Backend Developer Jobs in Wellington

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Te Papa

tepapa.govt.nz
tepapa.govt.nz • Wellington • Hobbies & Leisure • Hiring 1, 1 new
Wellington • Hobbies & Leisure • Hiring 1, 1 new
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, known as Te Papa, is New Zealand’s national museum, located in Wellington. Home to over two million collection items, Te Papa serves as a world-class visitor destination, a storehouse of the country’s treasures, and a major research facility.
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2 days ago Hiring now · 86%

Full Stack Developer

≈ $44k – $121k per year (Estimated) • In office (Wellington, New Zealand) • Full-Time
PHP
Node JS
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C#
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
C#
.NET
AI/ML
Cursor
Claude Code
Copilot
AI Agents
Frontend
Vue.js
GraphQL
Next.js
Astro
React.js
DevOps
GitHub Actions
Rest API
Windows
Linux
Azure
CI/CD
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BlinkPay

blinkpay.co.nz
blinkpay.co.nz • HQ: Wellington, New Zealand • Payment Processing & Gateways • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2019 • Hiring 18, 8 new
HQ: Wellington, New Zealand • Payment Processing & Gateways • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2019 • Hiring 18, 8 new
BlinkPay is a New Zealand fintech founded in 2019. Its open banking payments let merchants take direct account-to-account transfers. The company is one of the country's accredited API providers.
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Verified live · 1 day ago 4 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Senior Developer

≈ $49k – $147k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Hybrid (Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand) • Full-Time • Senior
Java
SQL
COBOL
Kotlin
Java
Gradle
Spring Boot
Kotlin
Mockito
COBOL
IBM MQ
Databases
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
Mobile
JUnit
DevOps
Splunk
OpenShift
Dynatrace
Spinnaker
SOAP
Ansible
Jenkins
Terraform
Rest API
Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD
AWS
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Verified live · 1 day ago 5 days ago Hiring now · 89%

Senior API Developer

Senior • Hybrid (Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand) • Full-Time • Senior
Java
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
Apache Kafka
DevOps
Rest API
Kubernetes
AWS
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Trans Power

transpower.co.nz
transpower.co.nz • HQ: Wellington, New Zealand • Power Grid • Hiring 1
HQ: Wellington, New Zealand • Power Grid • Hiring 1
Transpower plays a central role in New Zealand’s energy sector as the owner and operator of the National Grid – the high voltage transmission network that carries electricity around the country.
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9 days ago Hiring now · 83%

Principal Software Engineer

Lead • 10+ years exp • Hybrid (Wellington, New Zealand) • Full-Time • Staff
Java
TypeScript
JavaScript
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
Neo4j
PostgreSQL
Frontend
Angular
DevOps
GitLab
Rest API
Git
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Management
Confluence
Jira
Agile
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dia.govt.nz • HQ: Wellington, New Zealand • Public Administration & Local Government • Digital Government • Hiring 7, 1 new
HQ: Wellington, New Zealand • Public Administration & Local Government • Digital Government • Hiring 7, 1 new
The Department of Internal Affairs is a New Zealand government department known in Maori as Te Tari Taiwhenua. It runs public services and acts as anti-money laundering regulator, and it hires management accountants, personnel security advisors and regulators. The department is based in Wellington, New Zealand.
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 9 days ago Hiring now · 76%

Developer

$48k – $60k per year • In office (Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand) • Confidential
C#
JavaScript
Python
C#
.NET
DevOps
Rest API
Git
Azure
CI/CD
Management
Agile
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Arlo

arlo.co
arlo.co • Wellington • E-learning • Scheduling & Booking Software • Hiring 1
Wellington • E-learning • Scheduling & Booking Software • Hiring 1
The world's leading training companies are scaling faster, more efficiently by building their business on Arlo. Arlo makes training and event management a breeze. Automated online registration, payments and invoices, online delivery, communications, CRM.
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9 days ago Hiring now · 77%

