Investigate and resolve complex technical issues across a mature platform
Make pragmatic technical decisions accounting for product, system, and cross-team dependencies
Enhance engineering practices, code quality, documentation, testability, system stability, and operational confidence
Contribute through code reviews, documentation, and clear technical communication
Collaborate with local and global engineering teams to align dependencies and deliver cohesive solutions
Required Skills
5+ years of software engineering experience delivering multi-release production systems
Strong .NET, OOP Python, Java, or comparable experience, with adaptability for new languages
Experience with production software deployed on physical device hardware (not purely cloud-native or Kubernetes-based)
Comfortable working in Linux environments
Strong analytical, debugging, troubleshooting, and communication skills
Working Knowledge
Experience with backend systems and frontend frameworks (Angular, React, Vue, etc.)
Resource-conscious design for constrained or operational environments
Understanding of memory, performance, and reliability (no firmware/embedded required)
What You Can Learn in the Role
Cognex products and the industrial automation domain
Angular specifically
Rust and its role in our longer-term platform direction
Ways of Working
Auckland-based hybrid (3 days office, 2 WFH)
Close collaboration with US engineering, with occasional early starts
Requires scheduling flexibility to support global customers
Occasional on-call support (~1 week in 6), not a core duty
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