Who We Are | Ko wai mātou
We are Theta, a New Zealand-owned technology consultancy helping organisations transform through technology. With offices in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Tauranga, we work with leading organisations across Aotearoa to deliver smart, pragmatic, and impactful digital solutions.
About this role | Mō tēnei tūranga mahi
We’re looking for a Mobile Technical Lead to join our Digital Practice in Auckland. This is a 6 month plus contract where you’ll work as the technical lead to bring software solutions to life, designing and building modern, responsive and accessible mobile applications that deliver exceptional user experiences.
What you will do | Ngā haepapa
- Use your superb communication skills to liaise with internal and external stakeholders
- Collaborate with designers, stakeholders and back-end developers to translate requirements into elegant mobile solutions
- Contribute to design and architecture decisions, and advocate for UI/UX and software development best practices
- Mentor other developers and share knowledge within the team
- Participate in code reviews, Scrum ceremonies, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Stay up to date with technology trends, tools, patterns, best practices and emerging technologies
- The hands-on aspect: Develop responsive, accessible and performant mobile applications using Flutter and React Native.
- Find new ways to leverage AI coding tools for efficiencies
- Integrate front-end components with cloud-based services through RESTful APIs
What You’ll Bring | Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako
Must-Have:
- 8+ years commercial experience developing mobile and web applications
- Demonstratable experience in leading teams of developers
- Mobile development experience using React Native
- Superb communication skills, oral and written, and ability to articulate technical subjects to non-technical stakeholders
- Customer-facing experience, both in terms of pre-sales activities and project-led interactions
- Experience using AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, etc.) to aid development
- Great interpersonal and collaboration skills
- A proactive, solutions-focused mindset
- Excellent time management, and able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Right to work in NZ
Nice-to-Have:
- Mobile development experience using Flutter
- Exposure to Scrum or other Agile-based frameworks and methodologies
- Exposure to automated testing frameworks
- Web application API development experience, including ASP.NET APIs, Azure Functions/API Management, or similar frameworks
- Experience with the Microsoft development stack for Back-end development: Building JSON-based RESTful APIs in C# (.NET Core), with Azure Functions/API management and SQL Server for data storage
- Experience with TypeScript, HTML5 and CSS, and utilising modern front-end SPA frameworks (such as Angular, React, Vue and Svelte) for application development
- Experience with setting up and configuring CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) especially in the context of build and test automation
About us | Mō mātou
Our people are awesome problem solvers who love turning tech into real world solutions. We thrive on enabling NZ businesses with smarter outcomes.
Join a creative, stimulating, and inclusive work environment that encourages participation and innovation, with many opportunities for professional growth. Our team of circa 300 is dispersed all over New Zealand, with offices in Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington and Christchurch. Work alongside some of the best and brightest in the industry - does this sound like a bit of you?
Our values are:
- Our people are our greatest asset.
- We conduct business ethically.
- Invention, imagination and creativity are the foundation for growth.
- We work with positive energy, enjoyment, humour and work/life balance.
- Excellence is our passion, and we deliver what we promise – or more!
- We strive to take a pragmatic approach to all of our activities
- We value and appreciate our natural environment and seek to play our part to maintain it
Benefits of working at Theta | Ngā hua ka puta i te mahi ki Theta
Theta offers a family friendly work environment with flexible work hours where practical; especially relevant for caregivers.
We embrace gender equality and are committed to providing a supportive, diverse and inclusive work environment throughout our workplace.
Theta is committed to giving back to the community and are avid supporters of Cure Kids. We compete in various adventure races and do many other things to raise money for Cure Kids. And we make time for the fun things in life!
We currently provide the following benefits to ensure your professional development and personal wellbeing:
- Professional growth and learning opportunities
- Hybrid working model (from a minimum 2 days in the office)
- Internal Referral Incentive
- Staff Assistance Programme
- Remote working options where practical and mutually agreed
- Daily fresh fruit basket, coffee machine, wide selection of teas and biscuits in all of our offices.
Please note: We are only accepting applications from those already residing in Auckland with the relevant visas
All potential employees will be required to consent to a Ministry of Justice criminal record check.
Apply now | Tono ināianei
Ready to take your career to the next level? We would love to hear from you!