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Senior Software Engineer

Seequent

The Role

Overview

Senior backend engineer developing APIs & cloud services for Seequent's Evo web platform.

Key Responsibilities

  • backend stack
  • code review
  • solution design
  • feature development
  • testing
  • process improvement

Tasks

-Help improve engineering practices, tools, and team processes. -Participate in daily stand-ups and team meetings. -Conduct technical discovery and contribute to solution design and architectural decisions. -Review code from peers and provide constructive, thoughtful feedback. -Own development tasks, from ticket estimation and implementation to testing and delivery. -Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code. -Take ownership of the team's backend technology stack and drive its evolvement. -Mentor and support other engineers through pairing, guidance, and sharing knowledge. -Ensure quality through testing and support deployment activities.

Requirements

  • fastapi
  • pydantic
  • ci/cd
  • devops
  • kubernetes
  • python

What You Bring

-Experience in building APIs with FastAPI and Pydantic. -Familiarity with CI/CD Pipelines and DevOps practice. -Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience. -Cloud services experience, especially with GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, MongoDB. -Experience with Python -7+ years working in relevant Software Engineering roles

The Company

About Seequent

-Grew by acquiring complementary geoscience and geotechnical tools from 2014 onwards, building a portfolio that spans modelling, data management, and collaboration. -Works with blue‑chip clients on projects like tunnels, groundwater detection, geothermal/exploration, subsea mapping, and nuclear waste storage. -Known as 'Google Earth for beneath the surface', empowering users to aggregate complex geoscience data into clear, actionable 3D subsurface models. -Headquartered in Christchurch with global R&D and offices. -Unusual early focus on full product rewrites over incremental updates, supported by R&D grants. -Championed Visible Geology in 2024—a free 3D teaching tool to inspire future geoscientists with immersive underground visualization.

Sector Specialisms

Mining

Energy

Environmental

Civil

Infrastructure

Subsurface

Geoscience

Geotechnical

Geology

Geophysics

Geochemistry

Hydrogeology

Renewable Energy

Water Resources

Offshore Wind

Carbon Capture

Utilisation and Storage

Foundation Design

Infrastructure Design

Ground Information Management

Mineral Resources

Environmental Protection

Ageing Infrastructure

Sustainable Development