Augen Software Group

Augen Software Group is a New Zealand owned, midsize service provider, established in 1993. They are experts in applying technology to inform and transform business practices, improve productivity & efficiency, and support & accelerate innovation.

Company work closely with customers in many industry sectors, including: banking, finance, insurance, health, disability & social services, ICT, professional services, transport & logistics, to name just a few.

Augen excel in solution consulting, technical architecture, business & needs analysis, planning & estimation, project management, software development, integration, testing, on-going support, first-level helpdesk, and lifecycle management. Augen deliver solutions in web, mobile, desktop, database, middleware and enterprise software development and integration environments.

Augen are a growing enterprise and continue to attract top people in industry. Company have a great working environment and a strong culture, with tightly knit & highly motivated teams, individual leadership and close connection to customers.

Augen has been delivering technology innovation, software development projects and resource capacity to customers since 1993.

With growing resource base of over forty developers, business analysts, testers, consultants and project managers in NZ and overseas offices, they bring to businesses significant expertise, reach and ability to scale.

The Team

The Augen Team consist of a talented bunch of individuals located across New Zealand and Vietnam. A multi-cultural team where each individual shares the same passion to innovate and deliver quality outcomes to diverse range of customers.

Augen aims to hire the best individuals who enjoy getting their hands dirty with every part of the software development lifecyle. This is demonstrated with the rigorous recruitment process that candidates will go through. Augen take time to ensure individuals are the right fit before joining the Augen family. The number of long serving "Augeneers" employed, reflects the positive culture that team has embraced.

The Culture

Augen have a very open and supportive culture, and promote close collaboration and knowledge sharing. The team embraces agile principles where continuous improvement, commitment and transparency are fundamental aspects of day to day work.

Company get to play with the latest technologies, embrace the challenges of dealing with different projects and clients, and experience the diverse cultures between New Zealand and Vietnam offices. At the same time they celebrate success and recognise those that go beyond and above the norm.

Culture at Augen Vietnam

The word “Augen” is German for “eye”. Company have the “vision” for IT. Their staff, also known as “Augeneers”, are passionate about IT and the vision that they have for it. Augen are hungry for success, and aim to never fall short of delivering quality solutions to clients. They are a diverse bunch of techie’s that enjoy solving problems and being challenged by the demands of ever-changing technologies that industry faces.

Team of approx. 45+ staff throughout NZ and VN are a friendly bunch and tend to treat each other just like family. Open communications, respect and honesty are some key attributes that they all embrace.

Fun at Augen

Augen have numerous gatherings that gives the employees the opportunity to have a bit of fun and to socialise amongst peers. Company have monthly gathering where family members are also welcomed to enjoy the yummy food & beer together as a group. They also have an annual company trip that everyone looks forward to. A great event for team building excercises and enjoying each others companionship.

Augen regularly have morning tea events in the office, and often indulge in smoothies or pizzaKFC shouts! They always celebrate peers’ birthday with a nice cake. There are always members of team keen to practice table soccer, and darts for the annual championship.

Learning and Development at Augen

Augen empower staff to take responsibility for their own learning and development. Development staff have access to Plural Sight accounts (an online L&D portal) for easy access to key training material. The team have regular Technology Sessions to discuss new concepts and tools, and present on lessons learnt from their current projects. Augen have a supportive team who are always around to provide advice.

Recognise good work at Augen

Augen celebrates the successful milestones of a project with morning tea or lunch celebrations, in which everyone in the office can enjoy the success together.

Augen also have a culture of sending out FIGJAMs and other team-wide acknowledgements when achievements are reached. There are also other mechanisms in place to recognise excellent work at an individual and team level.

Working with teams in New Zealand

People in New Zealand are fantastic colleagues. They are fun but always professional in work. They respect ideas, welcome creativity and inspire work. Augen have the same goals that bring the success to the projects and make clients happy.

Augen practice English speaking and writing with the NZ team every day. Communication is important in day to day work, and they put a strong emphasis on English ability. Augen also has a Cultural Exchange programme which allows someone from NZ and VN to visit each other’s country once a year – which is great for learning each other’s culture and team dynamics.