Senior Software Engineer

Job Description We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer who wants to stay deeply

Your code won't just live in a cluster somewhere: it will run inside smart cameras on factory floors and distribution centers around the world. You'll join a team developing software that powers Cognex machine vision systems used across global manufacturing, logistics, and industrial automation. Having built applications in.NET, C++, and Python over the years, the team has recently added Rust.

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer who enjoys shipping meaningful features, solving complex technical problems, and improving a long-lived production platform. You'll remain deeply hands-on with software deployed on our smart camera devices in customer environments, working as part of a small, 10-person team that collaborates with engineering teams around the world, primarily in the US. This isn't embedded firmware development, but it calls for the same mindset: valuing reliability, performance, and thoughtful use of resources over typical cloud-native trade-offs.

Responsibilities Design, develop, and support production software using.NET and Python, with occasional Angular work and growing use of Rust (including an existing Rust library consumed by C++ products) as part of a growing ecosystem

Translate ambiguous requirements into clear designs, leading them through implementation, testing, and release as reliable features

Investigate and resolve complex technical issues across a mature platform

Make pragmatic technical decisions accounting for product, system, and cross-team dependencies

Enhance engineering practices, code quality, documentation, testability, system stability, and operational confidence

Contribute through code reviews, documentation, and clear technical communication

Collaborate with local and global engineering teams to align dependencies and deliver cohesive solutions

Required Skills 5+ years of software engineering experience delivering multi-release production systems

Strong.NET, OOP Python, Java, or comparable experience, with adaptability for new languages

Experience with production software deployed on physical device hardware (not purely cloud-native or Kubernetes-based)

Comfortable working in Linux environments

Strong analytical, debugging, troubleshooting, and communication skills

Working Knowledge Experience with backend systems and frontend frameworks (Angular, React, Vue, etc.)

Resource-conscious design for constrained or operational environments

Understanding of memory, performance, and reliability (no firmware/embedded required)

What You Can Learn in the Role Cognex products and the industrial automation domain

Angular specifically

Rust and its role in our longer-term platform direction

Ways of Working Auckland-based hybrid (3 days office, 2 WFH)

Close collaboration with US engineering, with occasional early starts

Requires scheduling flexibility to support global customers

Occasional on-call support (~1 week in 6), not a core duty

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