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Foodstuffs, Inc.

Lead, Business Applications Engineering

Foodstuffs, Inc.

. Lead the engineering strategy and capability for enterprise business applications .

Posted 11/11/2026full-timeAuckland • New ZealandSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading enterprise-scale software engineering strategies, particularly with SAP, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, while balancing engineering excellence with business value and security. Proven ability to set engineering standards and lead high-performing teams across multiple disciplines.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Enterprise-Scale Software EngineeringSAP, Salesforce, ServiceNowIntegration, Automation, DevOpsEngineering Standards and GuardrailsStakeholder Leadership

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Hard Skills
Enterprise PlatformsIntegration ApproachesCI/CDQuality EngineeringObservabilityProduction SupportAPI DevelopmentEvent-Driven IntegrationClean Core ArchitectureUpgrade-Safe Extensibility
Soft Skills
Collaborative LeadershipPragmatic Decision-MakingEmpowering AutonomyCreating ClarityBuilding High-Performing Teams
Industry Keywords
SaaSBusiness-Critical PlatformsTechnical DirectionCommercial SustainabilityOperational Sustainability

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
ServiceNow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead the engineering strategy and capability for enterprise business applications
  • Define how SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow and future business platforms are engineered, extended, integrated and evolved at scale
  • Align engineering direction with business, platform, architecture, security, data and integration strategies
  • Set engineering standards and guardrails across enterprise platforms
  • Champion clean core, upgrade-safe extensibility, platform-native development, API and event-driven integration, automation, CI/CD, automated testing and observability
  • Lead through Principal Engineers, Tech Leads and Chapter Leads while providing direction and accountability
  • Build engineering capability, technical leadership, career pathways, succession and expertise across multiple disciplines
  • Balance engineering excellence with business value, security, maintainability, upgradeability and commercial sustainability
  • Influence platform investment and technical direction to reduce customisation, complexity, duplication and vendor dependency

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Significant senior leadership experience across enterprise-scale software engineering, particularly within SaaS, packaged or business-critical platform environments
  • Strong experience across enterprise platforms such as SAP, Salesforce and ServiceNow
  • Understanding of engineering models, integration and extension approaches for enterprise platforms
  • Proven experience leading through Principal Engineers, Tech Leads and Chapter Leads
  • Track record of setting engineering standards, patterns and guardrails that improve consistency, quality and security while preserving team autonomy
  • Strong knowledge of integration, automation, DevOps, CI/CD, quality engineering, observability and production support
  • Ability to operate across strategy and technical detail
  • Experience balancing business value, engineering quality, operational sustainability, security, risk and commercial considerations
  • Strong stakeholder leadership across engineering, architecture, product, security, business leadership and executive audiences
  • Collaborative, pragmatic leadership style with the ability to create clarity, empower autonomy and build high-performing engineering leadership teams

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses
  • Flu vaccinations
  • Social network groups (Tribes)
  • Flexible working options
  • A day off on your birthday
  • Long service leave
  • Free carparking with over 1,000 carparks including EV plugs
  • Onsite café with subsidised meals
  • Mini mart
  • 5% discount at retail stores
  • Accessibility support during the recruitment process, including interview location support, sign language interpreter and assistive technology