Intermediate Software Engineer

Middle • 2+ years exp • Hybrid (Wellington, New Zealand) • Middle
C#
TypeScript
JavaScript
SQL
Frontend
Vue.js
Svelte
React.js
Mobile
Dependency Injection
DevOps
Rest API
CloudFormation
AWS
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Theta

thetasoftware.com
thetasoftware.com • HQ: Auckland, New Zealand • Enterprise Apps Implementation Partners • Cloud Consulting & Migration • Custom Software Development • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Est. 2025 • Startup • Hiring 3
HQ: Auckland, New Zealand • Enterprise Apps Implementation Partners • Cloud Consulting & Migration • Custom Software Development • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Est. 2025 • Startup • Hiring 3
Theta is a New Zealand technology consultancy that implements business software and integration solutions for enterprise and public sector clients. Its teams deliver Microsoft Dynamics 365 projects, system integration, full-stack software development and cloud services from offices across New Zealand. The company is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Verified live · 1 day ago 18 days ago Hiring now · 75%

Consulting Technical Lead - Full Stack

≈ $55k – $165k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Hybrid (Wellington, New Zealand) • Full-Time • Staff
C#
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
C#
.NET
AI/ML
Claude Code
Copilot
Frontend
Angular
React.js
Mobile
React Native
DevOps
GitHub Actions
Azure DevOps
CI/CD
Azure
Management
Kanban
Scrum
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Datacom

datacomgroup.com
datacomgroup.com • HQ: Auckland, New Zealand • Payroll Services • Systems Integrators • Data Centers & Colocation • Managed IT Services (MSP) • 5000+ employees • Est. 1965 • IT services • Trust A • Hiring 67, 9 new
HQ: Auckland, New Zealand • Payroll Services • Systems Integrators • Data Centers & Colocation • Managed IT Services (MSP) • 5000+ employees • Est. 1965 • IT services • Trust A • Hiring 67, 9 new
Datacom is a New Zealand technology services company founded in 1965 that has grown into the largest information technology firm in the country and a substantial operator in Australia. It runs data centres, provides cloud and managed infrastructure services, builds and supports business applications, operates payroll and business process services, and delivers large systems for government agencies across both countries. Headquartered in Auckland and largely owned by its founding families alongside a New Zealand investment fund, it employs several thousand people and remains privately held after six decades.
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 20 days ago Hiring now · 74%

Full Stack Software Engineer - Smartly

≈ $43k – $118k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid (Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga, New Zealand) • Full-Time
C#
JavaScript
C#
ASP.NET Core
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Git
Azure
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Xero

xero.com
xero.com • HQ: Wellington, New Zealand • HR & Payroll Software • Accounting & Tax Software • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2006 • Trust B • Hiring 101, 16 new
HQ: Wellington, New Zealand • HR & Payroll Software • Accounting & Tax Software • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2006 • Trust B • Hiring 101, 16 new
Xero is a New Zealand company founded in 2006 that built cloud accounting software for small businesses at a time when the category was dominated by desktop packages, and it grew by selling through accountants rather than around them. Its platform handles bookkeeping, invoicing, bank reconciliation, payroll and reporting, and it maintains an app marketplace of over a thousand integrations that extends it into industry-specific workflows. Headquartered in Wellington and listed in Australia, it holds a leading position in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom and has spent years attempting to establish itself in the United States against Intuit.
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 25 days ago Fading · 44%

Senior Full Stack Engineer - Practice Engineering

≈ $65k – $194k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Hybrid (Auckland, Wellington, New Zealand) • Full-Time • Senior
TypeScript
JavaScript
C#
C#
.NET
AI/ML
Prompt Engineering
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Spinnaker
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
CI/CD
Management
Xero
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GCSB

gcsb.govt.nz
gcsb.govt.nz • HQ: Wellington, New Zealand • Intelligence • National Security • Hiring 4
HQ: Wellington, New Zealand • Intelligence • National Security • Hiring 4
The Government Communications Security Bureau is the New Zealand government signals intelligence and cyber security agency. It hires software, DevOps and research engineers as well as business analysts for its technical work. The agency is based in Wellington, New Zealand.
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1 month ago Long shot · 23%

