Principal Engineer - Cloud, AI & Platform Leader

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency; Wellington; Presencial; NZD 180.000 - 230.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible working

5 weeks leave

Income protection

Professional development

Inclusive culture

Descripción de la vacante

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency seeks a Principal Engineer to establish and lead the Engineering Chapter, delivering high‑impact engineering leadership and strategic direction across enterprise platforms. You will influence cloud platforms, ensure reliability, and drive improvements through modern engineering, Agile and DevOps practices.

You will work across teams with Platform Leads, Product Owners and delivery squads, growing technical capability and mentoring engineers while championing best

Formación

• Proven experience in senior technical leadership roles.
• Deep Cloud, AI and developer platform expertise.
• Knowledge of Agile, DevOps, and platform engineering.

Responsabilidades

• Provide hands-on technical leadership across complex, high impact engineering challenges
• Drive platform reliability across cloud environments
• Significantly influence internal developer platforms and developer experience
• Lead the evolution of AI augmented engineering by identifying, proving and scaling approaches that improve how we design, build, test and deliver systems and platforms
• Champion Agile, DevOps, and continuous improvement practices
• Influence technology roadmaps and engineering direction
• Mentor engineers and strengthen technical capability
• Collaborate across teams to deliver secure, scalable services

Conocimientos

Senior technical leader

Cloud expertise

AI knowledge

SRE practices

Platform engineering

Agile/DevOps

Herramientas

Azure

Descripción del empleo

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency seeks a Principal Engineer to establish and lead the Engineering Chapter, delivering high‑impact engineering leadership and strategic direction across enterprise platforms. You will influence cloud platforms, ensure reliability, and drive improvements through modern engineering, Agile and DevOps practices.

You will work across teams with Platform Leads, Product Owners and delivery squads, growing technical capability and mentoring engineers while championing best