Senior Software Engineer

Join the Global Pioneer of Predictive Demand Intelligence

At PredictHQ, we’re redefining how businesses forecast demand by eliminating blind spots caused by unforeseen, event-driven disruptions. As the leader in predictive demand intelligence, our AI-powered platform helps companies master predictability - empowering them to optimize inventory, staffing, pricing, and marketing by understanding not just what events are happening, but why they matter.

From concerts and sports games to unexpected weather events and airport disruptions, we track and forecast the impact of millions of real-world events across the world. Our platform leverages cutting-edge machine learning to create high-quality, forecast-grade data to deliver actionable insights via powerful APIs and an intuitive web app. The result? Businesses can anticipate demand spikes and dips with unmatched accuracy and agility.

Our dynamic models adapt to changing conditions in real time, allowing customers to make smarter, faster decisions. That’s why industry giants like Domino’s, Uber, Expedia, and IHG rely on PredictHQ to stay ahead of demand and turn unpredictability into opportunity.

Founded in 2016 and backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Aspect Ventures, PredictHQ has offices in Auckland and San Francisco.

Requirements

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our high-performing Projects team - a pragmatic, impact-driven group that thrives on building systems that scale and deliver real value. You’ll be a key player in shaping the future of our platform.

From designing APIs and distributed systems to collaborating with data scientists and turning machine learning outputs into real-time insights, you’ll be deeply involved in how we deliver demand intelligence at scale. You’ll work across a modern Python-based stack (FastAPI, Kafka, Elasticsearch) and help push the boundaries of what’s possible in a fast-moving, AI-centric environment.

You’ll take full ownership of feature delivery, build on well-established systems and patterns, and contribute to evolving them thoughtfully as the platform grows.

Key Responsibilities 🔑

• Design, build, and maintain scalable APIs, data pipelines, and services using Python, FastAPI, Kafka, Elasticsearch and others.
• Take ownership of technical delivery for features and systems, from concept through production.
• Work within and contribute to evolving our architecture, standards, and engineering practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams - including product managers, data scientists, and fellow engineers - to deliver impactful solutions.
• Write clean, testable, maintainable code with a strong focus on quality and performance.
• Proactively identify and address technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and system reliability issues.
• Conduct thoughtful code reviews and share knowledge to raise the technical bar.
• Mentor and support other engineers through pairing, feedback, and guidance.
• Help shape and uphold a strong engineering culture with pragmatic best practices (CI/CD, observability, testing, etc.)
• Stay current with modern tools, techniques, and AI trends — and apply them meaningfully.

Skills, Knowledge and Competencies ⭐

• Strong experience building production systems in Python.
• Proficient with FastAPI or similar modern API frameworks.
• Comfortable with distributed systems and event-driven architecture (Kafka).
• Familiarity with search technologies like Elasticsearch.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD, Docker, and cloud-native infrastructure (AWS).
• Writes clean, testable, maintainable code aligned with engineering standards.
• Diagnoses and resolves technical issues across the stack independently.
• Communicates clearly and collaborates effectively across teams.
• Proactively mentors and supports other engineers.
• Takes initiative and ownership of technical outcomes.
• Curious, pragmatic, and continuously learning - especially around AI and data-driven tech.
• Bonus: experience with ML pipelines, Kubernetes, or open source contributions.

General 🤝

• Applicants for this position must have New Zealand residency or a valid New Zealand work visa.
• Ensure that all activities are conducted in accordance with internal policies and procedures, applicable legislation, rules and standards, including relevant Acts, Advertising Standards Authority rules and regulations, and industry body requirements.
• Based in Auckland, this role follows our hybrid approach — combining the flexibility of working from home with at least one day a week in the office to foster team connection and collaboration.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Paid Birthday Leave and Paid Family and Friends Day Leave
• Strong focus on your training and development
• 10 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Flexible work arrangements
• A hybrid work environment centred on collaboration, agility and fun
• Options in a fast-growing company in its early stages
• $500 annual stipend to support your work from home setup

Our Values 💛

PredictHQ is about teamwork to achieve huge things. We are building innovative and complex products, so our empathetic, hard-working culture is key to our success. We are proactive in helping our teammates grow and thrive in their careers, as well as making sure everyone can put their family and friends first.