New Zealand onlyEverCommerce [Nasdaq: EVCM] is a leading service commerce platform, providing vertically tailored, integrated SaaS solutions that help more than 600,000 global service-based businesses accelerate growth, streamline operations, and increase retention. Our modern digital and mobile applications create predictable, informed, and convenient experiences between customers and their service professionals. Specializing in Home & Field Services, Health Services, and the Wellness industry, EverCommerce solutions include end-to-end business management software, embedded payment acceptance, marketing technology, and customer engagement applications.
We are building an extraordinary company and looking for talented, energetic, and motivated people to join our team. You can learn more about our Company, Culture and Values here: https://www.evercommerce.com/about-us/careers/
About the company
Timely and SalonBiz serve over 28,000 customers in 100 countries and are on a mission to build the leading platform for beauty professionals. Together we make up EverWell, an EverCommerce vertical. Between us, we offer SaaS solutions to customers of varying sizes and stages, serving different customer profiles within the beauty industry. We’re part of the wider EverCommerce ecosystem and exist to simplify and empower the lives of business owners. We’ve got big goals and we’re ready to achieve them.
This is where you come in
As Development Manager, you’ll lead 2–3 squads of engineers, creating the environment where high-performing teams thrive. You’re technically fluent, but your biggest impact comes from building strong culture, clear ways of working, and teams that do their best work together. You’ll coach and mentor engineers at all stages of their careers, supporting their growth while enabling product teams to deliver practical, high-value solutions. At the same time, you’ll help evolve Timely’s platform in a way that’s scalable, sustainable, and built for the long term. This role blends people leadership with technical credibility, requiring sound judgment and a proven ability to guide teams through clear, timely, and strategic decision-making.
(some) of what you'll do
Lead and coach remote-first engineering teams, fostering strong culture, performance, and continuous growth.
Support delivery of value-driven work by partnering with Product to refine backlogs and enable iterative delivery.
Ensure team alignment to agreed OKRs, KPIs, security, and engineering standards.
Create clear communication around goals, progress, risks, and outcomes.
Improve team ceremonies, processes, and ways of working to drive effective delivery.
Support technical direction alongside senior engineers and help shape work entering the backlog.
Collaborate with Technology leaders to align team growth with wider business objectives.
Enable cross-team coordination and coach engineers to communicate clearly with non-technical stakeholders.
Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and ongoing capability development.
Champion a culture of transparency, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across Timely engineering teams.
What you'll bring
Proven experience leading software engineering teams.
Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, mentoring, performance management, and team management.
Solid software engineering background with the ability to engage in technical and architectural discussions.
Experience improving software delivery practices, such as code quality, testing, CI/CDand observability.
Strong empathy forbothengineeringand businesschallenges.
Growth mindset and thirst toimprove yourself.
Demonstrablestrong collaboration skills across product and engineering.
Demonstrablestrong communicationskills, both written and verbal, and an ability to both translate technical concepts to less technical audiences whererequiredas well as manage expectations of different stakeholders.
Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet ~60% of criteria, women and those in underrepresented groups tend to only apply when they check every box. So if you think you have what it takes but don't meet every sinle bullet point above, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.
Why join us?
At EverCommerce, we lead with inclusion and use our values to inform our decisions. We succeed together and celebrate the things that make us unique. We’re big believers in work-life balance and offer additional annual leave so you can fully switch off and relax throughout the year.
We trust our team to work where they are the most productive. You’ll have the flexibility to work from home or the office. We have office space in Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin and provide a high-spec home office set up.
We set a high bar and support our team to innovate and focus on continuous growth. You’ll enjoy a professional development budget to fuel your growth, and an annual wellness allowance to fund the things that support your wellbeing.
This role is full time, permanent and can be based anywhere in New Zealand.
You must be legally entitled to work in New Zealand.
Applications close when we find the right person!
Let us know any considerations which would enable your experience in our recruitment process to be more inclusive, such as non-traditional application formats, closed captions during video interviews, or accommodations for learning differences.
EverCommerce is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We look forward to reviewing your credentials and getting to know more about your experience!
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