partly is a place where people can do the best work of their lives. We're proud of the culture we've built at Partly, and our values are lived throughout every experience.

🖍️ This role

In this role, you will work alongside other members of our development team to tackle hard, exciting, unsolved problems and build beautiful software.

This is an opportunity to work in an extremely fast-paced environment and take on rewarding challenges and responsibilities.

You will report to Matt Goodson (Tech Lead)

💻 What will you do

• You'll be working on mission-critical features for our core SaaS and API platform

• You will be developing systems and integrations for internal and third-party sales channels

• You will be working to provide a great experience to businesses using the Partly platform

• This is an opportunity to become an expert in the extremely complex and underserved auto parts domain

🥷 Your skills

• 1+ years of experience developing software

• A degree in Computer Science.

• Competency in working with relational databases

• Strong knowledge of building and using APIs at scale (REST, GraphQL)

• Experience with code as infrastructure or site reliability tooling.

• Firmly grounded computer science and engineering fundamentals, including data structures, concurrency, architecture, and design patterns.

• Strong communication and collaborative skills, both written and verbal

• (Bonus) Experience with automotive parts

• (Bonus) Experience with Node.js

• (Bonus) Experience integrating with sales channels such as Shopify, eBay

Please note: if you don't have all the skills/experience listed above but believe you could be outstanding in this role, please still consider applying. Many folks, especially those from underrepresented or marginalised groups, often count themselves out. Please allow us to learn more about you and why you're exceptional!

🪅 Benefits

• Competitive base salary plus equity. Even though we’re a small startup, we offer competitive salaries and great equity.

• Parental leave and flexible return to work. After returning to work, primary carers can work 4-day weeks for 100% of their pay for the first twelve weeks. For secondary carers, we offer 10 days of leave at full pay.

• Flexible working hours. We’re office-first, but are flexible with hours and working from home when you need to.

• A brand new architecturally designed office in Christchurch CBD. With free snacks, drinks on tap, two different coffee machines, social areas, and one of the best cafes in Christchurch 50m away.

• Monthly team lunches to celebrate our wins and enjoy each other's company outside the office.

• Ergonomic workspace. Sit-stand desks, ergonomic chairs, quiet spaces, and collaboration spaces to suit all kinds of working styles.