We find IT professionals & graduates awesome software & IT jobs in Christchurch + WFH New Zealand
Paul, founder of Sunstone Talent talks about his love of helping people find jobs
Kia ora I work closely with Software & IT jobseekers looking in Christchurch, South Island & across New Zealand (Remote / WFH) & have helped over 1000 candidates find their dream jobs.
I'm an IT Recruitment Consultant that can help find you jobs in software development including web, digital, mobile, hardware, data and IT infrastructure (cloud, security & networks).
What makes me different than most IT Recruiters?
I like to understand your needs face-to-face as I'm passionate about getting you the right match
I'm a career IT Recruiter having studied my BA in psychology which helps me understand people better
I love technology & have even designed some of my own websites (like this one) & enjoy Digital Marketing so I’m interested to hear about your tech projects
To find out about the IT industry jobs we recruit for please keep reading
We specialise in both permanent IT placements, short-term & long-term IT contract assignments & consultancy projects
Here’s some of the types of roles that we recruit for…
Software Development
Full Stack Developer / Software Engineer JavaScript and/or TypeScript (with React, Angular or Vue or other JS frameworks) with C#.Net, Java, Scala, Rust, Go, Ruby on Rails, Python or Node interacting with backend databases in SQL, MySQL, PostGreSQL. Whatever languages & tools you choose working within agile to craft features & functionality across the tech stack to produce great software products
Front End Software Developer Working on modern JavaScript frameworks like React, Angular or Vue in JavaScript or TypeScript within agile to develop awesome user interfaces that delight users
Back End Software Developer Working on complex backend development in C#.Net, C++, Java, Python, PHP with SQL, MySQL, PostGreSQL or other technologies making functionality work seamlessly with data & databases
Mobile Apps Developer Native iOS (Swift/ObjectiveC) or Android (Java) or maybe hybrid mobile tools (Xamarin / .Net MAUI or similar) to create a sublime user experience for mobile users
Software / Technical Architect Applications or data you'll be designing new technical solutions using TOGAF and the like to architect great products
Solutions Architect You'll have the helicopter view to create new solutions and how to design, resource & map these out
Software Tester / QA Engineer Manual, functional and regression testing to sculpt quality software products
Automation Test Engineer Create & maintain the automation suite of tests to get your software working super fast & efficiently using frameworks like Cypress, TestCafe or Playwright
DBA / Database Analyst Maintain the complex art of the database from triggers to performance tuning you'll be that go to whether it's Oracle, MySQL, PostGreSQL or MSSQL
BI / Data Warehouse Developer Design & develop datawarehouse solutions with SQL, including data modelling and ETL / ELT processes. Work with modern cloud solutions like Azure data lake presenting to users with PowerBI
Data Scientist Solving real world problems with data. You'll take data, create mathematical models & algorithms to design big data solutions to solve business problems
Data Engineer Taking the mathematical models from the data scientists and putting the robust software engineering around the solution
Product Owner / Software Business Analyst Working with devs and 'the business' to understand requirements / write user stories for the team to deliver great software outcomes
Implementation Consultant Own the process to plan, implement, integrate software & migrate any data ensuring the software is working just right
Product Manager You'll oversee software product strategy and be the link between development, marketing, customers and the business to deliver superb outcomes
Software Project Manager Overseeing software projects managing internal / external teams, 3rd parties and business stakeholders to deliver great project outcomes
Technical Lead / Senior Developer Hands-on software team leader who codes/designs, project manages and mentors & guides the team on technical decisions
Software Team Leader Leads & manages the team, some hands-on tech but more focused on pastoral care of the people, project manages and mentors & guides the team
Web & Digital Development
Front End / UI Web Developer HTML/CSS/JavaScript (Angular/React/Vue) creating optimum performance for UI applications
Back End Web Developer PHP (Laravel, Codeigniter, Symfony or SilverStripe), Node.js, MySQL make the engine room hum delivering super smooth web applications
Full Stack Web Developer HTML/CSS/JavaScript (Angular/React/Vue) with PHP (Laravel, Codeigniter, Symfony or SilverStripe) or Node.js, MySQL or other tech - you like variety coding across the full stack
Creative / Digital Strategist The ideas person that comes up with great creative concepts & takes them through to execution, delighting users & the audience with excellent customer experience & outcomes
