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Watchful

Software Engineer Generalist, SRE, Designer

CompanyWatchful
Websitewatchful.co.nz
Roles
  • Software Engineer Generalist, SRE, Designer
  • Software Engineer Roles
  • Site Reliability Engineer
Typefull-time
Role taxonomyInfrastructure / SRE / DevOpsSoftware Engineering
SpecialtiesSRE, Software Engineering
Locationonly
Salary
Apply viaEmailyoung-ju.lee@watchful.co.nz
Hiring notesSponsors visas.
TechTerraformML/AI
Parsed locationsonly
Posted byyj-watchful
PostedOct 5, 2025
SourceView on Hacker News ↗

Original posting

Watchful | Software Engineer Generalist, SRE, Designer | Full-time | ONSITE only | Auckland, New Zealand | Visa sponsorship + relocation support provided Watchful is disrupting the security monitoring sector with AI-accelerated camera monitoring. We’re currently growing rapidly and are looking for talented individuals to help scale up our capacity, deliver excellent user experiences and ensure our systems are air-tight and resilient. Get in touch if you’re interested in joining a burgeoning startup that is quietly disrupting the security monitoring market and growing rapidly. Join a team of 5 engineers! Hiring for the following roles: Software Engineer Roles (>= Intermediate): 5+ years experience as SWE - Generalist, product-minded software engineers that can switch between FE, infra, BE and more. High impact role, directly influencing both product and engineering direction. Self-driven, shows initiative, autonomous. Site Reliability Engineer (SRE): 5+ years of experience. Expert at terraform, cloud services, observability and CI/CD - Able to take initiative to secure, lock down and make reliable the parts of the platform you see fit - Opportunity to drive the SRE culture and make the platform bulletproof. Send your resume to young-ju.lee [at] watchful.co.nz to apply. If you are concerned about lack of experience, get in touch anyway - happy to entertain taking bets on younger, talented engineers.