CNO Research & Development Engineer

≈ $85k – $182k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • In office (Wellington, New Zealand) • Full-Time • Top Secret • Staff
C#
C++
Python
C#
.NET
DevOps
Windows
Docker
Management
Agile
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Crimson Academies

crimsonacademies.school
crimsonacademies.school • London • Auckland • Wellington • Texas City • Bangkok • Secondary Education • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2025 • Trust B • Hiring 22, 4 new
London • Auckland • Wellington • Texas City • Bangkok • Secondary Education • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2025 • Trust B • Hiring 22, 4 new
Crimson Academies is an education venture studio that builds and scales innovative schools and the AI-native software that runs them. The group acquires and grows schools rethinking how students learn and operates a portfolio of five schools spanning primary and secondary education - including Crimson Global Academy (an online high school), Aotearoa Infinite Academy (tuition-fee-free online schooling for New Zealand), Future School (AI-enabled, project-based learning), Mt Hobson Academy (online primary/project-based learning and parent-led programs), and Summit Point School (specialist support for neurodiverse students). Crimson Academies also develops in-house platforms to support multi-campus operations and learning: a global Student Information System (Global SIS), TEMPO (a New Zealand SIS), Learning Lab (a learning management system with AI teaching assistants), Bright (global HR/credentialing), and an Enrolment platform.
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Verified live · 17 min ago 2 months ago Fading · 44%

Senior Software Engineer

≈ $50k – $150k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Wellington, New Zealand) • Full-Time • Senior
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
Terraform
Docker
AWS
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Megaport

megaport.com
megaport.com • HQ: Brisbane, Australia • Enterprise Networks • Network Interconnect • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2013 • Trust A • Hiring 50, 8 new
HQ: Brisbane, Australia • Enterprise Networks • Network Interconnect • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2013 • Trust A • Hiring 50, 8 new
Megaport is an Australian network-as-a-service provider that lets businesses connect data centres, cloud providers and enterprise sites through a software-defined network, ordering private interconnections to AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and other services on demand. Founded in 2013 and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, it operates in hundreds of data centres across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The company is headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Jemima Harris · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Mylene Dupaya · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Leticia Dorman · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Cameron Daniel · Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 2 months ago Fading · 31%

Senior Software Engineer (Go)

≈ $82k – $175k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Sydney • Melbourne • Auckland • Brisbane • Wellington • Remote (Australia, New Zealand) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Go
DevOps
Amazon EKS
GitHub
Rest API
Git
Kubernetes
CI/CD
AWS
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Unisys

unisys.com
unisys.com • HQ: Blue Bell, United States • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • IT Infrastructure & Networking Services • IT Help Desk & Service Desk • Systems Integrators • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1986 • IT services • Trust B • Hiring 310, 35 new
HQ: Blue Bell, United States • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • IT Infrastructure & Networking Services • IT Help Desk & Service Desk • Systems Integrators • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1986 • IT services • Trust B • Hiring 310, 35 new
Unisys is an American information technology company formed in 1986 by the merger of Burroughs and Sperry, two of the earliest computer manufacturers, and it still supports the ClearPath mainframe line descended from those machines. Its modern business is built around digital workplace services, cloud and infrastructure management, application modernisation and a logistics software business, sold largely to government agencies, banks, airlines and transport operators that run long-lived critical systems. Headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it carries a substantial legacy pension obligation alongside its services operations.
Deb McCann · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Peter Altabef · Chair and Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Verified live · 10 hours ago 2 months ago Long shot · 13%

Technical Lead (Full Stack Developer)

≈ $53k – $159k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 5+ years exp • In office (Wellington, New Zealand) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
C#
Apex
C#
ASP.NET Core
Apex
MuleSoft
Databases
MS SQL
DevOps
Rest API
Azure
CI/CD
Management
Kanban
Scrum
Agile
QA
Swagger
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ClearPoint

clearpoint.digital
clearpoint.digital • HQ: Auckland, New Zealand • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • AI Consulting & Integration • IT services • Hiring 3
HQ: Auckland, New Zealand • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • AI Consulting & Integration • IT services • Hiring 3
ClearPoint is your agentic-first partner to design, engineer, and scale enterprise digital products safely and at speed.
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Verified live · 13 min ago 2 months ago Long shot · 14%