Digital / Web Project Manager Manage the customer’s expectations bringing the team together to deliver fantastic digital experiences
Design
Visual Web Designer You'll create outstanding visual designs for websites using Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop/Sketch, HTML/CSS and so on
UI Designer Design aesthetically pleasing & functional UIs to create a great user experience
UX Designer You'll get inside the user's head, with research techniques & deliver great user-centric designed software, web & mobile apps to delight users using tools like Figma
UI / UX Designer A mix of UI & UX design ensuring software, web & mobile apps look great & are awesomely usable
UX Researcher You’ll use research based quantative & qualitative techniques to understand, analyse user behaviour & requirements to improve user experience
Digital Marketing
Digital Marketer Understand the audience profile & deliver great content across multiple digital channels (web/social/mobile/in-bound)
Content Digital Marketer Love creative writing using the power of your words to capture the brand & use powerful messaging to inspire the audience across multiple digital channels
SEO Analyst Analyse search data and optimise content, create campaigns and get great outcomes
Data Analytics Analyst Analyse data sets to draw out customer insights to help marketing & business decisions
Marketing Automation Specialist You’ll enjoy setting up, implementing & integrating marketing automation tools like Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo etc
Infrastructure & Networks
DevOps / Release Engineer Ensure build processes are smooth while you continuously integrate or continuously deploy efficient software releases
Cloud Engineer Work with cloud services like AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform ensuring high availability & low latency
Network Engineer Ensure the network infrastructure & security is sound working with routers, switches, firewalls etc enabling data packets to be transported smoothly
Systems Engineer Ensure the infrastructure security is bomber, the servers are humming and it's all backed-up safe & sound you might be more Windows or Linux based or a bit of both
Systems Administrator Configure & support OS, servers, desktops & devices automating processes with scripting - creating optimal performance
Project Manager Bringing all the resources together, delivering to budget and on time across the whole technical infrastructure
Helpdesk / Service Desk / Support Analyst Give those users some love at the coal face and trouble shoot their problems with a smile
Infrastructure Manager / IT Manager / Operations Manager / Service Delivery Manager Owning the ITSM processes, DR & vendors ensuring a seamless operation and keeping the peeps in your team happy
Hardware Engineering
Engineering Manager Influence the strategy and lead your teams shaping the whole hardware development product environment to deliver great outcomes
Embedded C/C++ or Firmware Developer Love designing & developing embedded systems / firmware for production hardware products
Hardware Design Engineer Design & develop circuit boards & processors for computers, smart devices / IoT / hardware
Prototyping Engineer From coding stuff up in Python, creating schematics, test beds / harnesses, getting working prototypes up & running in the hardware product lifecycle
Test Design Engineer Create test strategies / plans, cases, harnesses to find bugs & validate hardware products before release
Executive IT Management
Chief Information Officer (CIO) / IT Director Influence the strategy and lead teams shaping the whole IT environment including people, processes & technologies, delivering business goals & value to shareholders
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) / IT Director Leads teams to strategise, design, develop & innovate technical products & services for the company including R&D (Research & Development) to deliver value to the business and customers
IT Manager / IT Support Manager People managing successful delivery of IT services & infrastructure including incident management, 3rd party vendors and putting out fires to keep things running smoothly
Service Delivery Manager Managing SLA's and facilitating smooth IT change, it'll be rocky at times but you'll be the person who smooths the path
Business Development Manager Looking for that person to break into new markets, open channels, build relationships and promote your product/service at the highest level bringing in revenue
IT Account Manager / IT Sales Executive Sell to those clients, manage those expectations and get win-win outcomes
Software Development Manager Inspire developers within agile / scrum teams, provide modern tooling & smooth processes to deliver quality software products
We also have experience within digital marketing, marketing automation, human resources, finance / accounting, public sector & local government appointing senior leaders & management