Software Engineer – Intermediate/Senior

About Gallagher

Our purpose at Gallagher is ‘Protect what matters most’ and we live it every day, whether that’s protecting the world’s highest security environments or agricultural businesses, we care deeply about our people, their families, and our wider communities.  

Gallagher Security is on a mission to unlock more value for our customers through the power of our people and solutions - and right now is a pivotal moment in our evolution. We’re scaling with intent, driving an incredible growth trajectory with innovation and customer impact at the heart of everything we do. With operations across New Zealand, Australia, Asia, Africa, the USA, Canada, and Europe and exports to over 140 countries we’re building globally focused career pathways right here in New Zealand. 

As we expand our Hamilton-based teams, this is your chance to be part of a true Kiwi tech success story making a global impact. If you’re driven by passion and purpose to protect what matters most, come help shape the future of what’s possible with us. 

About the Role

This is an opportunity to join a product-focused engineering team that plays a critical role in shaping how our customers access and experience their workplace. The team designs, builds, and evolves the digital capabilities that enable customers to seamlessly provision, manage, and use their physical and mobile credentials across their workplace and broader ecosystem.

We have two opportunities available within this team: one suited to an intermediate developer ready to deepen their technical capability, and one senior role for someone who can bring strong technical ownership, influence engineering direction, and support others to deliver high-quality outcomes.

As a Software Engineer in this team, you’ll work on systems that are foundational to identity, access, and trust. Your work will directly impact customer onboarding, day-to-day usability, and overall confidence in our solutions. You’ll collaborate closely with product, design, and platform teams to deliver reliable, secure, and intuitive experiences that balance technical excellence with a strong understanding of customer needs.

These roles offer the chance to work on meaningful customer-facing problems at scale, contribute to modern software engineering practices, and help shape solutions that sit at the intersection of digital and physical experiences. They’re well suited to developers who enjoy ownership, continuous improvement, and building products that customers rely on every day.

As part of #TeamGallagher you will:

• Enjoy developing high-quality commercial software and contributing to the success of a world-class product

• Enjoy being part of an agile team that is aspiring to achieve outstanding results

• Enjoy a culture and workplace that fosters collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement

• Enjoy being challenged and solving problems

• Enjoy an environment where growth and learning are encouraged

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain software components and the integration of cloud services

• Break down, refine, and estimate work within an agile product environment

• Ensure quality and secure coding through best practices, testing, and peer reviews

• Optimise system performance, reliability, and scalability

• Collaborate with the squad and wider teams in an agile environment

• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and development trends to continuously improve team capability

• For the senior role, provide technical guidance, support decision-making, and help mentor others within the team

You’ll bring

• A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience

• Commercial software development experience, ideally 3+ years for intermediate applicants and stronger depth of experience for senior applicants

• Proficiency in C#

• Experience working with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar

• Experience in RESTful API development

• Experience with CI/CD using Azure Pipelines or GitHub Workflows

• Experience working in agile, product-focused teams

• For the senior role, the ability to influence technical outcomes, guide engineering practices, and support others through coaching or mentoring

• Experience with C++ and/or mobile development is desirable

• Experience with access control systems, including traditional card-based and emerging digital/mobile credential technologies and encoding would be advantageous

Working at Gallagher

You’ll be part of a global, future-focused organisation where engineering talent is valued and supported. You’ll work with smart, passionate people, build products used worldwide, and have room to grow your skills and career.

We also offer:

• Competitive salary and annual bonus scheme

• Hybrid flexibility, typically 3-4 days in the office and 1-2 days working from home

• Life and disability insurance and KiwiSaver

• Mentorship and professional development opportunities

• A supportive team culture with team-building events, lunches, and a fun environment

Join our Hamilton-based Product team and help build the software that powers Gallagher’s global security solutions.

Applications may be considered and appointments made prior to the closing date.