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About Harmonic Analytics

Harmonic Analytics is a pioneer of the Aotearoa New Zealand data science community. We are a proud kiwi company, confident in our ability to solve important, complex problems as we realise our vision of a World in Balance.

With a focus on quality and integrity, our aim is to help organisations make the best decisions at the right time. Our team is distinguished by its deep analytical abilities and technical expertise combined with hands-on commercial experience. We are passionate about helping business leaders, managers and operational teams make the most of their data.

About the role

Our Auckland and Wellington based teams are seeking interns to work with us over the 2024/2025 summer period.

We are looking for students with excellent quantitative and written skills, a passion for solving problems across a variety of industry sectors. Successful candidates will have experience working with data and will be familiar with R or Python, statistical techniques, optimisation techniques, numerical programming, machine learning methods and/or visualisation techniques.

There may be an opportunity for ongoing work after the internship for the right candidate.

How to Apply

To apply for a summer internship over the 2024/2025 period:

• Send an email to careers@harmonic.co.nz with the subject line “Application for Data Science Summer Internship - [Your name here]”
• In the email, state your expected final year of study (e.g. 2024 if this year is your final year of study)
• Attach your CV, cover letter and (unofficial) University Academic Transcript in PDF format
• State your location preference (Auckland or Wellington)
• In your cover letter, please answer the following question:

What is your favourite use of data science or data visualisation that you have encountered 'in the wild' and why is it meaningful to you? (max 200 words)

Applications close at 11:59pm on 31 July 2024.

We are looking for a senior software engineer who has at least 2 years of industry experience. The role is intended to increase the size of the software development team at Harmonic, to enable the team to undertake a greater amount of development work than otherwise possible; and, where appropriate, to bring into the Harmonic team contemporary ideas about practices for software engineering and development.

Your primary focus is to develop, deploy and maintain software tools. You will lead industry projects and work closely with our Lead Software Engineer to manage the deployment cycle of our software solutions. You will collaborate with other software engineers and data scientists at Harmonic to design and deliver fit for purpose solutions to our clients. Although requiring independent work at times, you are expected to take supervision from, and work closely with the senior leadership team at Harmonic.

This role requires a wide range of technical, customer-facing, teamwork, leadership and service delivery skills. The successful candidate must demonstrate strong communication and practical problem solving skills.

Only applicants that are legally entitled to work in New Zealand and can make themselves available for interviews in New Zealand will be considered for this position.

Key duties

• Lead and deliver software solutions centred around data science, including defining requirements, solution design, and solution implementation.
• Software development, testing, deployment and maintenance.
• Convert data science models and prototypes into scalable and resilient production systems.
• Continuous improvement of Harmonic software development and work practices.
• Collaborate with people from different industries, backgrounds and expertise.

Skills and experience

• Qualification in a relevant field such as Software Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science or related discipline.
• 2+ years experience in deploying software solutions (e.g. dashboards, models, automated processes) into production environments.
• Knowledge of deployment pipelines and CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) practices.
• Proficiency with containerisation technologies such as Docker and orchestration. Also the ability to design, implement, and manage containerised applications.
• Proficiency in the Python programming languages.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with an emphasis on the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of stakeholders, including non-technical audiences.
• Experience in building and maintaining strong relationships with clients.
• Excellent project discipline, particularly defining objectives, task planning, achieving milestones, problem identification, solution development and quality assessment.
• A team player who thrives working in a collaborative team environment.
• Flexibility to work at different domestic locations to meet work requirements.
• Although not essential, strong candidates will also have familiarity with cloud platforms like Snowflake, AWS, or Azure.

Benefits

• Build your experience and polish your skills by working on a diverse range of projects.
• Work closely with a diverse group of smart and talented people.
• Work with executives and subject matter experts to build tailor made solutions.
• Apply innovative and creative thinking in solving industry problems.

How to Apply

All applications for the position must follow the instructions below:

• Send an email to careers@harmonic.co.nz with the subject line “Application for Senior Software Engineer” followed by your name.
• In the email, attach your CV and cover letter in PDF format.
• In the email, state your salary expectations.

Only applications which follow the above instructions will be accepted.

Applications close at 11:59pm on Friday, 16th August 2024.