Software Engineer – Junior & Intermediate

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 Gallagher Security’s Software Development group as part of an agile development team that designs, builds and maintains the software behind our world-class security solutions.

We have multiple opportunities available across junior and intermediate levels - whether you’re an enthusiastic junior ready to grow your capability or an experienced developer looking for your next challenge.

As a Software Engineer, you’ll help shape software design and develop, debug and maintain high-quality source code for products used by customers around the world. You’ll work closely with Value Owners, Testers, Technical Support, Engineering Services and fellow Software Engineers, taking real ownership of the quality of your work and helping your squad achieve its goals.

These roles offer the chance to solve meaningful, complex problems, contribute to modern software engineering practices, and grow your career in a team where continuous improvement and learning are part of how we work.

As part of #TeamGallagher you will:

• Enjoy developing high-quality commercial software and contributing to the success of a world-class product.
• Enjoy working as part of an agile team, sharing ideas and supporting each other to deliver great outcomes.
• Enjoy a culture and workplace that fosters collaboration, sharing knowledge and continuous improvement.
• Enjoy being challenged and solving problems.
• Enjoy an environment where growth and learning are encouraged.

Key responsibilities:

• Design, develop, debug and maintain software components using the right languages and tools.
• Break down, estimate and deliver work within agreed timeframes.
• Produce high-quality, low-defect code through agreed coding standards, code reviews, automated testing and unit tests.
• Lead defect investigations and provide technical software support for existing products to drive prompt problem resolution.
• Collaborate with your squad and wider teams in an agile environment, following our software development process.
• Review designs, share feedback and stay up to date with industry trends to continuously improve our products and your skills.

You’ll bring:

• Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience
• Experience to match the level - from enthusiastic juniors with a demonstrated ability to learn, through to intermediate engineers with proven commercial development experience
• Experience with C# (WPF, generics, .NET)
• SQL Server development experience
• Confidence using development environments, version control and debugging tools to track down and resolve problems
• Ability to design and document product features or modules, and a track record of contributing to successful projects in a collaborative team
• Experience with Agile, automated testing (unit, API and UI automation), C++ templates, Ruby, and supporting multiple versions of released products (desirable)

We’re interested in your potential as well as your experience, so if you have some of the skills above and are keen to learn the rest, we’d love to hear from you.

Working at Gallagher

You’ll be part of a global, future-focused organisation where creativity and innovation are valued and supported. Working in an environment driven by collaboration, innovation, passion, craftsmanship and mutual respect, you’ll help achieve our team purpose to translate vision into exceptional creations.

We also offer:

• Competitive salary and bonuses

• Hybrid flexibility (typically 3-4 days in the office a week, 1-2 days at home, with additional onsite days required depending on work demands)

• KiwiSaver on-top and Life and Disability insurance

• Mentorship and professional development opportunities

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

• Global career pathways

Join our Hamilton-based Software Development 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.