Requirements
- Proven experience owning developer-facing API products: API design, versioning, governance, and lifecycle management
- Practical experience building or scaling a developer ecosystem - partner programs, integration networks, or developer communities
- Deep understanding of developer experience as a product discipline: what good onboarding, documentation, and tooling actually look like at each stage of maturity
- Commercial and technical depth - you can engage credibly with engineers on API architecture and translate developer needs into clear business outcomes
- 5+ years owning platform or infrastructure products with clear accountability for adoption metrics, not just delivery
- You build rapid prototypes yourself - with AI-assisted tools, LLM-assisted development, or code - as a first instinct for testing ideas
- Strong analytical instinct: you define the metrics, build the view, read the data, and act on it - without waiting for a data team to hand it to you
Nice to Have
- Experience designing APIs for agentic or LLM-based consumption, beyond traditional system integrations
- Familiarity with transactional or workflow APIs in domains such as payments, logistics, supply chain, or insurance
- Experience running a partner or ISV program at scale
- Comfort owning reliability, observability, and non-functional requirements as first-class product concerns
- Founder background, or early employee at a platform-first startup that scaled materially
- You've killed or radically changed something you personally believed in, and can explain why
Benefits
- Healthy, Catered Lunches - Enjoy fresh, healthy lunches every workday in our Auckland, Christchurch, London and San Francisco offices. With no meal prep needed, you can eat, connect, and refuel with your team. (And yes, snacks and drinks are always on hand.)
- Healthy Body, Healthy Mind - We care about performing at our peak. Every team member gets a $1,500 annual wellness allowance (or local equivalent) on a Partly-branded card. Use it on things such gym memberships, rock climbing, physio, massage, GP visits, prescriptions; anything that you or your family, need!
- Family Comes First - Primary caregivers receive 3 months of fully paid parental leave, plus a flexible return-to-work (four days on full pay for your first three months back).
- Getting Here Is On Us - If you commute to a Partly office or co-working space, choose from a paid 24/7 car park or commute allowance. One less thing to think about!
- Workspaces That Inspire - Our brand new, architecturally designed offices are built for collaboration and creativity, with great coffee, social spaces, and some of the best cafes a few steps away.
- Office-First with Flexibility - In cities where we have an office (Christchurch, Auckland, London, San Francisco), we default there every day. This let's us move faster, make better decisions and build strong relationships. We also operate with a very high trust environment, so you can manage your time around your life, and flex your schedule to get your best work done.
- We Celebrate Together - From weekly happy hours and monthly lunches to quarterly season openers and an annual global offsite, we make time to connect, celebrate, and have fun as one team.
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Team
Team size: more than tripled our team over the last 12 months and expect to double in size again over the coming 12 months. Structure: global team spanning both Europe and Australasia
Additional Information
- If you are not based in Christchurch, we will fly you to HQ for 2 weeks for onboarding, as well as 1 week per quarter for our “Season Openers” (we pay for your travel and accommodation).
- If you are relocating to Christchurch from NZ or from overseas, we can also assist with relocation costs.
