The success of a company rests on attracting and retaining the right combination of skills and personalities. Today, over 100 of the best and brightest open source specialists work for Catalyst IT in New Zealand, Australia, and the UK.
Catalyst is always looking for talented and creative individuals. We like sociable, confident communicators who take pride in their work. In return, we offer a dynamic and stimulating work environment, a great team of people, exciting projects, and opportunities to grow your talents. If Catalyst sounds like your kind of place, send us your CV. If you do not yet have the right to work in New Zealand, see our information for overseas applicants.
Life at Catalyst
In 2008, Catalyst was top-ranked in the National Business Review's search for New Zealand's most exciting companies. With an "excitement index" of 66.5%, well above other IT industry giants, Catalyst is proud of cultivating a unique working environment ideally suited to talented, creative and commited individuals.
We have many traditions here at Catalyst, such as Pizza Thursday, which is a chance to showcase your technical interests and the achievements of your projects. If pizza is not your thing, there's Curry Wednesday and Beer O'Clock on Friday to enjoy with colleagues.
In between, of course, everyone at Catalyst is there to provide the very best in open source development, systems management and client support. That means taking individual responsibility and working flexibly with those around you to make things happen for some significant clients running business-critical systems.
At Catalyst you'll be working directly with your clients much of the time. So you'll need the kind of communication and social skills that underpin successful open source projects.
If Catalyst sounds like your kind of place, send us your CV.
General
There are standard things we look for in developers irrespective of their technical skills. They include:
- A good understanding of source control systems (ideally git)
- The ability to work with some direction and be prepared to switch context/projects if and when required
- A good level of written communication
- The confidence and ability to discuss requirements with clients and colleagues
- The confidence and knowledge to provide alternative solutions where a different approach would be cheaper/faster/better for the client
- A passion for open source approaches to software creation
- The wisdom to ask for help when needed!
Skills
Rather than just advertising specific vacancies, we are generally on the lookout for talented individuals. Every month we aim to hire several staff, each with experience in two or more of:
Current Vacancies
We value your privacy and will not contact your current employer until after you have been successfully interviewed.
General Applicants
Do you want to work with a bunch of inspiring geeks in an open source culture? Have a look at the skills we need, and if you're what we're looking for, drop us a line. We usually hire more than a dozen general applicants a year. If this sounds like you - please send your CV to jobs@catalyst.net.nz
Good things to include in your email are:
- a CV that includes any academic results
- references to any publicly available open source work, e.g. 'I have contributed 30 patches to the example project, which are available through http://repo.or.cz/w/example.git'
- any other examples you can provide of relevant work, e.g. references to any academic research you have had published
PHP Developer
At Catalyst, you're not just a developer; you are part of a team of committed people whose mission is to change the world. We believe that open source, open data and an open business model should and can be the preferred choice here and in the countries overseas where we work.
We are looking for an experienced PHP developer to join the team. You will be working on a major open source project and will join our in-house UI/Design team to help make this vision of world domination a reality. As well as your freakish coding skills, great flair for design and eye for detail, you will naturally be organised and self managing.
- Experience coding PHP or other like languages (Perl, Python Ruby)
- Experience working with databases and the business logic layer
- Experience working with a wide variety of public and private sector clients
- A passion for open source approaches to software creation
- A good understanding of source control systems (ideally git)
- References to any publicly available open-source work
- Any other examples you have of relevant work
Developer - Christchurch Office
Catalyst's Christchurch office is looking for a new Ruby on Rails developer to join our existing design and development team in our nice new office above Pomeroy's Pub on Kilmore St.
You'll be creating bespoke applications for our customers using test-driven development and a formal design process. You will have direct contact with customers and users so you will need to be able to build rapport with customers, determining and then addressing their requirements. You will work closely with an experienced designer and developer, and collaborate with over a hundred technical experts with a broad range of specialties based in other Catalyst offices.
We are looking for someone who has experience with:
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Ruby on Rails
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PostgreSQL or MySQL
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Test Driven Development
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Javascript/jQuery
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Git
and an interest in or experience with:
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HTML5
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Client-side javascript frameworks (Backbone/Ember/Angular etc.)
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Continuous integration
If this sounds like you, please drop an email to Stephen Judd, stephenj@catalyst.net.nz.
Your email should include:
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a link to your CV online, or a PDF
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a brief cover letter
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a link to your GitHub profile
Catalyst IT is New Zealand's leading open source development company and has 170 plus staff world wide, with the majority based in Wellington. The Christchurch office currently numbers 9 staff. We specialize in open source software and web applications, and are a leader in the NZ open source community. Some customers include NZ Registry Services, TAB, Telecom, New Zealand Post, Fairfax and Internet NZ.