Principal Engineer
Location
christchurch, canterbury
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Design & Development
Posted
June 18, 2026
Why Appetise
Appetise is a meal planning and smart shopping app that 125,000+ Australians and Kiwis use to decide what to cook and get the cheapest groceries across Woolworths, Coles, and beyond. The app is free and will stay free, giving us the largest food and beverage behavioural panel in ANZ, which we sell to 80+ FMCG brands.
We closed a $7M Series A in February 2026, led by Icehouse Ventures. We made the cover of Forbes earlier this year and we're starting to expand beyond Australia and NZ. Engineering sits right in the middle of that, shipping the Shopper app that drives the panel and Appetise Intelligence, the B2B product brands use to make sense of it.
What We Offer
- Salary band of up to $180k, depending on experience. This role would also be eligible to participate in our ESOP scheme.
- Hybrid working from our Christchurch office. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday are our anchor days (open to remote NZ/AU for the right person)...