About Us
At Seequent, we help organisations to understand the underground, giving the confidence to make better decisions faster.
We build world-leading technology that is at the forefront of Earth sciences, transforming the way our customers work. Every day we help them develop critical mineral resources more sustainably, design and build better infrastructure, source renewable energy, and reduce their impact on the environment.
We operate in 145+ countries while proudly maintaining headquarters in New Zealand.
Role
A Team Lead, Software Engineering leads a team of technical professionals, collaborating closely with the product manager, designer, and research lead to deliver exceptional customer experiences. The position is responsible for the end-to-end design, development, and delivery of complex software systems, while also providing leadership in performance and project management. This position requires deep senior technical expertise combined with people and project leadership capabilities to drive innovation and operational excellence.
Duties and responsibilities
Software Design
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Provide design and architectural guidance for complex software applications, components, and modules while assessing and evaluating team recommendations.
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Ensure the team uses appropriate modelling techniques in line with agreed software design standards, guidelines, patterns, and methodologies.
- Accountable for the overall delivery of multiple design view to address stakeholder concerns and meet both functional and non-functional requirements, including security.
- Provide leadership to identify, evaluate, and recommend design alternatives and trade-offs.
- Address any concerns in model, and simulate, or prototype proposed software behaviours to secure stakeholder approval and facilitate effective software construction.
- Review, verify, and enhance own designs against specifications and lead reviews of others' designs.
- Evaluate and enhance the effectiveness of current processes, products, and programs by applying research insights and integrating emerging technologies from the team.
Leadership and Performance Management
- Provide operational direction, support, and guidance to the team.
- Allocate tasks or project work, in line with team objectives and individual capabilities.
- Assess quality and performance against established criteria in line with set policies, practices, and procedures to make learning recommendations or escalate concerns.
- Coach colleagues in developing target skills and capabilities in line with team and personal goals.
- Provide input for performance discussions regarding direct reports, including promotions and other employment decisions.
- Facilitate effective working relationships between team members.
- Participate in bi-annual performance reviews.
Project Management
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Take full responsibility for the definition, approach, facilitation and satisfactory completion of medium-scale projects.
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Provide effective leadership to the project team, adopting suitable project management methods and tools.
- Manage change control processes and assesses risks, ensuring projects align with governance frameworks and business priorities.
- Communicate regularly with cross functional stakeholders, ensuring project deliverables meet agreed standards, budgets, and timelines.
- Ensure project and product quality reviews occur on schedule and according to procedure.
- Proactively monitor performance metrics, implementing preventive and corrective actions as needed.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent.
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7+ years working in relevant Software Engineering roles, including Senior Software Engineer.
- 1+ years leading a team either formally or informally.
- Proficiency in modern backend languages such as Go, Python, or TypeScript/Node.js.
- Experience building modern Single Page Applications (SPAs) with frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js.
- Solid understanding of cloud architecture and best practices for building and deploying scalable and reliable applications.
- Experience with relational and non-relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
- Expected to actively participate in code reviews and set a high bar for code quality across all technologies.
- Proven ability to diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks in complex applications.
- Strong ability to articulate complex technical concepts to the team and other stakeholders.
- Solid experience in an Agile/Scrum environment and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
In addition, the position requires the following attributes:
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Be able to work autonomously within a clear accountability framework, using discretion to address complex issues, while planning, monitoring, and escalating when needed to meet objectives within time and quality targets.
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Ability to influence stakeholders at an account level, contribute to cross-functional teams to meet user needs, facilitates collaboration, and make decisions impacting project success, while participating in activities related to your expertise.
- Proficiency in handling diverse, complex technical or professional tasks, resolve issues through investigation, creative thinking, and innovative approaches.
- Communicate complex ideas effectively, drive personal and team development, evaluate technologies, apply expertise to proposals, and ensure security, privacy, and ethical practices.
- Possess deep industry and domain knowledge, quickly adapt to new information, and apply expertise effectively while sharing knowledge with others.
Working conditions
Seequent is a global company, and flexibility in working hours may be required to accommodate work across different time zones.
Tier 3, after hours support may be required on occasion.
Direct Reports
The Team Lead, Software Engineering is responsible for managing a team of approximately 3 to 10 direct reports. This encompasses positions from Associate to Senior Software Engineers, as well as Software Testers, and/or Application Specialists.
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Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
At Seequent, we champion the uniqueness of each individual. Our commitment to inclusiveness, equity, and accessibility is fundamental to who we are. If you require accommodation during our recruitment process, please let our Talent Acquisition team know. We are here to ensure a fair opportunity for all.
Research underscores that some individuals, especially women and underrepresented groups, may hesitate to apply for roles if they don't meet every requirement. Please don't count yourself out if you don’t tick every box. We are committed to hiring a diverse team and encourage individuals of all background and abilities to apply. Thank you for considering us as your potential employer; we're excited to see what you can bring to our team!
Benefits of being a Seequenteer and why you’ll love being on our team.
Our people – Working at Seequent means becoming part of a community of collaborative innovators with insatiable curiosity and a passion to make a difference. Seequenteers are experts at what they do, visionaries with bold ideas for the future, and driven by a desire to make meaningful change.
Our culture – At Seequent you’ll be encouraged to Find a Better Way, Think Customer, Collaborate Enthusiastically, Exceed Expectations and Take Ownership, no matter what role you’re in. Our values define a culture of open mindedness, connected teams despite geographical distance, transparent communication, and leadership at any level, where everyone is welcome as their authentic self.
Our offices – Seequent operates from offices all over the world; as part of the Bentley Systems family. Our office hubs are fueled by barista-crafted coffee, games, table tennis, Lego, online trivia battles, and regular office team events. We like to celebrate our wins with cake too, lots of cake.
Benefits – Competitive salary, flexible working, a paid day each year to volunteer, an employee share purchase plan in most locations, rewards & recognition program, continuous learning and career growth opportunities, internal engagement events, culture & wellbeing program, personal support resources. Additional benefits are unique to each location Seequent resides in.
How to apply
If this sounds like the role for you, apply today
