"Associate Software Developer"

Job Description:

Te Ratonga Tautoko Hangarau | Digital Services

Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand

• Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
• Permanent position
• Generous annual leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Based on Campus (not remote)

Āu Mahi | What You Will Do

Join a collaborative, values-driven Digital Services team where you’ll help design, build, and maintain one of UC’s key mobile software solutions that support teaching, learning, research and operations at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC). Your new team-mates are experienced and have worked on a variety of high-profile local and international projects.

Our projects have a focus on improving the UC experience for both students and staff. You will participate in detailed design sessions and build innovative software that complies with coding standards. We see code quality as everyone’s concern, so you will be comfortable developing high-quality code, and test code as well as feature code.

This is a hands-on role where you will build your skills and capability through both formal and informal learning, supported by experienced technical leaders. This role is based on-campus therefore cannot be done remotely.

Mōu | Who You Are

You will have at least at least 18 months commercial software development experience or postgraduate study in a relevant discipline and hold a relevant tertiary qualification (e.g., Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering). As our team works in an agile manner, it’s important that you are adaptable, enjoying working in a collaborative environment, have an eye for detail, and can communicate effectively.

As an Associate Software Developer at UC can expect to use a variety of languages, frameworks and tools throughout their career.Experience with several of the following would be an advantage:

• Web or mobile development experience with React and/or React Native
• Front-end web application development with React and Typescript
• Back-end application/web service development with NodeJS including API design
• Microservice development, and asynchronous event-based programming
• Source control with Git, and CI/CD tools and techniques, as well as unit and automated testing
• Domain Driven Design
• DevOps & Site Reliability Engineering
• Integration with internal and external systems.

Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With

Building world-class digital capability is crucial to the University of Canterbury's ongoing success. Digital Services is a large team, striving to provide a modern dynamic foundation from which the University (UC) can explore new business models and ways of working. Digital will transform how we work, behave, and the expectations of the communities we service.

Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC

Ngā Uara | Our Values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga guide our decisions and behaviour and provide a roadmap for how we do things at UC, affirming our commitment to pastoral care and support for our ākonga and staff. They challenge and inspire us to be the best we can, and make UC a great place to work and study. For more info on Ngā Uara | Our Values visit us here.

We are committed to accessible higher education, service to the community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity. The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world.

We offer a range of fantastic benefits including flexible work practices, study opportunities and generous superannuation and leave provisions. For more information, please visit us: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/about-uc/work-at-uc/benefits-working-uc . For more information about Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, please visit https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/

The closing date for this position is: 6 December 2025 (midnight, NZ time)*Please note applications will be reviewed after the close date.*

Pēhea te tono mai | How You Apply

Applications for this position must be submitted via our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.

Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to WorkatUC@canterbury.ac.nz

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency or hold a valid NZ work visa to be considered for this role.

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