Expressions of Interest - Contract Senior Backend Engineer

≈ $49k – $146k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Hybrid (Auckland, Wellington, New Zealand) • Contractor • Confidential • Senior
Kotlin
TypeScript
Java
JavaScript
Java
Spring Security
Spring Cloud
Spring Boot
Kotlin
Mockito
AI/ML
LLM
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
JUnit
DevOps
GitLab CI
Jenkins
Rest API
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
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Marloo

marloo.com
marloo.com • London • Sydney • Wellington • Financial Software & Embedded Finance • Financial AI • 51-200 employees • Startup • Hiring 10
London • Sydney • Wellington • Financial Software & Embedded Finance • Financial AI • 51-200 employees • Startup • Hiring 10
Marloo uses AI to help financial advisers stay organised and take better meeting notes, so they can focus on what they do best – rather than paperwork.
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Verified live · 4 hours ago 2 months ago Long shot · 15%

Founding Engineer, Wellington

$57k – $80k per year • In office (Wellington, New Zealand) • Full-Time
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First Focus

firstfocus.com.au
firstfocus.com.au • HQ: Sydney, Australia • AI Consulting & Integration • Managed IT Services (MSP) • 201-500 employees • Est. 2003 • IT services • Hiring 29, 9 new
HQ: Sydney, Australia • AI Consulting & Integration • Managed IT Services (MSP) • 201-500 employees • Est. 2003 • IT services • Hiring 29, 9 new
First Focus is an Australian managed IT and AI services provider founded in Sydney in 2003, offering IT support, cloud, cybersecurity, IT strategy, data, automation and software development services to mid-sized organisations. The company has grown to almost 500 staff across Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines, where a large support centre in Pasig serves clients, and it has recently expanded into New Zealand with teams in Auckland and Christchurch. It hires support technicians, systems administrators, cloud and network engineers, technical account managers, AI and technology consultants, developers and finance and recruiting staff.
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 3 months ago Long shot · 20%

Laravel / PHP Developer

≈ $44k – $121k per year (Estimated) • In office (Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Nelson, New Zealand) • Contractor
PHP
SQL
JavaScript
PHP
Laravel
Filament
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Frontend
Vue.js
React.js
DevOps
Rest API
Git
Docker
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Management
Agile
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Lunit

lunit.io
lunit.io • HQ: Seoul, South Korea • Precision Medicine • Medical Imaging Systems • Medical AI • 51-200 employees • Est. 2013 • Hiring 4
HQ: Seoul, South Korea • Precision Medicine • Medical Imaging Systems • Medical AI • 51-200 employees • Est. 2013 • Hiring 4
Lunit is a South Korean medical artificial intelligence company founded in 2013 that develops deep learning for cancer detection and treatment selection. Its products read chest radiographs and mammograms to flag suspicious findings and analyse tumour tissue to predict response to immunotherapy. The software is used in screening programmes and hospitals across dozens of countries, and the company is listed in Seoul.
Mark Koeniguer · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Brian Leighs · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Julian Marshall · Executive Officer · decision-maker
David Murry · Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Open 166 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago 5 months ago Long shot · 8%

Software Engineer (NZ)

Junior • 2+ years exp • Hybrid (Wellington, New Zealand) • Full-Time • Junior
C#
SQL
C#
.NET
DevOps
Bicep
GitHub Actions
Azure DevOps
GitHub
Windows
Docker
Linux
Azure
CI/CD
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Backend Developer Jobs in Wellington
Frequently asked questions
How many Backend Developer jobs in Wellington are available on Alion?
There are currently 11 active listings from 9 hiring companies on Alion, refreshed daily.
What salary do Backend Developer jobs in Wellington pay?
The average salary is around $85,000 per year based on the current listings.
Are remote options available for Backend Developer jobs in Wellington?
Yes, many of these roles offer remote or hybrid work, and you can filter listings by remote, relocation and visa sponsorship.
How do I apply for Backend Developer jobs in Wellington?
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